Acadian Youth Sports holds Future Trojans camps
Acadian Youth Sports is set to hold this year’s Future Trojans basketball camps next month at Mount Desert Island High School.
Articles by: Islander Staff
Islander Staff
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Editorial: Band of brothers
Two families are mourning the loss of Ellsworth Deputy Fire Chief Bobby Dorr — the family he went home to and the family he worked beside. It was abundantly clear during Dorr’s cancer battle and final days that a firefighter never fights alone.
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Editorial: Changes to work search requirements may not be enough
The Maine Department of Labor announced last week that it would tighten its work search requirements for those collecting unemployment beginning May 23.
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Island Police: 100-year-old Somesville resident gets drive-by birthday tribute
At 3:30 p.m., Officer Edgecomb and Officer Dickens participated in a drive-by birthday tribute to a Somesville resident who turned 100 years old on May 6
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Maritime Shorts
The price for elvers has rebounded after it was down to about half of its peak before the pandemic. The price per pound for Maine’s small eels has gone up to $1,740 a pound from about $1,000 at the start of the season earlier this spring.
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Sports Shorts
Pieter DeVos, Kebo Valley Golf Club’s head professional, was announced this week as the Maine PGA Professional of the Year.
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Island Police: Police extinguish prohibited open flame at housing unit
Police were asked by MDI Housing Authority to investigate a report of a resident having an open flame at one of the housing units on April 29 around 6 p.m. Because having an open flame is against the rules of the housing unit, police were asked to extinguish the fire, if one existed. According to the report, the fire was put out without any problem.
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Editorial: Teachers deserve our appreciation every day
In case it wasn’t apparent before the pandemic, we’ve learned over the last year that school is vital not only for the education it provides to our children but also for their social development, sustenance and structure. Teachers are at the heart of every school. For nearly two school years, they have found themselves adapting to change while trying to maintain some semblance of …
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Island Briefs
A flyer containing the web address for a vacation rental survey was sent to every Bar Harbor postal patron, along with information on what the town is considering for vacation rental regulations at this time.
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Island Police: Reckless driver invites seven years of bad luck
No one was injured in an accident on Route 3 around 4:30 p.m. on April 20 that resulted in a damaged driver’s side mirror. A 2015 Ford Truck owned by Gott and Sons Inc. and driven by Christopher Carney, 32, was in the double lane near the Bar Harbor Airport when another truck passed him and hit the driver’s side mirror. Carney told the responding officer that the other driver did not stop.