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A news reporter in coastal Maine for more than 20 years, Bill Trotter writes about how the Atlantic Ocean and the state's iconic coastline help to shape the lives of coastal Maine residents and visitors. He writes about fisheries, marine-related topics, eastern coastal Maine communities and more for the BDN. He lives in Ellsworth. Follow him on Twitter at @billtrotter.

Washington County is struggling to boost its police forces as drug violence explodes Down East.
Posted inDown East

Soaring drug violence overwhelms small Down East police forces

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter May 8, 2023May 8, 2023
Posted inHancock

Eliot Cutler will serve 9 months for child porn beginning in June

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter May 4, 2023May 4, 2023
It's not yet clear if Eliot Cutler will plead guilty or no contest to possessing child porn.
Posted inHancock

Eliot Cutler will serve 9 months in jail for child porn

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter May 2, 2023May 2, 2023
Posted inHancock

Southwest Harbor is expanding town land around skating pond

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter May 2, 2023May 2, 2023
Joshua Goncalves-Radding, 20, faces 17 charges in connection with the deadly Dec. 10 crash in Castine.
Posted inHancock

New York man charged in crash that killed 4 Maine Maritime students pleads not guilty

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
Posted inHancock

Judge upholds vacation rental limits approved by Bar Harbor voters in 2021

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter April 28, 2023April 28, 2023
Posted inHancock

Blue Hill high school cuts a dozen positions to fight declining enrollment

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter April 28, 2023April 28, 2023
Posted inHancock

Northern Light Health is building a new pharmacy in Ellsworth

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter April 26, 2023April 26, 2023
Raule Callender, 43, died last week when he collided with a pickup truck on Route 1A.
Posted inHancock

Bangor man killed in Route 1A crash in Ellsworth has been identified

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter April 25, 2023April 25, 2023
Posted inHancock

Wildfire burns half-acre in Acadia

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter April 24, 2023April 24, 2023
Posted inHancock

Bar Harbor candidate convicted of stealing unemployment benefits in 2015

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter April 22, 2023April 22, 2023
Posted inBangor

Bangor man dies in car crash on Route 1A in Ellsworth

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter April 21, 2023April 23, 2023
The Bar Harbor council unanimously approved the YMCA's request, but it's unlikely to help employees this summer.
Posted inHancock

Bar Harbor YMCA wants to let employees live in an RV due to housing scarcity

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter April 19, 2023April 19, 2023
Prosecutor Robert Granger said that given Eliot Cutler's age it was possible he wouldn't see "the inside of a courtroom during his lifetime.”
Posted inHancock

Eliot Cutler’s age and case backlog led to child porn plea deal

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter April 18, 2023April 18, 2023
Posted inHancock

11 people file to run for 4 Bar Harbor council seats in June

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter April 17, 2023April 17, 2023
Posted inHancock

Owner of condemned Bucksport motel property sues town

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter April 15, 2023April 14, 2023
Posted inHancock

Brewer High student falls to death in Acadia National Park

Avatar photo by Sarah Walker Caron and Bill Trotter April 14, 2023April 15, 2023
Posted inHancock

Bucksport adopts temporary ban on landfills

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter April 14, 2023April 14, 2023
Posted inDown East

Meteorite hunters drawn to tiny Maine town in hopes of cashing in on rare find

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter April 13, 2023April 13, 2023
Posted inPolitics

Former Max Linn staffer charged with stealing $225K from late Senate hopeful

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter April 10, 2023April 11, 2023

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