Hancock news from the BDN for 10/16/2019

Hancock County news updates from the Bangor Daily News.

Hancock County news from the BDN for Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Nor’easter will lash Maine with wind, rain tonight into Thursday morning

Gusts could reach up to 60 mph along the immediate coast and cause power outages early Thursday morning.
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This November, the fate of Bucksport’s leaky pool will be in the hands of its voters

Next month on Election Day, voters will have the chance to decide whether to allocate as much as $1 million to rebuild the leaky, 1950s-vintage pool.
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Police intercept a front-end loader towing a mobile home down the road

A Maine State Police trooper last week found a front-end loader towing a mobile home down Route 182 in Franklin, blocking most of the road.
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Responding to local job growth, developer plans 51-unit apartment complex in Ellsworth

The developer of one of the biggest housing projects in city history has proposed another one: an $8.7 million, 51-unit apartment complex he hopes to finish building by the end of next year.
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He bought this 169-year-old seminary from Bucksport for $1. Now, renovations are underway.

Larry Wahl doesn’t know whether he will recoup the $600,000 he plans to spend refurbishing Wilson Hall, but the businessman is determined to finish the job.
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Bar Harbor bank will close 5 branches in NH and Vermont

About three years after its expansion into New Hampshire and Vermont, a Bar Harbor-based bank has decided to close five branches in those states.
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Late night TV in Bangor used to be much more ‘weird’ — thanks to Eddie Driscoll

In the 1960s and early ’70s, in eastern Maine, if you stayed up late watching TV on a Saturday night, you were probably, at some point, going to get weird.
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MDI town votes to stick with county sheriff for police coverage

At a special town meeting, residents rejected a proposal to pursue a contract with the neighboring town of Southwest Harbor for regular police patrols.
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Driver in crash that killed 3 in Acadia indicted by feds

A man from India who lives in New Jersey was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in connection with the deadliest incident ever to happen in Acadia National Park.
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Bucksport paper mill owner prepares to sell on-site power plant to NY firm

The sale would be the latest property flip performed by site owner American Iron and Metal since the Canadian scrap-metal recycler purchased the Verso site for $58 million in 2015.
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