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Brooksville Bucksport Castine
Corea Cranberry Isles Deer Isle
East Orland Ellsworth Franklin
Frenchboro Gouldsboro Hancock
Harborside Islesford Lamoine
Little Deer Isle Mariaville Mount Desert
Northeast Harbor Orland Penobscot
Seal Cove Seal Harbor Sedgwick
Sorrento Southwest Harbor Stonington
Sullivan Sunset Surry
Swans Island Trenton Verona Island
Winter Harbor North Sullivan Prospect Harbor
Hulls Cove Birch Harbor Salsbury Cove
Otis Otter Creek West Tremont
East Blue Hill Sargentville Amherst
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Maine GOP voters upset over uncounted votes
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:15:49 -0800
Glyneta Thomson, president of the Hancock County Republican Women in Maine, wants her friends and neighbors to have a voice when they vote in their state’s presidential preference poll during caucuses this Saturday. Unfortunately for Thomson, the Maine Republican Party already announced the results of the state’s caucuses last Saturday night – before numerous towns in Hancock County and ...
Maine Republicans to recount votes that gave Romney a win
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:18:19 -0800
LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Maine's Republican Party will recount votes in the state's Republican caucus following complaints that totals from some towns were not included in state results showing a 194-vote victory for Mitt Romney over Ron Paul. In addition, Republicans in Maine's sparsely populated Washington County will hold their caucus on Saturday after an earlier attempt was ...
Ellsworth man police followed to Aroostook and back among those indicted in Hancock County
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:44:57 -0800
Posted Feb. 08, 2012, at 7:19 p.m. ELLSWORTH, Maine — An Ellsworth man arrested last summer on drug charges after police followed his vehicle to Aroostook County and back is one of a dozen people who have been indicted this month by a Hancock County grand jury.
FiveThirtyEight: Could Ron Paul Still Win Maine?
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:13:23 -0800
Ron Paul's campaign is claiming that it could still win the presidential preference poll in the Maine caucus because of a county that postponed its vote.
Hancock County Athletes Make Strong Showings at EMITL Meets
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:51:15 -0800
ORONO — Hancock County athletes scored wins in seven middle and long distance races and placed first in three other events in Saturday’s Eastern Maine Indoor Track League competition at the University of Maine fieldhouse. Sophomore Aleta Looker of the Ellsworth Eagles was the lone double winner in girls’ Meet A with first place finishes in the mile run in 5:20.06 and the 800-meter run in 2:22.12 ...
Hancock County Jail Log
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:50:02 -0800
ELLSWORTH — The following individuals recently were booked into the Hancock County Jail: Feb. 12 Gerard Beaulieu, 58, Northport, theft by unauthorized taking/transfer, bailed. Stephen Larrabee, 32, Prospect, failure to appear in court (FTA). Kevin Purnell, 49, Ellsworth, violating a protection order. Feb. 11 Danielle Crockett, 22, Stonington, probation revocation. Benjamin Mitchell, 34, Lamoine ...
Presidential, Party Preference
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:44:29 -0800
Robin Hall (far left) and Donna Pulver (seated) volunteer to be delegates to the Maine state Republican Convention in 2008 while Penobscot County Republican chairwoman Lois Bloomer of Hermon (right) talks with Hermon Republicans during Maine's GOP Caucus for Penobscot County at Husson College.
Hancock County State Property Valuation Decreases
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:48:33 -0800
ELLSWORTH — The value of Hancock County property dropped this year by $362.6 million, according to David Ledew, director of the Maine Revenue Services property tax division. The state property valuation decreased from $13,533,550,000 in 2011 to $13,170,950,000 in 2012, he said Tuesday. State property valuations determine what each municipality will receive for state subsidies and what they will ...
Ron Paul scores win in Hancock, Washington County voting as state nears end of GOP caucuses
Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:44:11 -0800
Registered Republicans stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the during the Washington County Republican Super Caucus on Saturday. Buy Photo
Three County Athletes Place Second At State Indoor Track Championships
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:55:36 -0800
LEWISTON — Second place finishes by Ellsworth Eagle sophomores Dan Curts and Aleta Looker and Trevor Alley of the Mount Desert Island Trojans topped a handful of scoring performances by Hancock County athletes at the State Class B Indoor Track Championships on Monday at Bates College. The York boys and the Waterville girls were team champions. In boys’ competition, the Ellsworth Eagles were 12th ...