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City manager hire finalized ELLSWORTH — With the full approval of the City Council, Police Chief Glenn Moshier was named city manager on Jan. 11. Moshier joined the Police Department 17 years ago and has served as police chief since 2017. He was named interim city manager in September 2020 following former City Manager David Cole’s retirement. Moshier will retain some of his duties as police chief and the title. His new merged position starts Jan. 17. “I look forward to bringing the commu...

City manager negotiations move forward ELLSWORTH — Negotiations to hire Interim City Manager Glenn Moshier in a dual role combining the police chief and city manager positions is moving forward, City Council Chairman Dale Hamilton said on Dec. 29. “We’re still negotiating, there’s no final decision on how the position will be structured,” Hamilton said, noting there wasn’t “much in the way of new information.” The new ad hoc group Citizens Acting for a Responsible Ellsworth woul...

December 28th, 2020 | by: Stu Marckoon Jackson   (Jackson) – A weekend crash in Waldo County has killed a 60-year old man from Orrington.  State Police report to Star 97.7 that Douglas Bryant was driving a Pontiac that left Route 7 in Jackson, hit a culvert and then a tree.  He died, a passenger suffered non-life-threatening injuries and emergency workers took him to the hospital in Belfast. Troopers investigating Saturday’s crash say intoxicants were likely a factor.   Burger...

Following the public, the public is driving the opposition and then democrats are joining it as opposed to the opposite. the protests are move me, the protests have been important -- >> he was heartened. >> those are the citizens acting, i think if trump moves, its an executive order. of course congress has no real role. >> clarence, i think there were a lot of questions as soon as president obama left about who would sort of fill that vacuum for democrats and lead the charge in the case of exec...