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A registered nurse who assumed her teenage son would be eager to get the COVID-19 vaccine was shocked to learn he was vaccine hesitant. She is joining public health officials and infectious disease experts who say an "open conversation" with kids about COVID-19 vaccines could fight hesitancy. ....
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. 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. Ther ....