Bangor News

On Friday, March 24th at 1 p.m. there will be a celebration of the life of Nick Hardwick, the Administrator of the Penobscot County Jail, and a reserve police officer in the Town of Southwest Harbor.

Its hard to imagine a more deserving nominee! Congratulations to Jack Frost who was named Ellsworth's Citizen of the Year, by the Board of Directors of the Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce.

The Hancock County Food Drive kicks off on April 1st and lasts all month long. Open Table MDI located at 116 Cottage Street in Bar Harbor will be having a Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, April 2nd from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m to benefit the Food Drive. Learn more about the Pancake Breakfast and the Hancock County Food Drive by clicking on the story!

Ellsworth High School musicians excelled at the recent Jazz Band competition at Hampden Academy on Friday March 17th. Here are the details and who won Gold Solo Ratings

Here are the medalists from Lamoine Consolidated School and Hancock Grammar School at the SkillsUSA Competition this past weekend in Bangor! Congratulations to all!

Thanks to your generosity we were able to collect over the equivalent of a ton of pasta at the Ellsworth Hannaford with all the pasta and cash going to the Loaves and Fishes and Bar Harbor Food Pantries!

Ellsworth Superintendent Amy Boles and Lamoine Consolidated School Teacher Miranda Engstrom were honored on Friday night at the SkillsUSA reception in Bangor. Here are the details

A man who survived a fire at his home in Prospect has died in a fire at the Verona Island home where he was staying.

Do you have a child in grades 6-8 in Hancock County? Hancock County Technical Center is offering a FREE Middle School Skills Camp on Saturday, March 25th from 9 a.m. to 12 Noon. Here are the Details

Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day! Are you ready? You're going to need green food coloring, especially if you have young children!