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PENOBSCOT – Due to a typo in the town warrant, the annual town meeting was adjourned at 9:45 Tuesday and will reconvene Tuesday, March 22, at 7 p.m. to
Jail contract is to be restored; calls for sheriffâs resignation
ELLSWORTH â Community members and Hancock County Commissioner John Wombacher have called for Sheriff Scott Kaneâs resignation over Kaneâs decision last spring to terminate Healthy Acadiaâs recovery coaching services to Hancock County Jail inmates. That decision came after Healthy Acadia issued a statement supporting Black Lives Matter.
At the start of a commissioners meeting held virtually Tuesday, board Chairman Bill Clark said details of an agreement should be finished this week to return recovery coaching to the jail as soon as Friday.Â
Kane said previously he disagreed with allowing an organization in the jail that supports a movement that he says wants to harm law enforcement. In June, Kane and Healthy Acadia Executive Director Elsie Flemings exchanged a string of emails discussing the sheriffâs concerns with Healthy Acadiaâs statement on Black Lives Matter. There was a flye