ellsworth
Infamous art thief revisits criminal past in Ellsworth
ELLSWORTH — It has been nearly 50 years since notorious criminal Myles J. Connor Jr. stepped foot inside the old brick building at 40 State St. The last time he was there, when it was the old Hancock County Jail, he confronted a jail guard with a bar of soap he had blackened with shoe […]
Bangor woman charged with theft while collecting signatures in Ellsworth
ELLSWORTH — A Bangor woman has been charged with theft after money was stolen from a woman’s apartment while a suspect collected signatures for the Maine People’s Alliance, according to police. Brianna Stein, 22, has since been fired, according to a spokesman for Maine People’s Alliance. Stein was at the woman’s Water Street apartment on […]
Ellsworth woman killed on Christmas Day remembered during vigil
ELLSWORTH — A crowd of a few hundred people braved freezing temperatures and gathered at an outdoor candlelight vigil Sunday night to remember an Ellsworth woman who was found slain on Christmas Day and call attention to domestic violence. “The horrible tragedy that took place in this community affected every one of us,” said Rebecca […]
State police investigate suspicious death in Ellsworth
ELLSWORTH — State police are investigating a suspicious death that was reported on Christmas Day, according to Lt. Harold Page of the Ellsworth Police Department. Local police were called to the scene of a death on Central Street, Page said. When they arrived at the scene, they found that it was suspicious, so they contacted […]
Anonymous donor pays off layaways at Ellsworth Reny’s
ELLSWORTH — Unsuspecting Renys customers have been coming into the store here to make payments on their layaways this holiday season only to find their items have been completely paid off by an anonymous giver. For the second year in a row, a summer resident has given the store $2,000, according to Josh Bickford, the […]
Families sponsor Christmas for others in the Ellsworth area
ELLSWORTH — Each December, when stores along High Street and across the country fill with holiday shoppers, the basement of the Emmaus House, a homeless shelter that sits in a nondescript brick building in the heart of downtown Ellsworth, fills with toys. Barbies, transformer action figures, art supplies, coloring books, board games, hats and gloves […]
27-year-old Veazie man charged in sexual assault of 13-year-old girl
ELLSWORTH — A Veazie man was charged with gross sexual assault in connection with an incident that reportedly occurred in Bucksport in August. Charles Francis Piatt, 27, admitted to having sex with the victim, though he told police he did not know she was 13, according to court documents. However, the documents also indicate that […]
Ellsworth hospital plans layoffs, budget cuts
ELLSWORTH — Maine Coast Memorial Hospital told its employees this week that it will have to cut its annual budget by about $3 million, which will result in some layoffs. A look at the first quarter of this fiscal year showed an operating loss of $635,000, hospital CEO Charlie Therrien said. He attributed the loss […]
Ellsworth police say suspects cooked meth in parked pickup truck
ELLSWORTH— Police have arrested three people from northern Maine after a meth lab was found in vehicles at a hotel parking lot. Police say they found the ingredients for meth in a blue sedan and saw meth being actively made in a black pickup truck at the Hampton Inn in Ellsworth. The hotel’s employees reported […]