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🌱 How search teams located the missing Sedgwick woman near her home

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  • How search teams located the missing Sedgwick woman near her home

Also on today's calendar: Historic Preservation Commission and 4 more events.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 30 and low of 22 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mainly cloudy and breezy, temps: high: 40, low: 22.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 42 and low of 38 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Body of missing Sedgwick woman found near her home (bangordailynews.com) — Authorities say a 77-year-old Sedgwick woman who went missing early Saturday was found dead a short distance from her home, in a case Hancock County officials believe is weather-related and not suspicious. The Maine Warden Service used cellphone data, wardens, and K-9 units in the search, and the state medical examiner has been notified as is standard procedure.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hancock

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★ Featured events ★

    Wednesday December 17
  • Woman’s Group
    Friends in Action, 5 General Moore Wy, Ellsworth
    1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Dollar General posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR - 21 and older only - in SULLIVAN, ME S17825 in Sullivan. Apply here.
  • Home Depot (Retail) posted a job opening for Freight/Receiving in Ellsworth. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hancock here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bar Harbor

  • From Santa to S'mores, a Witham Family Hotel's Charitable Christmas Tradition Brings Holiday Magic to Nearly 1,000 in Bar Harbor. (barharborstory.com)
  • Good Intentions, Hard Reality: Inside Bar Harbor's Takeout Packaging Dilemma (barharborstory.com)
  • These 15 Artists Are Having the Biggest Moment at U.S. Museums Right Now (artnet.com)

Blue Hill

  • 10 Local Maine Shops Plus My Favorite Online Store (wjbq.com)

Ok Hancock! 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: I don't know, but April May!
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Hancock

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Hancock

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.