BAR HARBOR — The CEO of the private company proposing to bring back Bar Harbor-Nova Scotia ferry service faced a battery of questions Tuesday evening from town councilors and residents. Some of those questions were about the company’s history in Bar Harbor and current activities in Portland. Others were about ensuring public waterfront access and community input in …
ROCKLAND — The Friendship sloop Blackjack, originally built in 1900 by Wilbur Morse, was launched Saturday the same way it was rebuilt over the last three years: with teamwork. A team of four oxen pulled the boat on a large wooden cradle several hundred feet from beside the Sail, Power and Steam Museum building on …
ELLSWORTH — A decision was reached Friday in the legal battle between the Town of Bar Harbor and its former police chief that has stretched more than four years. His complaint against the town was denied in Hancock County Superior Court. Judge Bruce Mallonee upheld former Town Manager Dana Reed’s decision to fire Nate Young …
BAR HARBOR — Author Anne O’Regan will talk about her thru-hikes on Vermont’s Long Trail and show some of the pictures she took along the way at the Jesup Memorial Library on Wednesday, July 18, at 7 p.m. O’Regan has twice thru-hiked the 273-mile Vermont’s Long Trail, first from south to north and then a …
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — When a new, independent Water and Sewer District took over those systems from the town a couple of years ago, it inherited a half-million dollar liability and systems that needed a lot of work, its leaders said at a public meeting last week. The district has been making steady progress in addressing …
BAR HARBOR — The Mount Desert Island High School varsity baseball team fell to Gardiner 4-1 Friday afternoon, ending the season for the Trojans, who went 11-5 in the regular season. MDI defeated Caribou at home Thursday in a preliminary playoff game. “It stings,” Head Coach Andy Pooler said after Friday’s game. “The seven seniors …
BAR HARBOR — There once were two neighbors, said Anote Tong, former president of the Republic of Kiribati, to the group gathered at the College of the Atlantic’s commencement ceremony Saturday. One of them had a tree in his driveway that made turning around in his car difficult. So he cut the tree. It fell …
BAR HARBOR — The international ferry here operated with no government subsidy between 1997 and 2006, according to the private company that operated the service. That was a first in the 50-year history of the route, said Mark MacDonald, CEO of Bay Ferries Ltd. In discussions about the whether international ferry service could or should …
BAR HARBOR — No one was injured and no buildings were damaged by a fire that burned 1.5 acres of forest on a Northwest Cove shorefront property Thursday afternoon. The fire was reported just after 2 p.m. at the 10-acre property on Town Landing Road. Firefighters from all four Mount Desert Island town departments responded …
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Rain that had been forecast in the “chance of” category Saturday afternoon held off, but no steady wind materialized, either. The eight high school sailing teams that faced off in the annual Great Harbor Regatta persisted, completing 16 fleet races over the course of the day in Turbo 420s. The host Mount …
