News
Paradis announces run against Flemings for District 35
By Staff - Feb 08The local political climate is heating up as local business owner and Bar Harbor Town Councilor Paul Paradis announced he has thrown his hat into ...
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Acadia seeks raptor internship applications
Feb 07Acadia National Park is currently accepting applications for the Raptor Interpretation Internship. The raptor internship runs from mid-May to ...
Puppet show to benefit Park Street Playground
By Jason Wimbiscus - Feb 06A community group dedicated to restoring Bar Harbor’s Park Street Playground will be holding a puppet show fundraiser on Feb. 11 with all proceeds ...
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Acadia's backyard birds: A walk on the bar
Feb 06On Saturday, Feb. 18 from noon to 3:30 p.m., join Acadia National Park ranger Angi King Johnston and local naturalist Rich MacDonald for a winter ...
State Forest Service to begin looking for woolly adelgid on MDI
By Staff - Feb 06A Maine Forest Service survey crew will soon begin the hunt for signs of an invasive insect in an entirely new location — Mount Desert Island. The ...
Dennis Damon offers long-time perspective on fisheries management
By Laurie Schreiber - Feb 02When Dennis Damon was a teenager, he would head out in his little boat, eastward of Baker Island, to go handlining for codfish. “One hook, one ...
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DMR approves Trenton oyster farm proposal
By Jason Wimbiscus - Jan 30In spite of concerns voiced by nearby property owners, the state Department of Marine Resources has approved a 50-acre oyster farm planned for ...
Cops & Courts
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Southwest Harbor blotter
By Staff - Feb 09An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven ...
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Bar Harbor blotter
By Staff - Feb 08An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven ...
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Hancock County Jail log
By Staff - Feb 08An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven ...
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Ellsworth District Court news
By Staff - Feb 08The following cases were closed in Ellsworth District Court from Jan. 27 to Feb. 2. Jennifer L. Allen, 26, of Surry, criminal mischief in Gouldsbor...
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Ellsworth blotter
By Staff - Feb 03An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven ...
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Bar Harbor blotter
By Staff - Feb 03An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven ...
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Mount Desert blotter
By Staff - Feb 03An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven ...
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Hancock County Jail log
By Staff - Feb 03An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven ...
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Southwest Harbor blotter
By Staff - Feb 03An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven ...
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Hancock County Sheriff's blotter
By Staff - Feb 03An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven ...
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Ellsworth District Court news
By Staff - Feb 02The following cases were closed in Ellsworth district court from Jan. 20 to Jan. 26. Ryan G. Bucchieri, 27, of Bucksport, fugitive from justice in ...
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Mount Desert blotter
By Staff - Jan 27An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven ...
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Ellsworth blotter
By Staff - Jan 27An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven ...
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Ellsworth District Court news
By Staff - Jan 27The following cases were closed in Ellsworth District Court from Jan. 13 to Jan. 19. Michael A. Abercrombie, 32, of Charlottesville, Va., operating...
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Bar Harbor blotter
By Staff - Jan 27An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven ...
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Hancock County Jail log
By Staff - Jan 26An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven ...
County
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Hancock County deeds
Feb 01The following deed transfers were recorded from Jan. 23 to Jan. 27 at the Hancock County Registry of Deeds. Jan. 23 John Allen Conner to Samuel ...
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Hancock County deeds
Jan 26The following deed transfers were recorded from Jan. 17 to Jan. 20 at the Hancock County Registry of Deeds. Jan. 17 Matthew Raimondi Living Trust ...
Education
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Worthy of note — Feb. 8 edition
Feb 07Mariah Grover of Bar Harbor, a member of the class of 2012, was named to Tufts University's dean's list for the Fall 2011 semester. Dean's list ...
Tremont, Pemetic school consolidation discussions to continue
By Laurie Schreiber - Feb 07A joint meeting will once again be held by the Tremont Consolidated and Pemetic Elementary school boards to discussion possible consolidation ...
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Tremont and Trenton students among screensaver contest winners
By Laurie Schreiber - Feb 07Artwork created by two middle school students from the Mount Desert Island Regional School System has been selected for the 2012-2013 Maine ...
Talking amphibians, reptiles and cultural beliefs with Martha Crump
By Staff - Feb 07Noted biologist Dr. Martha Crump will be talking about amphibians and reptiles at College of the Atlantic on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 4 p.m. in ...
Tremont students learn arboreal skills
By Laurie Schreiber - Feb 07Tremont Consolidated middle-school students Colby Butler, Justin Lee, Andrew Jewett and Parker Murphy were recently suiting up in tree-climbing ...
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Audubon scholarships available
Feb 06Hancock County Downeast Audubon is inviting applications for two scholarship opportunities for week-long residential nature programs at the ...
MDI High School speech team in top five at state finals
By Laurie Schreiber - Jan 31A week before the Maine Forensics Association-sanctioned State Speech Tournament at Brunswick, the Mount Desert Island High School speech team was ...
Abbe Museum to host two Big Read events examining issues of race, stereotypes
By Staff - Jan 31As 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 ...
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Jackson Lab garners grants to support student science fair
Jan 31The 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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Don Cass to talk on Tanzania
Jan 30Don Cass, longtime faculty member at College of the Atlantic, will speak about his recent trip to the East African nation of Tanzania, sharing ...
Talk: "U.S. Weakness in a 21st Century World: Will Asia and China rule?"
Jan 27Is this the end of America’s heroic age? Will China’s communist technocrats dominate the world? Join professor Seth Singleton on Monday, Jan. 30 ...
Voters to consider Tremont/Pemetic consolidation
By Laurie Schreiber - Jan 26The Tremont Consolidated and Pemetic Elementary school boards have worked out a non-binding referendum question designed to solicit input from ...
State
Pat Keliher: Finding balance in management and fishermen’s lives
By Laurie Schreiber - Feb 02Four working days into his appointment as commissioner of the Department of Marine Resources, Patrick Keliher said his schedule was keeping him ...
Record-breaking lobster landings figure awaits confirmation
By Shlomit Auciello - Jan 31The Maine Department of Marine Resources issued a clarification of a Jan. 31 Associated Press report that 2011 lobster landings exceeded 100 ...
Derelict lobster gear recovery to continue
By Staff - Jan 30The Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation received funds through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Fishing for Energy Program, and National ...
Keliher takes helm at Marine Resources agency
By Laurie Schreiber - Jan 27Patrick Keliher was sworn in as commissioner of the state Department of Marine Resources on Jan. 26, after serving for six months as the DMR’s ...
Town
Tranquility Woods gets the nod, again
By Jeff Walls - Feb 09Developer Tranquility-Bond LLC's Tranquility Woods subdivision cleared the Bar Harbor Planning Board on Feb. 1, meeting setback requirements, ...
Mount Desert building permits
Feb 08The following building permits were issued in the town of Mount Desert from Jan. 30 to Feb. 3. Feb. 3 Robert Clay Kanzler, 45 Main St., Seal ...
In Mount Desert...
Infrastructure upgrades headed to voters
By Jason Wimbiscus - Feb 08Mount Desert selectmen Feb. 6 added two funding articles to the May town meeting warrant, including a request to replace the town highway garage ...
Bar Harbor building permits
Feb 08The following building permits were issued in Bar Harbor for the week ending Feb. 3. Jan. 30 John Ambielli, 366 Norway Drive; to renovate existing ...
Could push taxes up 4.4 percent
Proposed budget heads to Bar Harbor voters Feb. 14
By Jeff Walls - Feb 08The Bar Harbor municipal budget cleared the first hurdle — Town Council scrutiny — as the last of three budget workshops wrapped up on Jan. 26. In ...
Almanac — Feb. 8 to Feb. 15
Feb 08Bar Harbor tides, as well as sunrise and sunset times. Feb. 8 High 10:44 a.m. 11:11 p.m. Low 4:35 a.m. 5:03 p.m. Sun 6:40 a.m. 4:53 p.m. Feb. ...
Somesville turn lane still a possibility
By Jason Wimbiscus - Feb 08In spite of tepid responses by Tremont and Southwest Harbor officials to a Mount Desert request for funding assistance, a proposed right turn lane ...
Local Republican Caucus results guarded
By Jeff Walls - Feb 08The GOP Caucus garnered nearly 60 people for the two-hour session it held to identify the candidates spanning from local to national stages. The ...
Rich building permit appealed
By Laurie Schreiber - Feb 03The Tremont Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 5 p.m. at the town office to hear an administrative appeal regarding...
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Design Review Board
DRB approves port security building, Village Green sign
By Jeff Walls - Feb 02The Bar Harbor Design Review Board gave three green lights to pending projects at its meeting on Jan 26, including the port security building on ...
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Southwest Harbor
Selectmen approve municipal budget
By Jason Wimbiscus - Feb 02A preliminary 2012-2013 municipal budget recently approved by the Southwest Harbor Board of Selectmen shows a 2.2 percent decrease in town ...
Fire department voices fears on new fireworks law
By Laurie Schreiber - Feb 01The Tremont Volunteer Fire Department’s chief, Wayne Patton, said his department is concerned that a new state law to allow the sale and use of ...
Mount Desert building permits
Feb 01The following building permits were issued in the town of Mount Desert from Jan. 23 to Jan. 27. Jan. 23 David Rockefeller, 39 Cooksey Drive, Seal ...
Tremont to Time Warner: high-speed cable no longer a luxury
By Laurie Schreiber - Feb 01After reviewing a boilerplate contract renewal from Time Warner for high-speed cable service, Tremont's Internet Exploratory Committee recommended ...
Bar Harbor building permits
Feb 01The following building permits were issued in Bar Harbor for the week ending Jan. 27. Jan. 23 Joseph S. Gerstner, 17 Albert Meadow Unit 3; to ...
Historic status sought for old red store
By Laurie Schreiber - Feb 01The Old Red Antiques Store is a well-known landmark in the village of Bernard. Over the past few months, the small building has received an ...
Almanac — Feb. 1 to Feb. 8
Feb 01Bar Harbor tides, as well as sunrise and sunset times. Wednesday, Feb. 1 High 5:04 a.m. 5:41 p.m. Low 11:34 a.m. 11:45 p.m. Sun 6:49 a.m. 4:43 ...
Zoning amendment to facilitate library expansion
By Laurie Schreiber - Feb 01A proposed expansion of the Bass Harbor Memorial Library was nixed by the Tremont Planning Board last year due to zoning requirements that the ...
Partnership offers fire training opportunity
Feb 01On Jan. 21, six members of the Mount Desert Fire Department and three Acadia National Park employees worked together to remove two buildings along ...
State solicits requests for road improvements
By Laurie Schreiber - Jan 31The state Department of Transportation is in the process of surveying all towns in Maine about their road improvement needs, as part of the DOT’s ...
Mount Desert approaches Quiet Side towns for road funds
By Jason Wimbiscus and ... - Jan 31The town of Mount Desert has approached the select boards of Tremont and Southwest Harbor to see if the latter two towns would share in the cost ...
League towns continue discussing aerial photography to assist land use planners
By Laurie Schreiber - Jan 26The cost of aerial orthophotography does not look too expensive, and the images would be useful for town and park planning purposes — That was the ...
