ELLSWORTH – Charges against two Rhode Island men accused of trespassing at Martha Stewart’s Mount Desert Island estate will be dismissed.

In exchange for the dismissal, Joseph A. Moretti, 38, of Cranston, R.I., and David J. Cimalore, 45, of Westerly, R.I., have agreed to donate $500 each in Stewart’s name to island libraries.

Their attorney, Neal F. Pratt, said his clients accepted the offer extended by Hancock County District Attorney Michael E. Povich after weighing it against the legal and travel costs of going to trial.

Pratt said they were eager to put the yearlong ordeal behind them. The agreement was reached late last week.

“They were very pleased and they felt vindicated that the charges were going to be dismissed,” Pratt said Friday during a telephone interview.

Moretti and Cimalore, both described by their attorney as longtime fans of the domestic diva, were charged last July with getting a tour of her Seal Harbor mansion by lying to an employee about having permission to see the property.

The men were adamant that they had been invited in, having toured the grounds for about an hour before their visit came to an abrupt end, Pratt has said. An employee called Stewart, who was in her New York office at the time, and she in turn called police.

Mount Desert Island police caught up with the Rhode Islanders a short time later in Northeast Harbor. They were arrested, charged with trespassing, and jailed.