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  MDI High School speech team in top five at state finals

  By Laurie Schreiber - Jan 31
  A week before the Maine Forensics Association-sanctioned State Speech Tournament at Brunswick, the Mount Desert Island High School speech team was ...
  
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  Jackson Lab garners grants to support student science fair

  Jan 31
  The Jackson Laboratory has received grants totaling $55,000 from The Betterment Fund, the Sam L. Cohen Foundation and the Dorr Foundation to ...
  
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  Talk: "U.S. Weakness in a 21st Century World: Will Asia and China rule?"

  Jan 27
  Is this the end of America’s heroic age? Will China’s communist technocrats dominate the world? Join professor Seth Singleton on Monday, Jan. 30 ...
  

• Worthy of note

  Jan 25
  • Justin Lipkvich, a Mariaville senior at Mount Desert Island High School in Bar Harbor, has been awarded one of three scholarships by the THINK ...
  

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  Abbe Museum to host two Big Read events examining issues of race, stereotypes

  By Staff - Jan 31
  As part of the ongoing Big Read event on and around Mount Desert Island, the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor will host two events examining racial ...
  

• Don Cass to talk on Tanzania

  Jan 30
  Don Cass, longtime faculty member at College of the Atlantic, will speak about his recent trip to the East African nation of Tanzania, sharing ...
  
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  Voters to consider Tremont/Pemetic consolidation

  By Laurie Schreiber - Jan 26
  The Tremont Consolidated and Pemetic Elementary school boards have worked out a non-binding referendum question designed to solicit input from ...
  
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  Speech team takes home third-place sweeps

  By Laurie Schreiber - Jan 24
  The Mount Desert Island High School speech team earned a third-place “sweeps” award at the Maine Forensics Association-sanctioned speech tournament...
  

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  Tremont students learn from visiting artists

  By Laurie Schreiber - Jan 24
  The annual Arts Week at Tremont Consolidated School is in progress this week, having kicked off on Jan. 23. It is1 scheduled to wrap up with a ...
  
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  Northeast Harbor resident receives inaugural Beverly Coleman Scholarship award

  Jan 23
  The Northeast Harbor Library has named David W. "Willie" Granston III, a junior at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., as the recipient of the ...
  

• Worthy of note

  Jan 25
  • Justin Lipkvich, a Mariaville senior at Mount Desert Island High School in Bar Harbor, has been awarded one of three scholarships by the THINK ...
  
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  Speech team takes home third-place sweeps

  By Laurie Schreiber - Jan 24
  The Mount Desert Island High School speech team earned a third-place “sweeps” award at the Maine Forensics Association-sanctioned speech tournament...
  

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  Does the American economy have what it takes to compete in global trade?

  Jan 21
  Join Brewster Grace and Charlie Graham in Bar Harbor on Sunday, Jan. 29 for a lively discussion of America’s place in global trade as they tackle ...
  
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  Talk: "U.S. Weakness in a 21st Century World: Will Asia and China rule?"

  Jan 27
  Is this the end of America’s heroic age? Will China’s communist technocrats dominate the world? Join professor Seth Singleton on Monday, Jan. 30 ...
  
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  Talk: Making a difference around the world

  Jan 23
  Joe Cistone believes that people can make a difference wherever they live. He will be talking about his organization, International Partners in ...
  
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  Voters to consider Tremont/Pemetic consolidation

  By Laurie Schreiber - Jan 26
  The Tremont Consolidated and Pemetic Elementary school boards have worked out a non-binding referendum question designed to solicit input from ...
  

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  Spring music workshop with Cordis

  Feb 01
  For more than a decade, the contemporary quartet Cordis has been redefining contemporary chamber music by fusing an original combination of ...
  
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  Jim Weiss to tell stories from the Mark Twain era

  Jan 31
  Storyteller Jim Weiss will entertain families at the Southwest Harbor Public Library on Friday, Feb. 3 at 6:30 p.m., when he will tell "true ...
  
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  Masanobu Ikemiya: Multi-faceted on piano, in life

  By Laurie Schreiber - Jan 25
  At his most recent performance, Bar Harbor pianist Masanobu Ikemiya proved himself not only a talented musician but an entertaining narrator of ...
  

• Museums on Us offers free weekend

  Jan 24
  Bank of America's Museums on Us program, which offers Bank of America/Merrill Lynch credit or debit cardholders free access to some of the ...
  

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  Book publication is lifelong dream come true for local photographer

  By Jason Wimbiscus - Feb 01
  Persistence often pays, especially for artists striving to perfect and promote their craft. Marty Harris — the photographer and author of the ...
  
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  Exhibit: 'Interpreting the Random'

  Jan 28
  A collaborative of local book artists will present an exhibition of recent work in the Blue Hill Public Library’s Howard Room starting Feb. 3. The ...
  
• New format; deadline March 1

  CMCA calls for 2012 Biennial

  Jan 24
  The Center for Maine Contemporary Art has announced its plans for the 2012 CMCA Biennial Exhibition. The show will be held at CMCA, 162 Russell ...
  
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  Live music: Jeff 'Smokey' McKeen

  Jan 24
  As part of the on-going Big Read of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," Jeff “Smokey” McKeen will perform river songs and tell stories of life along ...
  

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  Exhibit: 'In the Lyme-Light: Portraits of Illness and Healing'

  Jan 21
  Bar Harbor artist Emily Bracale will exhibit her artwork in a show about Lyme disease at the Blue Hill Public Library during the month of February....
  

• Museums on Us offers free weekend

  Jan 24
  Bank of America's Museums on Us program, which offers Bank of America/Merrill Lynch credit or debit cardholders free access to some of the ...
  
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  Masanobu Ikemiya: Multi-faceted on piano, in life

  By Laurie Schreiber - Jan 25
  At his most recent performance, Bar Harbor pianist Masanobu Ikemiya proved himself not only a talented musician but an entertaining narrator of ...
  
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  Jim Weiss to tell stories from the Mark Twain era

  Jan 31
  Storyteller Jim Weiss will entertain families at the Southwest Harbor Public Library on Friday, Feb. 3 at 6:30 p.m., when he will tell "true ...
  

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  Book publication is lifelong dream come true for local photographer

  By Jason Wimbiscus - Feb 01
  Persistence often pays, especially for artists striving to perfect and promote their craft. Marty Harris — the photographer and author of the ...
  
• New format; deadline March 1

  CMCA calls for 2012 Biennial

  Jan 24
  The Center for Maine Contemporary Art has announced its plans for the 2012 CMCA Biennial Exhibition. The show will be held at CMCA, 162 Russell ...
  
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  Exhibit: 'Interpreting the Random'

  Jan 28
  A collaborative of local book artists will present an exhibition of recent work in the Blue Hill Public Library’s Howard Room starting Feb. 3. The ...
  
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  Live music: Jeff 'Smokey' McKeen

  Jan 24
  As part of the on-going Big Read of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," Jeff “Smokey” McKeen will perform river songs and tell stories of life along ...
  

• Beyond the Game

  Stress tab: Super Bowl hype too much to take

  By Ken Waltz - Feb 03
  All this Super Bowl hype is making me, well, hyper. Can we please stop talking and start playing? Toss the coin and kick the damn ball, already. Is...
  
• High school swimming

  MDI athletes break records, but Trojans suffer rare defeats

  By Staff - Jan 31
  The Mount Desert Island swim teams hit the road Monday night, Jan. 30 to take on Bangor in hopes of overtaking the host Rams in the state's Queen ...
  
• High school indoor track

  MDI's Hubbell, Driscoll race to distance firsts at UMaine

  By Staff - Jan 30
  Mount Desert Island indoor track athletes were back jumping, running, hurdling, vaulting and throwing in another Penobscot Valley Conference and ...
  
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  Trojans fifth at regional, nab state Class B berth

  By Mark Haskell - Jan 29
  After finishing near the bottom of the rankings in both the Penobscot Valley Conference and Big East championships earlier this month, the Mount ...
  

• High school girls basketball

  Trojans dispatch Eagles as end of regular season nears

  By Staff - Feb 02
  As the regular season winds down, the Mount Desert Island girls basketball team looks to end the year with a four-game win streak. Now, after ...
  
• High school basketball

  MDI hardwood squads gallop past Coyotes

  By Staff - Jan 31
  The Mount Desert Island boys and girls basketball teams continue to surge to the Eastern Class B playoffs, with both riding high in their respectiv...
  
• Give us your take

  Super Bowl XLVI: VillageSoup seeks thoughts on Patriots versus Giants

  By Staff - Jan 30
  With Super Bowl XLVI between the AFC champion New England Patriots and the NFC champion New York Giants set for Sunday, Feb. 5 at 6:30 p.m. in ...
  
• High school basketball

  Trojans continue to net wins on hardwood

  By Staff - Jan 24
  Stellar seasons for the Mount Desert Island boys and girls basketball teams continued over the weekend as the Trojans made the long trek to "The ...
  

• Give us your take

  Super Bowl XLVI: VillageSoup seeks thoughts on Patriots versus Giants

  By Staff - Jan 30
  With Super Bowl XLVI between the AFC champion New England Patriots and the NFC champion New York Giants set for Sunday, Feb. 5 at 6:30 p.m. in ...
  

• Special Olympics Winter Games Jan. 29-31

  By Staff - Jan 23
  In 1969, Special Olympics Maine held the world's first winter games. It began on a small hill in Gorham, with only a handful of people. This year, ...
  

• Sharks swarm in YMCA waters Feb. 5

  By Staff - Jan 24
  The Mount Desert Island YMCA swim team will dive into "shark infested waters" on Sunday, Feb. 5 from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Super Bowl Sunday) ...
  
• High school basketball

  Trojans continue to net wins on hardwood

  By Staff - Jan 24
  Stellar seasons for the Mount Desert Island boys and girls basketball teams continued over the weekend as the Trojans made the long trek to "The ...
  

• Road racing

  Midcoast Half-Marathon March 11 in Lincolnville

  By Staff - Jan 23
  A second half-marathon has been scheduled for the Midcoast for 2012. While the second annual Blueberry Cove Half-Marathon will be in August in ...
  
• Updated with link to photos

  Trojans fifth at regional, nab state Class B berth

  By Mark Haskell - Jan 29
  After finishing near the bottom of the rankings in both the Penobscot Valley Conference and Big East championships earlier this month, the Mount ...
  
• Beyond the Game

  Stress tab: Super Bowl hype too much to take

  By Ken Waltz - Feb 03
  All this Super Bowl hype is making me, well, hyper. Can we please stop talking and start playing? Toss the coin and kick the damn ball, already. Is...
  
• Community event

  Sprague 3-on-3 hoop tourney March 2

  By Staff - Jan 23
  The First will sponsor the Josh Sprague Basketball Tournament on Friday, March 2 at the Mount Desert Island YMCA and Mount Desert Island High ...
  

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