Entities or individuals may seek intervenor status if a proposed lease will “substantially and directly” affect them, according to the Maine Department of Marine Resources.
Opponents say the proposal threatens local jobs in fishing and tourism and harm the environment. Advocates say large-scale farming of Atlantic salmon would help keep working waterfronts working as wild fisheries decline.
A Hancock Select Board investigation into Police Chief Andrew Wood this summer found cause for the town to terminate the chief for violating several town, state and Police Department standards, according to documents obtained by the.
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Published: 4/28/2021 4:31:53 PM
Bennington is facing significant municipal staff turnover after the Select Board opted to replace Town Administrator Kristie LaPlante and Road Agent Hazen Fisk earlier this month. Additionally, Deputy Town Administrator and Tax Collector Dee French is resigning as of May 31, and the Select Board is also exploring a merged police department after Police Chief Bret Sullivan announced his intent to retire.
“The town is moving in a new direction,” Select Board Chair James Cleary said of the two dismissals when asked about them at a Select Board meeting Tuesday night. He did not provide further reason for either dismissal. The town has already replaced the Road Agent by promoting an existing Highway Department employee, Cleary said, and promoted Administrative Assistant Deb Davidson to interim Town Administrator. A new Assistant Town Administrator starts in June, he said. “Things are moving along very well,” he said.
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Published: 12/14/2020 5:23:11 PM
The Hancock Select Board named Sgt. Thomas Horne as the new police chief in Hancock at their meeting Monday afternoon. Horne, who currently works for the police department in town, is set to be sworn in in January. The new chief will operate under a contract, Select Board Chair Laurie Bryan said, something that had not been a part of the town’s agreement with outgoing police chief Andrew Wood, with whom they signed a separation agreement in August and whose last day is Dec. 31.
The Board looked into restructuring the police department after Wood announced his resignation, Bryan said. They reconsidered how many officers and cruisers the town really needed, and discussed the possibility of forming a regional partnership with other towns, she said.