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Bar Harbor’s Tourism Debate Isn’t Really About Just Tourists.
The town is trying to answer a harder question: What does a community built around visitors need to remain a community for the people who live there…
8 hrs ago
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Carrie Jones
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Man Arrested in Bar Harbor After Domestic Violence Incident in Gouldsboro
Police updates for Bar Harbor, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, Tremont, State Police, and Hancock County Sheriff's Department.
12 hrs ago
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Shaun Farrar
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Southwest Harbor Faces Another Vote on Soil Rules as Press Release Suggests that Landfill Closure Will Begin.
Southwest Harbor officials say they may have to wait until May to amend requirements adopted after concerns about contamination near an old landfill…
16 hrs ago
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Carrie Jones
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When Someone Needed Help at Acadia’s Monument Cove This July, Traffic Got in the Way.
The park plans a dedicated lane near Sand Beach for Island Explorer buses and emergency vehicles as officials look for ways to keep people moving.
Sep 14
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Carrie Jones
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THINGS TO DO IN THE MOUNT DESERT ISLAND REGION THIS WEEK.
And some ongoing events.
Sep 14
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Carrie Jones
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ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week.
It's our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved.
Sep 14
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Carrie Jones
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People We’ve Lost
Alfred Kelley. Ronald Benson. Scotty Hopkins. Edgard Aronson. Mary Bragdon Allen. John “Jock” Morris Williams. Linda L. Bowden. Holly Lee Hitchcock…
Sep 13
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Carrie Jones
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What If Parents and Schools Learned Together?
That’s one of the ideas behind MDI’s new Parent University, a monthly series beginning next week with a conversation about technology habits and…
Sep 12
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Carrie Jones
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He Left Southwest Harbor for Cooperstown. He Came Back With a Bigger Team.
Rory Gordius, 11, spent six days playing alongside children from across the country—and discovered that the biggest part of the experience happened off…
Sep 12
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Carrie Jones
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It's All the Briefs and Press Releases.
There's so much good community news (and helpful things) in here.
Sep 12
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Carrie Jones
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Southwest Harbor Falls Silent to Remember 9/11.
As emergency vehicles passed through Southwest Harbor on Friday, students and others outside Pemetic School fell silent to mark the 25th anniversary of…
Sep 11
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Carrie Jones
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Bar Harbor May Be Clarifying How Its Boards and Committees Work
Town officials are examining the roles of boards and committees, from advisory groups to quasi-judicial bodies, as they consider a potentially more…
Sep 11
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Carrie Jones
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