BAR HARBOR — Runners of all ages gathered at Mount Desert Island High School Saturday for the cross-country team’s annual trail race fundraiser. Cross-country team member Alex Eason, who led his team last weekend in the Ellsworth Invitational meet, was first across the line in the 5K with a time of 21:46. Teammate Jacob Benson …
BAR HARBOR – Photographer Lynn Karlin moved to Belfast from her native New York City several years ago, following in the footsteps of homesteaders Helen and Scott Nearing. She was an in-demand commercial photographer. Her work appeared in the fashion-industry trade journal Woman’s Wear Daily, the New York Times Magazine and House Beautiful. So the …
ACADIA NAT’L PARK — A hiker whose leg had been crushed by a large rock was lifted off Dorr Mountain Monday morning at the end of a rope suspended from a Maine Forest Service helicopter. She was securely attached to a sling at the end of the rope, and accompanied in the open-air flight by …
BAR HARBOR – Author and Mount Desert Island High School alumnus Porter Fox will be at Sherman’s book store Sunday, Sept. 2 from 6 – 8 p.m. to discuss and sign copies of his new book “Northland: a 4,000-Mile Journey Along America’s Forgotten Border.” Fox made the journey along the national boundary line from east …
ELLSWORTH – The Hancock County Republicans are set to meet next on Thursday, Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. at Ellsworth City Hall. It is an open meeting and all are invited. The meeting will include a “mystery candidate,” organizers said, plus election of a Vice Chairman and a work party for the candidates. Contact Sandi …
DEER ISLE — The Majabigwaduce Chapter and the Mount Desert Isle Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will honor Salome Sellers with a ceremony at her grave Sept. 8. Members of the two chapters will place a bronze marker on Salome’s grave, rededicate the bronze marker that the Mount Desert Isle Chapter placed …
BAR HARBOR — Catharine McDonald, 43, of Bar Harbor was arrested and charged with OUI after the 2017 Volkswagen Passat she was driving sideswiped three vehicles parked on Ledgelawn Avenue and rolled onto its side at about 9:45 Tuesday night. No injuries were reported. The Volkswagen sustained front-end and side damage and the vehicles it …
Paintings by Keri Kimura of Southwest Harbor will be on display from Aug. 23 to Sept. 6 at Swallowfield in Northeast Harbor. Kimura is a visual artist living in Southwest Harbor. She studied painting at Smith College, the Glasgow School of Art and the New York Studio School. Her recent paintings are inspired by quilt …
SEARSPORT — On Saturday, Aug. 25, Southwest Harbor boatbuilder Ralph Stanley will present a talk from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport. Stanley will show some of the half models he has carved and explain how he used them to build full size boats. The presentation is free with …
