BAR HARBOR — Playgrounds at all the schools in the Mount Desert Island Regional School System, as well as the tennis courts and track at MDI High School, have been reopened to the public. They were closed for several months because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and some restrictions are still in place. “All state and CDC guidelines …
AUGUSTA — Gov. Janet Mills has proclaimed Monday, July 13, as Ashley Frederick Bryan Day in honor of the renowned Islesford artist, author and illustrator on the occasion of his 97th birthday. The proclamation declares that Bryan has “enriched the lives of island residents, visitors and school children in Maine and around the world with over 50 books including “Beautiful …
TRENTON — The Board of Selectmen wants citizens to understand how their town government works and how they can participate. The board has approved a fact sheet on selectmen’s meetings and town meetings, which is now posted on the town’s website. It includes information on when and where board meetings are held, how meetings are publicized and how …
MOUNT DESERT — The town can’t pay outside agencies for services they provide to area residents until enough tax money comes in. Tax money can’t come in until the tax bills go out. Tax bills can’t go out until the budget is passed at Town Meeting. And that meeting won’t be held for at least another month. (See story on page 1.) This year’s proposed municipal budget includes $316,887 for outside organizations and service agencies. “They …
ACADIA NAT’L PARK — The Bass Harbor Head Light Station, one of the most-photographed landmarks on Mount Desert Island, is now part of Acadia, as most visitors had probably always assumed. Transfer of the iconic lighthouse, lightkeeper’s house, three smaller buildings and two acres of land from the U.S. Coast Guard to the National Park Service was finalized Wednesday. Acadia Superintendent Kevin Schneider announced …
MOUNT DESERT — The date of this year’s Town Meeting is still up in the air, but where and how it will be conducted has been decided. The Board of Selectmen voted Monday to hold a “drive-in” town meeting in a parking lot at Mount Desert Island High School, much as Bar Harbor did June 30. Originally scheduled for …
BAR HARBOR — Sirohi Kumar and Ania Wright of Bar Harbor are among the six winners of the 2020 Brookie Awards, presented by NRCM Rising, a program of the Natural Resources Council of Maine, to honor “young changemakers who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and made a significant impact in Maine’s environmental movement.” The Brookies are named for brook trout, which the NRCM describes as “strong, mighty and captivating to …
AUGUSTA — The Maine Municipal Association (MMA) wants to know how much money towns and cities have spent and how much total revenue they anticipate losing because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Executive Director Steve Gove told the Acadia-area League of Towns board last week that the MMA is sending out a survey to municipal officials to collect that information. “We …
MOUNT DESERT — Starting July 8, Thuya Garden in Northeast Harbor will be open Wednesday through Sunday from 2:30–5:30 p.m. Admittance will be on a first-come basis, with a limit of 35 people in the garden at a time. There is no admittance fee, but donations may be made at the gate. Thuya Lodge will remain closed for the season. …
BAR HARBOR — The annual meeting at which registered voters in the four Mount Desert Island towns are asked to approve the MDI High School budget for the coming year will be held next Tuesday, July 7, at 6 p.m. The budget meeting was originally scheduled for April 1, but the coronavirus intervened. The format of the meeting will be the same …
