Washed out carriage roads reopen, one section still closed
All but 3.6 miles of carriage roads that were closed because of washouts caused by torrential rain on June 9 have reopened.
Articles by: Dick Broom
Dick Broom
Reporter at Mount Desert Islander
Dick Broom covers the towns of Mount Desert and Southwest Harbor, Mount Desert Island High School and the school system board and superintendent's office. He enjoys hiking with his golden retriever and finding new places for her to swim. [email protected]
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Bryan honored with fellowships, lecture
The Maine Artists and Publishers Alliance (MWPA) has established the Ashley Bryan Fellowships in honor of the acclaimed Islesford artist, illustrator and writer who turned 98 on July 13.
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Seal Harbor becomes tagging target
A Mount Desert police officer on patrol last Saturday afternoon saw that a graffiti “artist” had painted an abutment of the Route 3 bridge over Stanley Brook at Seal Harbor Beach.
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Land use group to study weekly rentals
Mount Desert Board of Selectmen has asked the town’s LUZO advisory committee to look into how the town might best regulate short-term rentals, also known as weekly rentals.
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Park visitor records still crashing down
In the month of June 2018, there were an estimated 499,163 visits to Acadia, an all-time record for the sixth month of the year.
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Reservation system gets (mostly) rave reviews
“The online reservation process was super easy.” That was a fairly typical response by park visitors to a survey about the new timed-entry reservation system for driving to the Cadillac Mountain summit.
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S.R. Tracy: Five generations of house painters
“I actually had to beg him to hire me,” Sam Burr said of his father, Dave.
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Searching for the fire station well
The abandoned wellhead does not extend up to the surface of the ground, and the exact location of the well is unknown.
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FOA looks to the future at annual meeting
For thousands of years before there was an Acadia National Park, its lands and waters were part of the homeland of the indigenous Wabanaki people.
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Acadia has numerous salmon farm worries
Acadia National Park Superintendent Kevin Schneider has detailed serious concerns about the potential impact on the park of a proposed salmon farm in Frenchman Bay.