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Mount Desert Business Receives $200k, LifeFlight Asks People to Please Not Point Lasers at Its Helicopters

Are We Heading For A Substantial Drought?

Community Café Serves More Lunches Than Ever Before!

Hospital Hopes to Discontinue Stanwood Place

Tremont Police Calls More Than Southwest Harbor Chief Expected

Bar Harbor Will Seek Enforcement Action Against Dock Owners

"Enough is Enough"

Again, Two Vehicles Leave the Road in Two Separate Crashes

HELP THE BAR HARBOR STORY CONTINUE

Seal Harbor Pier Repair Work Approved, Comfort Station Headed to Otter Creek

Bar Harbor Inn Makes SNL Cameo

THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

Letter From Our Readers

Is Bar Harbor Heading Toward a Moratorium?

UPDATED: APPLL Files Campaign Finance Inquiry About No on Four

Bar Harbor Mansion Owner Building 24-Car Garage for Antique Autos

Angela Chamberlain Resigns As Bar Harbor Code Enforcement Officer

Cruise Ship Ballot Question Recount Moves Forward

Chimney Fire Keeps Firefighters From Select Board Meeting

Waterfront Concerns Focus of Southwest Harbor Select Board Meeting

Cruise Ship Recount Effort Looks for 100 Signatures With a Deadline of Today

Updated: Bar Harbor Town Council Will Hold Litigation-Focused Executive Session Thursday

Two Pickup Trucks Journey Off-Road in Two Different Crashes

For 143 Years the VIA Has Taken Care of Bar Harbor Spaces

Bar Harbor Garden Club Honors Veterans

THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

Shredding the Silence on an Epidemic Impacting Millions of American Women

No Rest For These Bed Racers or Shoppers

A Joyous Conners Emerson School Breaks Ground

Milagro Coffee & Espresso Opens Year Round Under New Owner, Paradis Concedes in Commissioner's Race, Park Has Busiest October

Window Panes Continues to Give Back During 30th Anniversary Year

Side Street Cafe Hiring Year-Round and Seasonal Restaurant Positions

Bar Harbor’s Cruise Limits Close Vote May Not Settle the Debate

Unto MDI, A Great Community Production is Born!

Early Bird Pajama Sale and Bed Races This Saturday!

HOW WE VOTED

MDI High School Trustees Get Updates and Make Decisions

BAR HARBOR KEEPS CRUISE SHIP RULES

Park and Mount Desert Officials Meet About Otter Creek's Working Waterfront

Updated: Three-Story Inn Proposal Worries Bar Harbor School Committee

Two Crashes Send Two to Hospital

Planning Board Begins to Tackle Offensive Language

Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Annual Meeting

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK

BAR HARBOR'S PAID PARKING IS OVER FOR THE YEAR

Letter From A Reader

What You're Voting For

Creepin' It Real:

Halloween Arrives on Mount Desert Island

Residents Escape Early Morning Fire In Southwest Harbor Home

More Visitations Than The Fourth?

Pirates at Paradis, Trick or Treat on Halloween

Political Signs Still Hot Ticket Item in the World of Local Theft

Rotary Club Needs Extra Time for July Fourth Festivities

Majestic Maine Mansion Hosts Community Day During Season's Last Hurrah

THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

Remembering Miss Sue, one of Bar Harbor's Fiercest and Kindest Mama Bears

Southwest Harbor Public Works Facility Plan Needs $37K Update

MDI Hospital Remodels Interfaith Chapel,

Mount Desert Might Be Locking Down Its Trash A Bit More Soon

Ken Mitchell Kept It Together So We All Didn't Fall Apart

Letter From A Reader

UPDATED: A Big Happy List of Halloween Events

MDI High School Students Hold Walkout in Response to Incident of School Violence

Bar Harbor Still in the Running For FEMA Funds

Bar Harbor's Historic Bells Came Down Today

Trenton Fire Department Hosts Cancer Screenings

Has Region Hit Maximum Capacity? Some Officials Say Yes

Beehive Trail Helicopter Rescue Details

Falling in Love With Everything

New Lodging Proposed Near the Corner of Eden Street and Cottage Street

THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

Book Trick or Treat, Hospital News, Library and COA Excitement

Where Will People Find Homes?

CAT Hosted More Riders This Season

Some Conners Emerson Students Take Tree Matters Into Their Own Hands

Side Street Cafe

Bar Harbor Continues To Deal With Short-Term Rental Ordinance Violations

Andy's Home Improvement, Inc.

Swan Agency Real Estate

Bat-ter Up for the Food Pantry

More Than 500 Give Their Input About How To Make Bar Harbor's Streets Safer

Letters From Our Readers

Town Will Apply for EPA Grant to Clean Up Brownfield at MDI YMCA

Downeast Trout Unlimited meeting with Lauren Pickford

UPDATED: Fire Totals Home Under Renovation

Man Will Run Marathon To Honor Memory of Cranberry Isle Resident

Coast Guard Needs Help Stopping & Solving Hoax Call Spree

Tremont Public Safety Building Planning Moving Forward, But Don't Mess With Trivia Night

Beware of Dragons! And Maybe Justin Bieber as Racers Got Gritty This Weekend

THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

WHO IS RUNNING?

Limited Park Loop Road Closures Starting October 15

Here ye! Here ye! Belt Sander Races Are Coming!

Plan to Increase Cell Coverage in Southwest Harbor Currently Impossible

Southwest Harbor Firefighters Strained But Positive as They Continuously Put Community Above Self

The Fab Five Furry Friends Are Looking for Homes

As Cruise Ship Vote Looms, Many Parties Involved Host Discussions

HOW TO SUBMIT A LETTER

Heel Way Subdivision Configuration Not Being Changed

Police Department Issues Statement Regarding Incident at MDI High School on Friday, October 4

Illegal Parking Job Leads to Accident on Cottage Street in Bar Harbor.

UPDATED: Bar Harbor and Mount Desert School Boards Approve Another Year with a School Resource Officer

Acadia Cuts The Ribbon for Dane Farm Housing and Announces Expansion of Bar Harbor Housing Project

Conners Emerson's Fence is Up For Construction

This Weekend Was For the Dogs

THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK

THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK

Dentist Asks Council to Reconsider Lodging Moratorium

MDI GIRLS ARE THE FESTIVAL OF CHAMPION CHAMPIONS!

Man Shot By Sheriff's Deputy in Stonington

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

Let's Talk Traffic . . . Lights

Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Still Needs Your Help

Flies & Lies

Lincoln Man who Drove off 35-foot Cliff Pleads Guilty to Driving Drunk in Acadia National Park

State's Preliminary Revaluations Put Trenton at $591 million

Getting a Kick Out of It: Restaurant Workers Create Community One Game at a Time

Sidman Sells Councilor Recall Petition at Cruise Ship Meeting

There's a Place in Bar Harbor Where Secrets and Truths Are Meant to Be Revealed

Cleaning up Bar Harbor’s Water Source

Construction Flagger Dies After Being Hit by Vehicle in Orland

Driver Cited for Allegedly Passing School Bus and Almost Hitting Students

Local Ambulance Service Doing All It Can To Survive

Lots of Classes at ArtWaves in October

THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

They Smoke Cigars; They Play the Blues

Fire Department Open Houses, Cruise Ship Talks, Stress Management

MDI Produce Exchange: A Community Space to Share or Pick Up Fresh Produce

What Could Happen to School Debt if We Reorganize?

SOUTHWEST HARBOR FIRE DEPARTMENT OPEN HOUSE!

History on Parade Event This Saturday!

What's Keeping MDI From Affordable, Available Homes?

Tools for Today & Tomorrow Program for Stress Reduction Resumes for MDI Faculty and Students

Wasted Food: Going After a Massive Problem One Compost Bin at a Time

Island Explorer Bus System Celebrates 10 Millionth Passenger!

Cruise Ship Lawsuits Continue to Blossom, Wither, and Evolve

Southwest Harbor Says Goodbye to Marilyn Lowell

Local Man and Park Ranger Both Suffer Minor Injuries During Arrest

Multiple Events Planned in Celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Honoring Good Spirit

New Hampshire Man Who Died in Bicycle Accident in Acadia National Park Identified

Why is building and renovating schools so expensive?

Choco-Latté Cafe

Havana and the Parrilla

Council Approves School Fundraising Funding

Local Author Zoe Weil, The Solutionary Way at NEH Library October 2

Tackling Bias in Healthcare with Angela Marshall, MD

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK

What Is Bill Belichick Doing Between Coaching Jobs

Leashes Will Be Required Next Year at Land and Garden Preserve Lands

Bar Harbor's Proposed Comprehensive Plan Tweaked and Unveiled

Side Treats

Music Harbor Brings Music, Joy, and A Lot More During Marathon Weekend

UPDATED: Salmonella Prompts Egg Recall From Hancock County Farm

Bar Harbor Town Council Talks Trash

Richard Wile Talks about The Geriatric Pilgrim, September 20

Press Release: Author Talk at Southwest Harbor Public Library

Banks, Plow Trucks, and Sand Bids

Man Rescued by Airlift from Beehive Trail in Acadia National Park

Ambassador Annie Hall Talks Poland & the Baltics: US Allies in an Uncertain Global Landscape

TRENTON EXTENDS ITS SOLAR MORATORIUM

31st Annual David R. Harding Memorial Golf Tournament Presented by Bar Harbor Bank & Trust to be held September 26, 2024

Halloween-themed 5K Run and Walk to Benefit the SPCA of Hancock County

Chipmunks Play Hide and Squeak While Permit Delays Stall Conners Emerson Building Start

Mount Desert Man Survives Motorcycle Crash but Receives Multiple Charges

Mount Desert's "Hornet's Nest" Continues

MDI Man Chosen as New School Resource Officer

The Hornet's Nest

THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

Briefs and Short News

These MDI Sisters Don't Stop Giving Back

Food Pantry Working To Snazz Up Former Mama's

Student Survives Collapsed Lung And Heads Back On the Courts and Field

Southwest Harbor Assessor Explains Town's Revaluation

MDI High School Determines Today's Email Threat Not Credible

Sometimes a Race is More Than a Race

Making Community One Hot Dog at a Time

Second Busiest August in History? Possibly, Park Official Says

Bar Harbor Man Arrested For Hit and Run With Bicyclist

Town Manager Continues Quest to Make Otter Creek a Working Waterfront Again

Goodbye, Pirate Dan

THINGS TO DO ON MDI THIS WEEK

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

You Have to Make Money to Spend Money

YMCA POOL OPEN AGAIN!

Crosswalks and Potential Sewer Tie-Ins Cause Some Worry

Trenton Committee Looks To Make Sure Kids Say Safe

Golden Anchor Files Appeal of Cruise Ship Violation Notice

Bar Harbor Town Council Recommends Using Higgins Pit Solar Bond Money For Capital Improvements

Cruise Ship Plan Repeal? Turns Out They Like It--Mostly

Birch Bay Retirement Village Announces 2024 Volunteer of the Year

The Island Loses a Giant

It Is Resolved:

Summer May Be Winding Down, but the Alleged OUIs Keep Police Busy

THE LIBRARIES

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

THINGS TO DO ON MDI THIS WEEK

THINGS TO DO ON MDI THIS WEEK

Patients, advocates say MaineCare transportation company is failing to live up to its agreement

MDI High School Makes Progress on Well Repair, Septic Tank Outflow Line, and Tennis Courts

The Parks Changed This Filmmaker's Dreams

Tourism to Acadia National Park Contributes $685 Million to the Local Economy, Park Listed at #11 in Top Labor Day Trips

It's Hard to Fix What You Don't See

Local Businessman Makes the First Major Donation for Conners Emerson School Construction

For Bar Harbor, Potentially Changing Cruise Ship Regulations Moves Forward And Grows More Heated

Alleged Laser Pointed at Airplane Landing in Trenton and Underage Drinking Party at Hadley Point Beach

How Does A Community Rebuild Trust?

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

THINGS TO DO ON MDI THIS WEEK

Goating It on Norumbega

FEATURE: There's a Cool Way to Get Up Cadillac WITHOUT a Reservation

Bringing Back Main Character Energy

What's Happening With Property Taxes

Have a Free Meal With the Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Police Departments

Dean Unger Wants Just Three Minutes of Your Time

Otter Creek Working Waterfront Resolution Unveiled

Bar Harbor Town Council Talks Cruise Ships

Police Respond to Alleged Mount Desert Hit and Run

More Than 120 Businesses, Writers, and Artists Come Together for Kids' Corner Raffle

West Nile Virus Identified in Bar Harbor

Beacons of Light:

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

THINGS TO DO ON MDI THIS WEEK

Acadia National Park Will Get New Heavy Equipment Thanks to a Successful 35th Annual Friends of Acadia Benefit

Mount Desert Island: A Home Movie

There Will Be Some Extra Cameras On Bar Harbor Streets Next Week

Town Manager Introduces Potential New Council Agenda Format and Meeting Schedule to Council

Chapter 50 Unveiled and Ready for Perusal

Southwest Harbor Police Chief Explains Need for 24-Hour Shifts

As Healthcare Provider Crisis Shortage Expands, Local Hospital Continues to Lead, Expand and Educate

UPDATED: Bar Harbor Woman Seriously Injured in Truck and Bicycle Accident

Senator Collins Announces $19.4 Million Grant To Keep Undergrad Scientists In Maine

Will Ambulance Vessels Be Part of Solution to Island Care Crisis

Finding Community Through Karaoke

‘Brutal’ Conditions For Trenton Plane Crash

THINGS TO DO ON MDI THIS WEEK

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

Downtown Businesses Surveyed on Cruise Ships

Getting Closer to Homes at Hamilton Station and JAX Expansion Will Create 95 Jobs

A New Way For Everyone To Play

Putting With the Best

A New Way For Everyone To Play

Looking For Another Way, Bar Harbor Debates How to Limit Cruise Ships

Park Releases Hikers' Names, Staff Changes in Southwest Harbor

What To Do With $4.35 Million in Bar Harbor?

Water Main Break on Lower Ledgelawn

MOUNT DESERT MOVES FORWARD TOWARD CREATING OTTER CREEK WORKING WATERFRONT RESOLUTION

In Bar Harbor, Council Unveils Potential New Cruise Ship Plan

Road Rage, Cat Fights and Accidents

Cruise Ship Notice of Violation Issued to West Street Business

Acadia Deciding How to Punish Hikers Who Used Trail Closed for Falcons

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

THINGS TO DO ON MDI THIS WEEK

The Possible Haunting of Compass Harbor

Correction and Update: Proposed Cruise Ship Ordinance Unveiled

MDI Graduates Bring a Night Gallery to Portland While Art Takes Over Bar Harbor This Weekend

Against All Odds

UPDATED: Acadia National Park seeking to identify multiple suspects violating wildlife protection closure

Raising a Can to Twenty Years

Ledgelawn Detour No More

Illuminating Love

Court Upholds Town Appeals Board Decision on Short-Term Rental Snafu

Bringing Food (and Housing) to Bar Harbor

The National Park Foundation Contributes $2 Million to Help Build Workforce Housing for Acadia National Park

COA TACKLES QUESTIONS OF DEMOCRACY

Bar Harbor's Potential New Cruise Ship Ordinance Debuts Friday

Sparkly Charm and Bebopping Fingers:

Still No Suspect in Town Hill Hit and Run

Half of the Bikes in Acadia National Park Are Now Electric

Long-Term Rental Registration Task Force Will Recommend Inspections

Connections at the Upper Deck

THINGS TO DO ON MDI THIS WEEK

One Woman's Life Made a Difference For Hundreds

Window Panes Home and Garden

Get Your Art On, MDI!

First National Bank

Seawall Opens!

Victims of Plane Crash Identified

Where Will All The Workers Go?

Don't Bring Tomatoes. Do Bring Cheer.

Two Killed in Trenton Plane Crash

Waters Along Bar Harbor, Acadia Home to Billions of Microplastics

Paradis Ace Hardware

Conners-Emerson Construction Contract A Go! Parking Fees Hit $3.85 million in Revenue

Camp Beech Cliff's Well Water Tests Positive for E. coli

Karen D. Reddersen Appointed New Town Manager in Southwest Harbor

Eagle Lake Road Closed After Truck Crash

Couple's Cars Smashed in Driveway in Morning Hit and Run

MDI High School Graduate's Death Is Considered Homicide

Largest Single-Masted Ship Visits Southwest Harbor

Phoebe Legere’s Magical Abenaki Design Workshop

Rogue Sprinkler Causes Damage at the Bar Harbor Congregational Church

THINGS TO DO ON MDI THIS WEEK

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

Towns Rallies To Feed Seawall Workers

Pilots Work On Maine's Seas and Rivers: Dangerous and Necessary

Appointed!

Looking to Expand & Face Main Street

Six Contractors Have Committed To Fix Seawall For Free

Heel Subdivision Lawsuit Continues

Working Together and Also Apart

Glen Mary Wading Pool Plan Is a Splash

Bar Harbor Firefighter Honored in Ellsworth For Helping to Save Bub Anderson's Life

Radical Shift in Real Estate Market Big Player in Mount Desert Tax Bills

DOT WILL FIX BROKEN SEAWALL ROAD IN SPRING

The Soul of Bar Harbor Might Be Right On Park Street

THINGS TO DO ON MDI THIS WEEK

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

Kayaker Who Died Off MDI Identified

UPDATED: Kayaker's Body Located Off MDI

Partying With Flamboyance

Elements of Sidman Case Against Town Dismissed But Case Moving Forward

Generous Donation from Young Sisters Boosts Art Supplies at Jesup Memorial Library

Friends of Acadia Raises the Roof

Scaled Down School Build Moves Forward

Three Local Companies Offer Services to Reopen Seawall Road

Alcohol-Related Incidents Cause Busy Week for Officers

July 8 Power Outage Explained

For Thirty Years, They've Saved Lives And They Need Your Help To Keep Doing It

MDI High School Hopes to be Carbon Neutral by 2030

THINGS TO DO ON MDI THIS WEEK

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

'Acadia Impression' is a Viewer's Dream of Moments and Connection

Second Annual Nihkaniyane Event at the Abbe This Week

The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of De-Treat

Dramatic June Rescues Keep Rangers and MDI SAR Busy

Bar Harbor's Iconic Water Company Building Might Eventually Find a New Home

Bar Harbor Town Council and School Board Hold Special Meeting Next Tuesday

ACADIANS ARE DISTRICT CHAMPS AND HEADING TO STATES TOMORROW!

FOURTH OF JULY PUTS THE FUN BACK INTO COMMUNITY

Proposal Brings Multiple Celebrations at Bar Harbor's Fourth of July Parade

Dead Porpoise with Great White Shark Bite Found on Great Cranberry

Bar Harbor Inn Section of Shore Path Opens to the Public

Park Plans For Busy Fourth & Bar Harbor Food Pantry Announces Relocation Campaign Kickoff with July Event

Town Charter Is Valid

Maine man charged with driving drunk off 35-foot cliff in Acadia National Park

THE STONE BARN: No Hearts of Stone: Just the Perseverance & a Great Place to Walk

ArtWaves Building Community and Connection

What To Know About Acadia National Park Before You Visit

Rats Infest Parts of Trenton

Acadia Outdoor Center Brings Sixth-Generation Local's Focus on Community Front and Center

Man Crashes Vehicle in Front of Police Department and Flees Scene

Seaside Cinema - Free Movies and Popcorn? We're In!

Bar Harbor After Dark: Existing in the liminal spaces

THINGS TO DO ON MDI (INCLUDING FOURTH OF JULY!)

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

Bar Harbor’s Shore Path

The Need Is Urgent

Rockwell Remixed and Free to View

Maintaining Beauty Can Be Hard Work

Resident Threatens Lawsuit Against MaineDOT Over Seawall Road

Updated: New Hampshire Man Drowns In Clark Cove

Sidman Files Against Bar Harbor About Board of Appeals Decision

Green Water in Somes Sound?

Briefs: Heel Way Subdivision Given Court's OK, JAX LAB Expansion, Great Meadow Loop Road Closure

"A Creek Runs Through It"

Seawall Road Likely Not Opening This Summer

Police Logs: ANP Bubble Rescue Update

Fourth of July Parade Route Remains Despite Construction Slow Down

Smart Cards No Longer an Option at Bar Harbor Parking Kiosks

Where's the Party, Bar Harbor?

The Perfect Sweet Escape at Side Treats

THINGS TO DO ON MDI

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund

Cruise Ship Injunction Fails at Lower Court

Conners-Emerson Rebuild Bids Come in $11 Million Higher Than Budget

Residents Have Chance to Write With NYT Bestselling Author This Week!

ON SITE WORK BEGINS AT YWCA HOUSING PROJECT IN BAR HARBOR

Blueprints for Success

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE BAR HARBOR STORY

The Perfect Sweet Escape

Asticou Plans Approved

It's Official: Council Enacts Cruise Ship Disembarkation Rules

Tremont Select Board Signs Policing Contract with Southwest Harbor

Alleged Puppy Thieves Charged in Ellsworth

Acadia Outdoor Center Brings Sixth-Generation Local's Focus on Community Front and Center

THINGS TO DO ON MDI

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

Opinion: The Man Who Called Me Miss America

So Many Briefs

Bar Harbor May Need Yet Another Land Use Ordinance

Two Bar Harbor Women Involved in Separate Serious Accidents This Week

Council Begins Parallel Path Toward Cruise Ship Rules

Peacock Gifted by Councilors and Staff, Split Vote puts Friedmann in Vice Chair Seat

Make Way for Turtles!

Window Panes Turns 30 This Month; Owners Celebrate by Giving Back

COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC CELEBRATES COMMENCEMENT

Bar Harbor Election Results!

Narcan, Turtles, Street Sleeping, and a Car on Fire

Raising a Can to Twenty Years

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

THINGS TO DO ON MDI

Bar Harbor's Tuesday Election Approaches

A Teacher is Back

Whale Was Spotted Near MDI Before It Died Off Cape Elizabeth

Sidman Amends Suit Against Town

YMCA Testing the Waters For Multi-Sport Court Building

BRIEFS: Seawall Road Meeting Location Changed

The Secret of the 95 Pounds

Car Smashes Into One Downtown Bar Harbor Business, Another Sustains Fire Damage

Voters Approve $27 Million Bar Harbor Budget

Healing the Wounds of Otter Creek

Duo of Petitions in Southwest Harbor Urge Collaboration and Highlight Worries

Bar Harbor Voters Could Approve a 15.7% Budget Increase Tuesday

THINGS TO DO ON MDI

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

MDI GRADUATES!

Late Night Fire in Downtown Bar Harbor Fortunately Contained

Feature: The Beauty of the Fields

No More Hiding in Bathrooms

Students' Innovative Learning Projects at Pemetic Came in Candy Wednesday

Court Papers Claim Over a Million Revenue Lost in 2024 Season So Far as Businesses Again Ask for a Pause

Most Expensive Homes For Sale on Mount Desert Island

Two Seats, Five Contenders: Bar Harbor Council Candidates Discuss Issues at Town Hill Forum

BRIEFS: Jesup Memorial Library's Exterior Changes Okayed

Long-Term Rental Registration Task Force Makes Headway on Inspection Recommendations to Council

UPDATED: Federal Court Denies Cruise Ship Injunction

Woman From Somesville Dies in Aurora House Fire Deemed to be Suspicious

"This Road Closure Is Going to Destroy Us All."

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

An Island Gives Thanks

THINGS TO DO ON MDI

More Than a Million Gone

For These Siblings and Their Charitable Fund, Giving Back Has Become a Million Dollar Purpose

Briefs: COA Summer Institute Features Former Supreme Court Justice Breyer, Morning Joe, Democracy

The Legacy of "Good for You"

Trenton Approves Budget, But Not Island Explorer Funds

Main Street Should Be Ready for the Fourth

A Parallel Track, A Return To the Public:

Bar Harbor Council Decides Not To Go Forward With Higgins Pit

What Mount Desert Can and Can't Do

Laffy Taffy Creates Sticky Situation for BHPD

Trenton's Solar Changes Fizzle Out

THINGS TO DO ON MDI

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

"The Battle For Trenton"

Lost at Sea, But Not Forgotten

Cruise Ships State of Affairs in Bar Harbor May Be Declared "Untenable"

Historic MDI hotel closed this year for $10M renovation

MDI Bio Lab Scientists Identify an Unexpected Forever Chemical Source: Rural Schools

Bar Harbor Council Candidates Speak to Affordable Housing, Budget, Revenue

March Calls for Solidarity and Ceasefire

The Kindness of Strangers Helps a Canadian Woman During Her "Creepy" Bar Harbor Walk

Tremont Voters Go With Southwest Harbor Police Proposal

Appeals Board Finds It Has No Jurisdiction Over Charles Sidman's Appeal

Stolen Vehicle Leads to Two Terminated Pursuits, Crash, and Arrest of Suspect

Future Still Uncertain: Higgins Pit Solar Array

Tremont Second MDI Town to Reject Vacation Rental Ordinance

UPDATED: Two Acadia National Park Fires Burnt Approximately .35 acres

Local Servers and Police Work Together To Increase Safety

THINGS TO DO ON MDI

UPDATED ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

Jesup Will Likely Scale Back Some Features of Its Expansion

Crews Extinguishing Fires on St. Sauveur

Secret Missions and Celebrations

Man arrested at Leonard Leo protest gets $62.5K settlement

Weather-related power outages on the rise

How To Avoid Bear Conflicts This Spring

Cruise Ship Ordinance Not Moved to Public Hearing

Conners Emerson's Steam Pipe Broke, Leaving School Without Heat. Again.

MOUNT DESERT REJECTS SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE.

Police Logs for May 8

How Many Cars Can Ledgelawn Take?

Supreme Court Hears Town's Appeal Concerning Charter Changes

Village Improvement Association Unveils Glen Mary Pool Concept

"What starts here, changes the state"

TOWN MEETINGS THIS WEEK & COOL THINGS TO DO

Kissing Cod, Walking 3 Miles, and Searching for the Naughty Sam Slick

Bar Harbor Data Changes:

APPLL and Pilots Association Ask Appeals Court to Stop Enforcement of New Cruise Ship Limits Pending Appeal

Town Asks Court to Dismiss Sidman's Case

COA President Issues Statement About Palestine Solidarity Encampment

BAILEY STILLMAN

MEAGAN KELLY

GARY BELDON “BO” JENNINGS II

Check Out Who Is Running

BARBARA DUNPHEY

What Size Should Bar Harbor's Planning Board Be?

COA ENCAMPMENT ISSUES STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE AND SETS FORTH DEMANDS

Hancock County Sheriff’s Arrest Man For Stabbing Domestic Partner

Want to Understand What Community & Imagination Can Do? Head to the Theater

Municipal Insurance Doesn't Cover Bar Harbor Against Charles Sidman's Suit

College of the Atlantic Demonstrators Encamp in Solidarity with Pro-Palestinian Student Demonstrators

MDI YMCA Hopes To Expand

TOWN MEETINGS THIS WEEK & COOL THINGS TO DO

Nathan Young

Nina Barufaldi St.Germain

Charles Sidman

Joe Minutolo

Gary Friedmann

Michael Boland

Who is Who? The Bar Harbor Town Council Candidates

Tick Expert Offers Advice for Increasingly Popular ‘No Mow May’

Many Local Businesses Open Their Doors Next Week

MDI Native, Veteran, and Community Volunteer Honored With D.C. Visit

Bail Hearing Held for Alleged MDI Arsonist

Can an Island Come Together To Save Itself?

Local Man Charged with Arson of Two Mount Desert Residences

Island Fire and Police Respond to Suspected Arson on Stanley Mountain Road

Use of antipsychotics in Maine nursing homes climbs

TOWN MEETINGS THIS WEEK & COOL THINGS TO DO

The League of Underwater Superheroes Tackles Ell's Pier

Spring 2024 Prescribed Burns Planned for Acadia National Park, Real Estate Transfers, Court Cases

State Argues Company Has No Right to Old Shipwreck off Bar Harbor

Higgins Pit Discussion Postponed

No Moratorium Again For Now

Creativity Needed to Help Make Housing More Affordable

Snapchat Leads to Child Pornography Charges in Southwest Harbor, MDEA Seizes Drugs at Ellsworth Hotel

What's Up Tonight at the Bar Harbor Town Council?

State Championship Conners Emerson Olympiads Bring in STEAM Week With Over 30 Wins

TOWN MEETINGS THIS WEEK & COOL THINGS TO DO

Is a Coastal Road in Acadia That Keeps Washing Out Worth Saving?

Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign

Making Change

Bar Harbor Papers Are In

Bar Harbor Food Pantry Finds a New Home at Mama's

Use it or Potentially Lose It: Harbor Committee May Look To Recommend Changes to Mooring Rules

Democrats Nominate Friedmann For House Seat

Bar Harbor Warrant Committee Recommends Budget, Land Use Amendments

Acadia National Park announces $950,000 for ecosystem restoration and climate restoration projects

Making Hospitals Safer

PRESS RELEASES AND BRIEFS: COA Names Dr. Sylvia Torti Its Seventh President

Late Season Storm Takes Its Toll On Vehicles

Total Eclipse Grabs Some Hearts

Brigadoon Subdivision Moves Forward

TOWN MEETINGS THIS WEEK & COOL THINGS TO DO

Talk of Lodging Moratorium Resurfaces

Briefs

Pace of Glen Mary Pool Rebuild Frustrating Some

Who Might Be Running?

Goodbye, Officer Tim

Shore Path Rebuild Needs Your Help

Updated: Sidman Sues Council

Legal Fees and Solid Waste Combined For Overspending

Latest Local Lodging Tax Legislation Fails

The Police Reports:

SCIENTISTS HOPE TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE FOREVER CHEMICALS IN SOMES SOUND

Oysters, Quahogs, Razor, and Hen Clams May be Regulated Soon

Report Suggests Bar Harbor Expand Some Premium Parking Areas

CHANCE TO VOTE ON MDI HIGH SCHOOL BUDGET THIS WEEK. PLUS, TOWN MEETINGS THIS WEEK & COOL THINGS TO DO

Talking Through Bar Harbor's Future

Updated: APPLL Appeals Cruise Ship Decision

Kebo Street Employee Housing Hosts Its Tiniest Fans

Correction!

Storms' Damage to Acadia Likely Close to $20 Million

Vacation Rental Lawsuit Ends With Bar Harbor Victory

Crowd Seems to Favor Local Options Lodging Tax

Thursday's Storm Claimed Many Vehicles but No Injuries

Bar Harbor Council Raises a Few Fees

Friedmann Will Run for Williams' Seat and Bar Harbor Council

TOWN MEETINGS THIS WEEK & COOL THINGS TO DO

Author Returns Home In Conners Emerson Visit

Briefs: Trees on Ledgelawn to Come Down, Riley Donahue Receives Maine Principal's Award

Lynne Williams Will Not Run Again

With Six Abstentions Potential Short-Term Rental Ordinance Recommended by Warrant Committee

Some Residents Push Back on Solar Farms in Trenton

Residents Worry They'll Be Taxed Out of Bar Harbor Homes

We Now Know Why the Chicken Crossed the Road

It Will Be Up To Mount Desert Voters Whether to Cap Vacation Rentals

A Quick Note From Us

BAR HARBOR BUDGET HEARING & COOL THINGS TO DO

Town Manager Proposes $1 Million in Tweaks to $28 Million Draft Budget

Local Man's Documentary a Homage to David Moses Bridges

On a Mission of Kindness:

School Reorganization Planning Committee Gets Started

Irish Hearts Will be Happy at Ivy Manor This Weekend

Zoom, Pizza, and Bar Harbor's Future:

Living More Gently in the World

Only Two Draw Papers So Far in Bar Harbor Council Race

Mount Desert Likely Hosts 420 Weekly Rentals

POLICE LOG: Good Samaritans Come Through in Storm

Three New Homes in Bar Harbor? Maybe.

TOWN MEETINGS & COOL THINGS TO DO

Another Storm Washes Into MDI

Planning Board Unanimously Recommends All Potential Land Use Changes

Hancock Probate Judge Sanctioned for $43K in Unpaid Child Support

Let's Talk About the Sea Witch

Ells Pier Needs Repairs but Is Safe to Use

BRIEFS: CARRIAGE ROADS CLOSED, NOMINATION PAPERS AVAILABLE FOR BAR HARBOR COUNCIL, SCHOOL BOARDS AND WARRANT COMMITTEE

Parent Wonders About New School Design and Special Education

Josh Sprague Tournament Lives On

UPDATED: Bar Harbor Cancels Most Cruise Ships in 2025

UPDATED: Bar Harbor Cancels Most Cruise Ships in 2025

Just "Burying Money in the Backyard"

POLICE LOG: Truck Driver Changes Flat Tire of Man Who Hit His Truck

Facing a 20% Tax Increase, Bar Harbor Council Makes No Changes: Yet

Updated: Council Will Hold Special Meeting Wednesday About Cruise Ship Limits Next Steps

Ball Field Vandalized, Presidential Primary, Peregrine Closures, COA Commencement Speaker, and a 90s Prom

To Inspect or Not To Inspect, That is Part of the Question

TOWN MEETINGS & COOL THINGS TO DO

Updated: APPLL Will Appeal Cruise Ship Ruling

Salt Cod, Boas, and Dancing: Hayseeders Ball Returned Friday Night

Can a Town Pass the Halloween Test?

Judge Finds for Bar Harbor in Cruise Ship Case

Bringing a Much Needed Laugh To Bar Harbor's Winter Season

Bar Harbor Looks to Licensing Quahogs, Razor and Hen Clams, and Eastern Oysters

POLICE: February 22 Brings A Glimpse of Summer on MDI

Warrant Committee Makes Its Recommendations to Lower 20% Tax Rate Hike

Warrant Committee Recommends Not Funding Higgins Pit Solar Array, Tweaks Library Funding Recommendation, Using Parking Money To Help With School Bond

Destination Health Leaving Downtown

COTTAGE AND LOWER MAIN STREETSCAPES UPDATES SHARED WITH COUNCIL

TOWN MEETINGS AND BIG DECISIONS

Approximately 23% of Bar Harbor Roads Are in an Unacceptable Condition

Briefs: Early Release Days and New School Calendar, New ArtWaves Director, Library Posts Letter About $330,000 Budget Ask

Bar Harbor Resident Pleas For Lower Budget

County Drug Force Funding Eliminated But Could Return

MDI Finds One Issue With An Electric School Bus Battery After State Urges Busses Taken Off Road

Town Council Moves Housing Ordinances to the Voters

Maine State Police Continues to Investigate Missing Person Case in Washburn

If They Build It, Will They Park?

TOWN MEETINGS AND BIG DECISIONS

BRIEFS: WINTER FARMERS' MARKET TOMORROW!

A Big Plan Is Heading Bar Harbor's Way

LifeFlight Transported 69 from Bar Harbor in 2023

$14,490,156 Budget Approved by High School Board

Feds Tie Right Whale Death to Maine Fishing for the First Time

A Woman, A Dad, and A League of Voters:

“Acadia Has a Thousand Fathers, But Otter Creek Is an Orphan.”

Monday Evening Mount Desert Crash Injures Two and Results in 9 Citations to Driver

Hadley Point Ramp Damaged, Ells Pier Might Be OK

BRIEFS: Hamilton Station Could Hold Up to 50 Housing Units

TOWN BUDGET MEETINGS CONTINUE

Bar Harbor Task Force Advocates Going Ahead with Higgins Pit Solar Project

Ellsworth Named the Second-best Place in the US to Start an Airbnb

Bar Harbor Council Set To Explore Sustainable Tourism While Park and Town Continue to Tackle Storm Damage

Parks and Recreation Discuss Town's Storm Damage and if a Sauna Business Can Spend Time on Hadley Beach

Public Hearing on Land Use Ordinance Gets People Talking about Bar Harbor's Success Ladder

Conners Emerson Adjusts Budget, Awards Bus Bid & New School Construction Plans On Schedule

MDI Drug Problems Prompt Bar Harbor Councilor to Make Plea

Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Police Logs

Bar Harbor Warrant Committee Nominates and Appoints Bailey Stillman

In Town Hill: Creating Community out of Water and Persistence (despite the weather)

TOWN MEETINGS CONTINUE THIS WEEK

THE BRIEFS: COME MAYBE SKATE WITH THE Y AT THE TOWN HILL PLAYGROUND SUNDAY!

471 Long-Term Rentals Registered with Bar Harbor

Endangered Bats Could Make Developing Homes in Town Hill Difficult

Remembering Joel Raymond

Current Draft Budget Does Not Include Money for Cooperating Agencies or Suggested Increases for Y and Jesup

Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Police Logs

Alert Received: A Town-Wide Messaging System For Bar Harbor Still Discussed

PUBLIC FORUM ON PROPOSED LAND USE AMENDMENTS THIS WEEK!

Bar Harbor Woman One of the First Recognized at UMaine Teaching Program

AOS Budget Up 9%

Two-Car Accident in Trenton Claims Life of Local Teen

Town Appropriation to Proposed School Budget Increases 10.25%

UPDATED: MDEA Arrest Six in Hancock County for Variety of Drug Offenses

Individual Town Planning Will Be Approach for Sanctuary Communities

Getting Rid of Trash is a Costly Business

Town Manager Hopes to be Arbitrator in Town Budget Process

Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Police Logs

First Informational Forum Dates for High School Building Project Set

BRIEFS: BAR HARBOR WARRANT COMMITTEE LOOKS FOR NEW MEMBER

TOWN BUDGET MEETINGS START THIS WEEK

Vinyl in Vogue: With a Giant Leap of Love, Matt Manry Heads into Both the Business and Museum Worlds

Potential Changes to Bar Harbor Housing Rules Head to Public Hearing

Legal Fees and Solid Waste Lines in Bar Harbor Budget Running High

Several Councilors Worry Over Higgins Pit Solar Project

Appeals Board Upholds Short-Term Rental Decision

Bar Harbor's Comprehensive Plan Is Shaping Up

Bar Harbor Sees at Least an Estimated $1.3 Million in Storm Damages

Storms and Their Damage Keep Officers Busy

Design Review Board Yearns for Independence

Sparkly Charm and Bebopping Fingers:

BAKED BEAN SUPPER, TOWN MEETINGS

Second Storm Batters MDI

The Tay Is Gone

Flooding Saturday Predicted to Be Even Worse Than Wednesday's

JAX Childcare Facility Increases Bar Harbor's Childcare Capacity by 30%

“Massive destruction on a proportion never seen”

Storm Smashes Into MDI

Draft School Calendar Proposes First Day as August 27

Chris Wharff Promoted to Captain

What’s a Committee To Do?

An Already Exhausted Bar Harbor Town Budget Could Be About to Take a Huge Hit

BUSY WEEK FOR TOWN MEETINGS

Contradictory Rules Sometimes Makes Bar Harbor Committee Work Confusing

Building Between a Ledge and A Wet Place

Celebrating Portable Magic

Mount Desert Nursing Association's Phone Number Used For Scam Calls

Update on Death Investigation in Bar Harbor

Nobody Was In Hot Water at New Year's Day Polar Plunge

On The Agenda - Bar Harbor Town Meetings & Things to Do

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