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 during adoption cases, the judge always let children come up to the bench and pound his gavel and sit in his chair. He would also take a photo with them.