Bill Trotter
Reporter at Bangor Daily News
Coastal Maine writer for @bangordailynews. ATL native. Easternmost daily news print/web reporter in the USA. #fisheries #oceans #climate & other stuff 📰🦞🔭
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1 day ago |
bangordailynews.com | Bill Trotter
One Bangor man has been indicted in connection with a car crash that killed another on Route 9 in April. James Allen Nile Jr., 21, led police on a chase from Hancock County into Washington County after an officer observed that Nile’s car had “mechanical defects” as it sped by in the wrong lane, the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department said at the time.
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1 day ago |
bangordailynews.com | Bill Trotter
An Ellsworth man is facing criminal charges in Hancock County after he allegedly was found in possession of three stolen Chevrolet Camaros. Brandon Pinkham, 44, was indicted Thursday by a Hancock County grand jury on four counts of receiving stolen property and one count of forgery, all of which are felonies. In addition to the Camaros, Pinkham also is accused of possessing a stolen truck and counterfeit money.
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2 days ago |
bangordailynews.com | Bill Trotter
With construction of a seasonal apartment building under way next to a Bar Harbor golf course, Acadia National Park is close to meeting its housing goals for summer employees. The availability of housing for its year-round employees, however, is getting worse, according to the park’s top administrator. “The cost of real estate is only going up here, faster than our wages,” Kevin Schneider, Acadia’s superintendent, told the park’s advisory commission this week.
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3 days ago |
bangordailynews.com | Bill Trotter
The Trump administration is re-asserting that a small island off Maine’s coast belongs to the United States even though Canada has long claimed the barely inhabited spit of land for itself and operates a lighthouse there. That island, Machias Seal Island, is roughly 12 miles southeast of the Down East fishing harbor of Cutler and roughly the same distance southwest of Grand Manan Island in New Brunswick, Canada.
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5 days ago |
bangordailynews.com | Bill Trotter
Acadia National Park is trying to figure out how to manage hot spots that get congested during its busy summer tourist season, but its top priorities aren’t the places that social media users might think. Last week, a video of a long line of hikers slowly snaking its way up the ladder trail on The Beehive mountain got ample attention online — including from the Bangor Daily News — and discussion about conditions at Acadia.
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Newcomer Tabatha White got the most votes in Ellsworth's city council race, while incumbent Steve O'Halloran won re-election in the race for two seats. Perennial candidate John Linnehan fell short, coming in 3rd. #mepolitics
Voters in #BarHarbor have rejected a proposal from town officials to raise the town's daily cruise ship limit from 1,000 to 3,200, keeping the limits voters adopted in 2022. The vote was 1,713 in favor and 1,776 opposed. #mepolitics
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John Linnehan, who in 2019 settled with the #Maine AG’s office after his home leasing & sales business was accused of misleading customers, told voters at an Ellsworth candidates' forum that “too much government involvement” is to blame for the area's housing crisis. #mepolitics