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December 18th, 2020 | by: Stu Marckoon
Ellsworth Ambulance
(Ellsworth) â The City of Ellsworth may start paying an ambulance service to provide EMS to the city. A contract with Northern Light Transport is on Mondayâs city council agenda. The Ellsworth American reports a city hall committee and interim city manager Glenn Moshier have recommended paying a per capita contract similar to the contract surrounding towns pay for ambulance coverage. City councilors are also looking at having the city form its own ambulance service instead of relying on private contractors.
Storm Follow Up
(Ellsworth) â Some parts of Maine are digging out from a lot of snow. The storm dumped about 5-inches on the Ellsworth area after starting late yesterday morning. The cold temperatures and relatively dry air made shoveling pretty easy. Police reported numerous accidents during the storm as drivers got used to winter driving again. Southern Maine saw nearly
December 10th, 2020 | by: Stu Marckoon
Ambulance Contract
(Ellsworth) â Ellsworth residents could find themselves without ambulance service depending on how negotiations between the city and the only private emergency ambulance service in the area work out. Northern Light Transport is asking the City of Ellsworth to pay a per capita fee like many of the surrounding communities. The Ellsworth American reports city officials are balking at adding the contract to the budget. The city currently houses the ambulances and crew at the fire station, but that will change next month when the ambulance service relocates to a private building.
(Corinna) â Firefighters from six departments rushed to Corinna last night as a sawmill caught fire. WVII-TV reports damage to Yoderâs Custom Sawing is extensive in the production area of the mill. The blaze broke out around 7-thirty last night. One firefighter suffered minor injuries. The fire marshal�