The recent hire of a planner in Ellsworth is the latest addition in a wave of new employees in city government, where the turnover over the past few years has been roughly 50 percent, according to the city manager.

Danielle Gift, who was publicly announced last week as the city’s new director of planning and urban development, is one of several people to start jobs as top managers in Ellsworth’s city government in the past year. Others include Deputy City Manager Sara Devlin , Economic Development Director Twila Fisher, and Roddy Ehrlenbach , who is the head of the new parks and recreation department.

Ellsworth City Manager Charles Pearce is also among those new faces at City Hall, having started in his position in early 2024 , after Glenn Moshier, who generated controversy whil

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