Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News

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Past articles by Bill:

Bucksport nears plan to redevelop long vacant Main Street lot

The property has sat dormant for a decade after a fire destroyed an apartment building there in 2013. → Read More

Castine pickleballers will look elsewhere after voters say no to courts at beach

Some voters raised concern over the noise that pickleball generates, but the group is considering buying or leasing land for courts. → Read More

Bar Harbor businessman pleads no contest in kidnapping case

Thomas Owen Alley, 59, allegedly attacked a woman he knew in Orland more than four years ago. → Read More

Acadia rangers are looking for vandals painting fake trail markers

The red blazes have been found painted around Penobscot Mountain in Acadia National Park. → Read More

New gym and indoor track will complete Blue Hill’s $10M YMCA

Gym space and availability can be hard to come by on the Blue Hill Peninsula. → Read More

Disbarred Ellsworth lawyer indicted on felony theft charge

Christopher J. Whalley was disbarred in December for allegedly embezzling nearly $190,000 from a client’s estate. → Read More

Harbor Freight Tools to open in long-vacant Ellsworth mall space

The nationwide discount tool retailer is renovating an empty space in the Maine Coast Mall and plans to open for business this spring. → Read More

Orland voters approve new fire station

The new building, projected to cost $4 million, will replace the existing fire station, which was built in 1974. → Read More

Delivery truck narrowly avoids going into ocean in Winter Harbor crash

“Probably a good thing it was there. Stove the truck all to hell but at least he didn’t end up going for a swim.” → Read More

Ellsworth pizza parlor comes to rival's aid after dough mixer breakdown

It turns out there's room enough in Ellsworth for the pizza rivals, who banded together to keep the pies rolling. → Read More

Former Abbe Museum director dies at age 50

Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko, who led the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor from 2009 to 2019, was an advocate for “de-colonizing” cultural museums. → Read More

More luxury housing coming to Bar Harbor amid affordability shortage

A new high-end residential neighborhood is being built in Bar Harbor in one of the last remaining undeveloped parts of the picturesque downtown village. → Read More

Ellsworth council splits on selling house back to owner who didn't pay taxes

The owner grew up in the two-bedroom house and inherited it from his father, who passed away in 2014. → Read More

Creator of ‘Law & Order’ is building 2nd mansion on MDI

The total cost of Dick Wolf's newest mansion off Indian Point Road is estimated to come in at around $14.5 million. → Read More

Bar Harbor could get 1st dog park on MDI

There are few places across the island that are designed specifically for dog use, with six-foot leashes required at Acadia National Park. → Read More

Ellsworth hires new finance director to bring stability, improve city’s bookkeeping

The city has hired a new finance director it hopes will bring stability to the office after years of turnover in the post. → Read More

Lubec man pleads guilty in Machias hardware store gun theft

Police believe the guns later were traded for cocaine at a home on Beal Street in Machias. → Read More

The man cleaning up Ellsworth one tire at a time

Bill Nelson has been digging dozens of decades-old tires out of the mud for months in an effort to help clean up his city. → Read More

Longtime Eastport Port Authority director leaving for private sector

Chris Gardener is leaving the position after more than 15 years on the job for a position at a Presque Isle company. → Read More

Jonesport approves building permit for $110M fish farm

Kingfish still needs to survive appeals before construction can begin on the fish farm. → Read More