Carrie Jones Jul 30, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. HANCOCK COUNTY—For the first time this year, a Hancock County resident has been diagnosed and hospitalized with the Powassan virus according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) and initially reported by Leela Stockley of the Bangor Daily News. Powassan is a tick-borne virus. “Powassan virus (POW) … Continue reading Hancock County Resident Was Hospitalized From Tick-Borne Powassan Virus