Sports Shorts
The Mount Desert Island girls’ basketball team closed out the regular season with a 31-24 win in last Thursday’s contest in Bar Harbor.
Articles by: Islander Staff
Islander Staff
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Editorial: Keep the ban
Two years ago, Maine became the first state in the nation to ban single-use plastic bags. At the time, conservationists and environmentalists lauded the move and many believed the old adage, ‘As Maine goes’ would prove that it was just the beginning of similar moves around the country. Sadly, that hasn’t been the case. The bag ban, which was supposed to …
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Island Police: Camper’s repo man finds dog attached
At 10:43 a.m. on Friday, an officer took a report of a dog tied up to a camper that was being repossessed. The owners came home to take care of the dog as they had not realized the camper would be repossessed that day.
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Island Briefs
Community Compass is holding a forum on Friday, March 5, at 5 p.m. where folks can ask experts about the new COVID-19 vaccine.
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Island Police: Deer and slippery roads keep island police busy
An Eden Street business reported a rabid racoon at 3:35 p.m. on Feb. 16. The racoon was acting aggressively. Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife was contacted to provide further assistance.
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Sports Shorts
Acadia Fire Soccer Academy is looking for a new playing space to replace its old facility on Bar Harbor Road in Trenton.
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Editorial: Equally devastating
Every day for the last year, the Maine Center for Disease Control has released data about virus conditions in the state. It tallies new cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Some days the numbers seem particularly grim, especially as we realize that each death marks the loss of a mother, father, sister, brother or friend. Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, approximately 600 Mainers have died. While the toll that COVID has …
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Editorial: Virtue of independent thinking
Senator Susan Collins’ vote to convict former president Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial did not go over well with state Republican Party leadership. Party Chairwoman Demi Kouzounas and members of the Maine Republican State Committee, including Hancock County leadership, expressed their outrage in a letter to Collins. They wrote to “condemn in the strongest possible terms” Collins’ vote, reiterating their belief that the trial was …
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Island Briefs
The Board of Selectmen has approved Mount Desert Town Manager Durlin Lunt’s recommendation to upgrade the position of treasurer/tax collector to director of finance/treasurer.
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Editorial: Who’s on the hook?
Federal student loan debt in this country clocks in at more than $1.5 trillion. Some 42.9 million Americans owe an average of $36,520. Some also drew on private loans.