For the perfect vacation spot that is big on scenery and sustainable living, head to this scenic peninsula town in Maine that ...

A coalition of lawmakers in Hancock County are working on a slate of bills that could allow Maine towns to band together and take ownership of abandoned dams, as well as clarify what that process ...

Penobscot County as a whole lost an estimated 559 residents in the 2010-2013 period, but Hancock County gained 427 people, with significant growth in Ellsworth. Town 2010 population 2010-2013 gain ...

The Hancock County Committee of the Maine Community Foundation has awarded $164,133 in grants to 28 nonprofit organizations, it announced on Friday. Recipients include Island Connections, which ...

Verona Island, on the east of the Penobscot Narrows Bridge, is the only Maine town to receive money through a USDA program to upgrade water and wastewater systems.

Emera Maine has reported 2,248 households are without power, which is expected to be restored Wednesday. Emera Maine is reporting 2,248 households in Hancock County are without power early ...

Cradled between the forested peak of Cadillac Mountain in Maine's Acadia National Park and the placid shores of Frenchman Bay, Bar Harbor is a quaint resort town offering endless ... The nearest ...

Outages are being reported in Penobscot, Hancock, and Washington counties. Our crews are responding to outages affecting about 15,000 customers, mostly in coastal areas in Hancock County.

Deer Isle and Stonington residents recognize that for the two towns to have a future, the high school has to stay open and its academic performance needs to improve.

Concerns about a much-delayed $69 million recycling plant under construction in Hampden have compelled three Hancock County towns to consider building their own transfer station.