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Neighbors blast Franklin quarry proposal
FRANKLIN Following a public hearing that spanned about two hours, the Planning Board decided to extend the public comment period to June 21 for a proposed rock quarry on a 75.5-acre parcel on South Bay Road. The proposal has drawn criticism and concerns from neighbors and abutters.
The extension will give residents more time to make comments while the board waits on additional information it requested from the applicant, TC Gravel LLC in Ellsworth, Planning Board Chairman Brian Abbott explained to The American.
One piece of the requested information is the decibel level of a proposed rock crusher on site, Abbott said.
Saying goodbye to those we lost
ELLSWORTH 2020 was a year full of loss, thanks in part to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hancock County recorded its first death of a person who tested positive for coronavirus in May, a man in his 60s, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Since then, as of Dec. 30, eleven Hancock County residents have died due to the coronavirus. However, locals have lost many more family and friends who lived elsewhere to the virus.
Meanwhile, Hancock County lost several community leaders due to other causes during 2020.
Longtime lawman Alan Brown of Ellsworth died on Oct. 16.