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Doak helped launch a location over the summer of 2023

Patrick Doak recognized for outstanding leadership of Blue Hill, Maine, location

THE INK WAS barely dry on the latest proposal to legalize recreational use of marijuana when some insiders declared it dead on arrival in the state Senate.

Franklin voters chose Ward 1 City Councilor Jo Brown as the city’s new mayor over interim mayor Olivia Zink and narrowly elected former councilor Vincent Ribas to a Ward 2 council seat over current City Councilor Karen Testerman. Voters who turned out...

Former probate judge remembered as a gentle man of strong principles ELLSWORTH — Colleagues and friends of former Hancock County probate judge and attorney Jim Patterson are remembering him as a gentle, patient man. Patterson died Jan. 16 at age 72 after battling pulmonary fibrosis for 11 years. “Judge Patterson was a private, unique, smart, thorough and fair judge,” said former Hancock County Register of Probate Bonnie Cousins. Cousins worked with Patterson for 11 years. Cousins said dur...

Franklin City Council votes Olivia Zink interim mayor until October Oliva Zink battled the rain outside Franklin City Hall on Main Street on Tuesday, October 2, 2018. GEOFF FORESTER Oliva Zink battled the rain outside the Franklin Town offices on Main Street on Tuesday, October 2, 2018. GEOFF FORESTER Published: 1/26/2021 12:17:35 PM Franklin City Councilor Olivia Zink will be the city’s interim mayor until municipal elections in October, after a vote by the council Monday evening. ...

Tony Giunta resigns as Franklin mayor, citing death of his mother from COVID-19 Franklin mayor-elect Tony Giunta talks at his home in Franklin on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff) Elizabeth Frantz Published: 1/19/2021 10:37:27 AM Franklin Mayor Tony Giunta announced he would resign his post effective immediately, citing the recent death of his mother and the need to spend time with family. In a letter addressed to Franklin citizens last week, Giunta said he would leav...