ELLSWORTH — Healthy Acadia closed on a new property at 77 Beechland Road on Oct. 31, but withdrew its Minor Site Use Development permit application for an overnight warming center
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Commissioners will not ask Kane to resign
ELLSWORTH The Hancock County Commissioners will not ask Sheriff Scott Kane to resign in the wake of public outcry over Kane’s cancellation of Healthy Acadia’s recovery coaching services for inmates at the jail. Kane ended the relationship with Healthy Acadia last June after the nonprofit issued a statement supporting Black Lives Matter.
To be clear, there has not been any interruption in substance abuse treatment and counseling at the jail. There was a seven-month absence of Healthy Acadia’s “recovery coaching.” The program was reinstated this month.
Recovery coaches provide an opportunity for inmates to develop an action plan for their release as well as work on recovery, according to Healthy Acadia Executive Director Elsie Flemings.
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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