BAR HARBOR — Imagine if the bones of someone in your bloodline were on display, or stored in a drawer, in a museum. “You’d feel a little spooked going into that place,” said Chris Newell, executive director and senior partner to the Wabanaki Nations at the Abbe Museum. He’s a citizen of the Passamaquoddy Tribe …
BAR HARBOR — Picking up the theme of “everyday heroes,” as nurses and other frontline workers have been labeled this year during the pandemic, the leaders of Mount Desert Island Hospital honored the organization’s 525 employees last Thursday at its annual meeting. The challenges of the pandemic, hospital President and CEO Art Blank said, have “reaffirmed …
BAR HARBOR — The nonprofit that operates the 1932 Criterion Theatre works to make sure the historic art deco building is used to connect artists, audiences and the local community. That’s difficult to do in a pandemic, but the nonprofit has launched two new projects that fit the bill. One is live performances on the Criterion stage that audiences can …
BAR HARBOR — Bar Harbor Fire Department ambulance crews have long had a seasonal migration when it comes to meeting the LifeFlight helicopter ambulance. In the spring, summer and fall, the landing zone is set up at the town athletic fields, but the helicopter can’t land on the grass in the winter. The ferry terminal property has …
BAR HARBOR — Businesses that hold special amusement permits from the town will be allowed to host amplified live music outside, within certain parameters, under an emergency ordinance approved by the Town Council Tuesday. Under the regular special amusement ordinance, no live music with mechanical amplification is allowed outdoors. But because indoor space at restaurants is so …
Northeast Harbor Fleet IOD Class August series for the Taormina Cup On Monday, Aug. 24, the sailboat racing looked grim out on the Great Harbor with overcast skies and the motionless clouds. Eventually a bit of blue sky got the heat pump working between the east and west banks of Somes Sound and the racers were off from the …
BAR HARBOR — Even though he commutes from Brewer every day, David Higgins is a familiar face on West Street. Working as a bartender last year at West Street Café, he said, he’d look out across the street and notice that there are no coffee shops on the block. “All the customers are coming to …
BAR HARBOR — “Most people in this country are not used to seeing science happening in real time,” said Dr. J.R. Krevans Jr., of Mount Desert Island Hospital, in a virtual town hall last week. “And those of us who are used to that are not used to seeing science happening at 60 miles an hour, which is what’s …
