features

Through Storm Clouds and Silence, Communities Remember Their Dead.

Rain forced many ceremonies indoors across parts of Mount Desert Island, but communities still gathered to honor fallen service members and their…

May 25 • Carrie Jones

How a Bake-Off in Bar Harbor Is Helping Neighbors Show Up for One Another.

Batter Up! Sugar Showdown Serves Up Frosting and Fundraising

Feb 16 • Carrie Jones

When Love Is a Verb.

88 Blankets, 100 Valentines: How Mount Desert Island Loves Over and Over Again.

Feb 14 • Carrie Jones

Games, Art, Beer, and Belonging: A Winter Saturday in Bar Harbor

Winter gatherings bring warmth, community and smiles.

Feb 1 • Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar

Behind Bar Harbor’s Holiday Glow: Volunteers, Laughter, and a Very Stubborn Tree

Holiday Preparations Bring MDI Together as Volunteers Deck the Island

Dec 4, 2025 • Carrie Jones

Thanksgiving Food and Traditions, Past and Present

Do all New Englanders actually serve Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Chestnuts with Prosciutto?

Nov 27, 2025 • Carrie Jones

Sanding Ovations: Atlantic Brewing's Belt Sander Races Bring the Cheers

From Grit to Glory, Belt Sanders Bring MDI Together

Oct 14, 2025 • Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar

After a Tick Bite Nearly Took His Life, a Bar Harbor Man Finds Gratitude in Survival

The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Choco-Latté Café.

Oct 4, 2025 • Carrie Jones

More Than a Game: Marty Lyons Classic Returns with Cheers, Cleats, and Community

Bar Harbor Ball Field Becomes a Field of Dreams for Kids—and Volunteers—This Weekend

Jul 30, 2025 • Carrie Jones

Sacrifice, Service, and the Stories We Tell

We Remember Them: Memorial Day Across Mount Desert Island

May 26, 2025 • Carrie Jones

More Than a Skills Day:

Women Find Community and Capability in the Maine Woods

May 20, 2025 • Carrie Jones

Rebuilding, Nurturing, Growing:

Mother’s Day Weekend on Mount Desert Island

May 11, 2025 • Carrie Jones

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