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🌱 How Ellsworth crews stopped a fast-moving Green Lake island fire

Ellsworth, Maine Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning to you Ellsworth! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Ellsworth crews stopped a fast-moving Green Lake island fire
  • Ellsworth police help unravel alleged road rage crash in Franklin
  • How Ellsworth’s recent malpractice verdict fits a growing statewide pattern

Also on today's calendar: Summer Volunteer Downtown Cleanup — Heart of Ellsworth.

Today's riddle: What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny; hot, less humid, with a high of 90 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 83, low: 53.
  • Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 77 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Maine Island Brush Fire On Green Lake Brings Crews From Multiple Towns (z1073.com) — Ellsworth firefighters led the response to a fast-moving brush fire on an island in Green Lake, using a borrowed rescue boat from Lamoine to reach the flames. Crews from Ellsworth, Lamoine, and Mariaville contained the fire before it damaged structures or hurt anyone, fully dousing hot spots by early evening while state and federal fire specialists assisted.
   

• Arrest made in road rage crash in Franklin (newportdispatch.com) — A serious road rage crash in nearby Franklin left a motorcyclist badly injured, and Ellsworth police helped reconstruct what happened on Blackwoods Road. Deputies say a pickup driver allegedly rammed the motorcycle into a guardrail, then fled before being arrested on multiple felony charges. The victim remains in stable but serious condition as the investigation continues.
   

• Maine woman's lawsuit alleging a wrongly removed bladder goes to trial (bangordailynews.com) — Ellsworth residents are part of a growing wave of large medical malpractice verdicts, including a recent $750,000 award by an Ellsworth jury to a woman injured at Maine Coast Hospital. Now, another Northern Light case heads to trial, after several multimillion-dollar verdicts around Maine raised questions about how malpractice claims are handled behind closed doors.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Hancock

  • Emerson Hancock has X-Rays Come Back Negative (rotoballer.com)
  • Playing the Changes (sboplus.net)
  • Maine Air Quality Alert: Ground-Level Ozone Reaches 'Unhealthy' Levels for Sensitive Groups on July 1 (einpresswire.com)

Blue Hill

  • The other Graham Platner crisis for Dems (inquirer.com)
  • Music fest at Lavender Farm to benefit domestic abuse survivors (bangordailynews.com)
  • Bagaduce Music House Party features Indian-Roots Fusion duo Aditi Sethi and Jay Brown (mainepublic.org)

Ok Ellsworth! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The letter “R.” (Thank you Manuela A. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Ellsworth

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