Neighbors Growing Together | Sep 3, 2010
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By Holly S. Edwards - Sep 02
In a press conference Thursday afternoon, Gov. John E. Baldacci said that Maine is in a ready state of preparedness in advance of Hurricane Earl, ...
By Staff - Sep 02
The Bar Harbor Times will be monitoring Hurricane Earl over the next few days, and as a community service, will post storm-related event cancellati...
By Staff - Sep 02
Bar Harbor Harbormaster Charlie Phippen has confirmed that the visit by the cruise ship Maasdam, scheduled for Friday, Sept. 3 has been canceled. ...
National Weather Service issues coastal tropical storm watch
By Holly S. Edwards - Sep 02
The National Weather Service on Thursday morning, Sept. 2 issued a tropical storm watch for coastal Hancock and ...
Sep 02
Maine state parks and historic sites, including all campgrounds, will be open Friday, Sept. 3, which is a state shut-down day. According to ...
Book about Acadia's plants is Garden Club tribute
By Mac Smith - Sep 02
For Northeast Harbor summer resident Julia Leisenring, helping to get the new book "Plants of Acadia" published was ...
By Mac Smith - Sep 01
A year after a little girl was killed by a hurricane-driven giant wave at Thunder Hole in Acadia National Park, Hurricane Earl is poised to ...
Sep 01
The Division of Licensing and Regulatory Services in the Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday, Aug. 31, the selection of two ...
Marine interests prepare for storm
By Laurie Schreiber - Sep 01
Employees at marinas and boatyards around Mount Desert Island were keeping track of the weather reports Wednesday, ...
A Closer Look — Acadia ...Roving retirees volunteer at parks throughout the nation
By Laurie Schreiber - Sep 01
On a recent morning, Martha Head presented a friendly face at the Acadia National Park Visitor Center in Hulls ...
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Book details heroism of custom and border agents
By Laurie Schreiber - Sep 01
Drug interdiction, money laundering and terrorist-related matters are among the heart-pounding topics addressed in a ...
Sep 01
The public is invited to attend the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission's upcoming meeting at park headquarters in Bar Harbor on Friday, ...
Mount Desert Island Historical Society names new executive director
Aug 31
The Mount Desert Island Historical Society has chosen Timothy F. Garrity of Somesville as its new executive director,...
Monarchs inspire fascination
By Laurie Schreiber - Aug 31
The monarch butterfly is the very image of delicacy. Its wings – orange veined with black and trimmed with white ...
Aug 31
Everybody Eats Free Community Meal in Ellsworth is hosting a fundraiser this Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 6. The Flash in the Pans steel drum band ...
Aug 31
Sgt. Michael Brueneman of Bar Harbor, a member of the 1136th Transportation Company, was promoted in July 2010.
Aug 31
A group of environmental activists and those concerned with sustainability are gauging interest on Mount Desert Island for a local affiliate of ...
Campers unleash their creativity with local artists
Aug 31
Campers at Camp Beech Cliff have had the special opportunity to work with local artists this summer. Funded by the ...
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July Pending Home Sales Show Rise
By Prudential Northeast ... - Sep 02
Following a sharp drop in the months immediate after expiration of the home buyer tax credit, pending home sales ...
Bark Harbor's Pet of the Week: Oliver!
By Bark Harbor - Sep 02
Oliver is part Beagle, so he has lots to say!
Family Caregiver Support Groups
By Spectrum Generations - Sep 02
Attending a support group presents a caregiver with a safe, respectful, and understanding environment. You are able ...
Choice - The Greatest Freedom of All
By Spectrum Generations - Sep 02
The healthcare paradigm is shifting and self direction is the model to look for - and what every health system ...
Important Announcement concerning the Camden Windjammer Festival and Hurricane Earl
By Camden-Rockport-Lincol... - Sep 01
Following consultations with public safety officials and based on the best weather information available the evening ...
Promote your VillageSoup auction item in 3 easy steps:
By Janis Bunting @ ... - Sep 01
1.) If you are a bizMember, post a brief description about the auction item and include the auction link. (bizOffer) ...
"Be Active Your Way" at Spectrum Generations' Cohen Center
By Spectrum Generations - Sep 01
Active Ageing Week September 20th through September 26th is a week to offer older adults the means to experience ...
Commercial Real Estate Yields Spur Investors
By Prudential Northeast ... - Sep 01
Yields on U.S. commercial real estate are nearing a record high compared to Treasury bonds. Many investors take that ...
Next Giveaway....
By Meandering Maine - Sep 01
The next Great Maine Giveaway is............ Oysters Again! Yea! Here's your chance to win a dozen fresh, hand ...
Choosing GREEN PRODUCTS For Kitchen And Bath
By Interiors by Details - Sep 01
As a Certified Kitchen, Bath and Interior Designer I am challenged to make homes healthier, more energy efficient, ...
By Mount Desert Island ... - Sep 01
Mount Desert Island Hospital's award-winning Fall Wellness Walks will kick off on Friday, Sept. 10 with a two and a half miler at Eagle Lake. The...
Unity College Team and Bill McKibben Bound for White House
By Unity College - Aug 31
Unity, Maine – August 31, 2010 – Fresh from being named to the list of “greenest” colleges in the United States by ...
Choosing THE Dress
By Meandering Maine - Aug 31
I have to start by saying I thought I’d be the girl that walked in and bought the first dress I tried on. Well as it ...
Do you think Gram's Pizza has the BEST PIZZA on the Island?
By Gram's Pizza - Aug 31
Vote for Gram's Pizza for the "Best of the Best of Mount Desert Island" for the Best Pizza! Pick up a copy of The ...
Camden Windjammer Festival Sets Sail This Friday!
By Camden-Rockport-Lincol... - Aug 31
The Camden Windjammer Festival starts this Friday! Throughout Labor Day weekend the seaside village voted the ...
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Member Stories

Not your usual driving lesson.
By Roberto Mario Rodriguez - Aug 30
Sherri Alley of Bar Harbor takes the Seal Cove Auto Museum's 1914 Stanley Steamer Mountain Wagon for driving lesson ...
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Opinion

By John Brautigam - Sep 01
A number of legal challenges filed during this campaign season have focused renewed attention on the interplay between First Amendment expression ...
By Christine Chronis - Sep 01
That clever Shakespeare - he was always on to something. Labor Day weekend is coming right up. Wait a minute! Wasn't it just Memorial Day? ...
Calls of the Wild
By Scott Grierson - Sep 01
After several days of sweltering heat and a burning sun, ...
Sep 01
A request of the Criterion Theatre To the management and board of directors of the Criterion Theatre: An opportunity to serve the entire ...
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Blogs

By Dan Dunkle - Sep 02
For a while, in our dining room, we had this beautiful, jade green case. It was shaped a bit like a capsule, tiny and fragile looking, elegant. ...
By Charles J Rumsey - Sep 01
As I write this week's column, it is Wednesday morning and I've just finished our Week 8 fitness challenge - a 5.2 mile run through a wooded trail ...
Heart is still beating
By Tom Von Malder - Aug 31
Heart: Red Velvet Car (Legacy CD, 37:12). This is ...
Bad Gusher
By Kit Hayden - Aug 31
Last week the federal government held "non-adversarial" ...
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By Janis Bunting - Aug 27 - 1 Comments
3 ways to easily promote your auction item on VillageSoup's Auction 1.) If you are a bizMember, post a brief description about the auction ...
By Andrew Carpenter - Aug 26 - 4 Comments
CBO's Rosy Stimulus Numbers Have Little Basis in Reality, But Media Again Report Them as Fact Numbers based on economic models that were not ...
By Ronald Horvath - Aug 25 - 3 Comments
Dodging the facts again, Andrew? Do you doubt that a Saudi prince is part owner of Fox news, or, like all conservatives, do you simply choose what ...
By Rhonda Blackburn - Aug 23 - 1 Comments
"Oops?" While I appreciate much of the general cynicism about yet another area of government waste, I think the use of "oops" in relation to the ...
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By Ronald Horvath - Aug 26 - 4 Comments
Stimulus added millions of jobs in Q2By Andy Sullivan, Tue, Aug 24 2010WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The massive U.S. stimulus package put millions of ...
The elite's bogus appeal to 'authority'
By Andrew Carpenter - Aug 25 - 0 Comments
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By Ronald Horvath - Aug 24 - 3 Comments
News Corp. Executives Actually Recently Met With Saudi Billionaire In Mosque ControversyJason Linkins, 08-24-10By now, you may have heard about ...
By Andrew Carpenter - Aug 24 - 0 Comments
By Frank Ryan at American Thinker Star Trek's Dr. Spock must be so confused. Do today's leaders think that just because they voted on something...
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Education

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Governor applies for additional education funding
Aug 24
Gov. John E. Baldacci submitted Maine’s application today, Aug. 20, for $39 million in federal funds from the ...
Aug 23
Kendra Bryer, a resident of Bar Harbor, has enrolled at Saint Joseph's College of Maine in Standish beginning in the fall semester.
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A & E

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Glassware is the unusual canvas for engravings
By Laurie Schreiber - Sep 01
Engraved glasswork created by Tams Redfield is now on display at the Redfield Artisans Gallery. Redfield began her ...
Acadia Rep prepares to put out the ghost light once more
Aug 31
This weekend is the last chance to see the premiere production of Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Nile" at the ...
Courthouse Gallery opens three exhibitions
Aug 25
Courthouse Gallery Fine Art will host an opening reception on Sunday, Aug. 29 from 4 to 6 p.m. for three new ...
Aug 25
During the month of September, the Southwest Harbor Public Library will offer the public a display of paintings by Nancy Diedricksen titled ...
Aug 31
Poet Alan Jenkins, a British contemporary poet, will be at College of the Atlantic on Friday, Sept. 10. He will be presenting his work at 7 p.m. ...
Aug 25
Bill Raiten is presenting an encore performance of his one-man show, "Brooklyn to Broadway and Beyond," Saturday, Aug. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Blue ...
Under a macro lens, tide pools spring to life
By Laurie Schreiber - Aug 25
Most people see mud flats as vast stretches of gray muck, their slimy rocks and sucking ooze difficult to traverse. ...
A lot of summer still left at the Acadia Rep
Aug 24
"The Acadia Rep is experiencing a remarkable summer, and it ain't over yet!" said producing director Andrew Mayer. ...
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Obituaries

Katherine S. Roberts
Sep 01
Katherine S. Roberts, of Northeast Harbor and Arlington, Va., died of ovarian cancer on Sept. 1, 2010, at Northeast ...
Doris Haycraft "Dee" Patton
Aug 31
Doris Haycraft "Dee" Patton, a Bar Harbor resident for the last third of her long life, died Aug. 18, 2010. She was ...
Aug 30
Jeanne A. Burnell, 76, of Zephyrhills, Fla., died unexpectedly on Aug. 16, 2010. Although she lived in Florida, Jeanne considered Maine — and ...
Aug 30
Carl R. "Nick" Johnson, 85, of Southwest Harbor, died Aug. 26, 2010, in Bar Harbor. He was born Oct. 29, 1924, in Jonesport, the son of Lafayette ...
Aug 24
James Alan "Jimmy" McQuinn, 55, of Stamford, Conn., died on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, at Stamford Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. He ...

Paul A. Stockbridge Jr.
Sep 01
Paul Austin Stockbridge Jr., 65, died peacefully Aug. 28, 2010, at a Bangor hospital. He was born April 23, 1945, in ...
Aug 30
Antoinette Grandgent "Nanette" Herzel, grandaughter of one of the early rusticators of Mount Desert Island, died on Aug. 11, 2010, in Frankfort, ...
Merton E. Rich
Aug 30
Merton E. Rich, 82, of West Tremont, died Aug. 26, 2010, at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. He was born on ...
Aug 28
Norman James "Babe" Albee, 68, of Otter Creek, died Aug. 26, 2010, in Otter Creek. He was born Aug. 15, 1942, in Bernard, the son of Myron and ...

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By Staff - Sep 02
Bath Adult Education will offer a class on baseball scorekeeping on Thursday, Oct. 7. The class will be taught by Thomas Hinton, official scorer ...
By Frederick Freudenberger - Sep 01
With a new season ahead, Mount Desert Island High School looks to its football team with high hopes, but also a bit of uncertainty. While the ...
By Staff - Aug 30
The 30th annual Maine Sport Triathlon will be Sunday, Sept. 5 at 9 a.m. at Barrett's Cove on Megunticook Lake. Registration for the race, which ...
By Staff - Aug 24
Cabela's in Scarborough will host Fall Great Outdoor Days 2 on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 28-29 and the Maine State Duck Calling Championship on ...
By Ken Waltz - Sep 01
With a new coach and large group of runners, this fall's Mount Desert Island High School cross-country teams appear ready to carry on the successfu...
Road race/walkShaffer, Brunton cruise to firsts in Northeast Harbor 5-miler
By Staff - Aug 31
Joshua Shaffer of Wisconsin and Elizabeth Brunton of Birch Harbor proved the fastest male and female runners in the ...
High school cross counrySirois runs in as new Trojan coach
By Ken Waltz - Aug 24
There is a new coach on the Mount Desert Island High School fall sports scene, but the name and face associated with ...
By Staff - Aug 24
About 40 bicyclists tested themselves during the 2010 Mount Desert Island Bicycle Time Trial Aug. 22. After 14 miles of racing, Fred Thomas of ...
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