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Rob Yerxa, who the town hired in July 2008, resigned Feb. 13 for a job with the Maine Municipal Association’s loss control department.

Cornell Knight, who led Bar Harbor for seven years until his retirement in January 2022, will fill the position vacated by Sophie Wilson.

“Sophie has been a great communicator with the council,” said Chairperson Geoff Wingard, who declined to say whether she resigned or was fired.

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — It has taken a decade but Old Town and Orono are about to get better internet thanks to a fiber network project. Some residences and businesses in those Maine towns will have access to a limited municipal fiber network when it goes live — pending a signed contract with an internet service provider, the Bangor Daily News reports. Municipal fiber projects are an attempt to bring high-speed service to communities that have been...