March 4, 2013 | A Public hearing on relocating the existing Oak Street basketball courts will be held on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 6 p.m. in the Auditorium at the Ellsworth City Hall.

February 15, 2013 | The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is reminding everyone to take advantage of the upcoming free fishing weekend.

Winter Carnival Activities Rescheduled For This Weekend, February 16th! The Ellsworth Recreation Commission has rescheduled the children activities portion of this year' s Winter Carnival which had originally been scheduled for February 2nd, 2013 but was cancelled due to the lack of snow. The new date is THIS SATURDAY (February…

A special Recreation Commission meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 13th at 5:30 p.m. in the Fern Kelley Room.

The Winter Carnival Cardboard Sled Race and the afternoon ice rink activities scheduled for Saturday, February 2nd have been cancelled due to weather.  However, the fireworks display is still on for 6 p.m. at the Ellsworth High School and the Clam Boot Hockey Tournament is still happening on Sunday, February…

A special Recreation Commission meeting will be held on Thursday, January 31st at 6 p.m. in the Fern Kelley Room.  The options for the upcoming Winter Carnival will be discussed.

A special meeting of the Recreation Commission is scheduled for Thursday, January 24th at 6:00 PM in the Fern Kelley Room.

Meeting notes with highlights: 10-26-11 Composting, Trails and SE Organization 9-28-11 PACE Program Workshop Invitation and project updates 8-31-11 Review of the parks planning workshop and project updates 6-29-11 Maine Coat Memorial Hospital Green Team, The Happiness Festival and updates 5-25-11 The Union River Historic Trail proposal 4-27-11 Plastic waste reduction,…

The idea to re-construct a bridge at this location has been around for decades. Ellsworth staff, Mick Rogers from the MDOC Bureau of Parks and Lands and others concerned about recreational trails met August 20, 2009 to discuss a proposed multi-purpose bridge over the Union River. The location would be…

On April 28, 2010, the Sustainable Ellsworth Committee was introduced to a plan to improve and lengthen the Ellsworth Public Library walking trail by the Girl Scouts. The Ellsworth Planning Department created a map and a Powerpoint presentation for the project. Click here to view the map. Click here to…