Melt owners Amanda Smith and Alexis Walls weren’t exactly looking for a brick-and-mortar location earlier this year, but the Main Street storefront kind of fell into their laps, they said, prompting them, for the most part, to hang up the keys to the food truck they’ve operated for the last three years.
With a passion for being outside in nature and a desire to teach people to use mindfulness as a way to reduce stress, Jen Harry has started Acadia Mindfulness Adventures — a new business where she hosts two-hour outdoor, guided mindful quests.
On Thursday April 29, MDI Biological Laboratory held a COVID-19 research panel discussion via Zoom as part of its annual Maine Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium.
The Mount Desert Island High School eSports League of Legends team has qualified for a spot in the Maine Principals’ Association interscholastic playoffs. They are seeded No. 2 out of four teams in the state.
Horses aren’t just for derbies. In fact, equine-assisted therapy engages people in activities such as riding, grooming, feeding and leading horses. Goals of this therapeutic technique are achieved at different stables around the island.
On May 3, Mount Desert Island Hospital held a groundbreaking ceremony next to the Breast Health Center to announce plans for a first-ever fixed placed MRI unit.
Mount Desert Island High School and University of Maine graduate Jefferson Hobbs is among the winners of this year’s Scientific and Engineering Award from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
Garden design merges nature with culture through art using painting, sculpture, ecology, architecture and engineering. These disciplines are drawn upon to create a harmonious and meaningful work of art and are what occupies the time, mind and visions of long-time landscape designer Dennis Bracale.
Ownership of Cottage Street’s Finback Alehouse has transferred from Matty Haskell to local restaurateur Dale Stockburger, but he and his managing partner Tessa Hartley have plans to keep everything the same, from the name to the food.
After teaming up late last year with Mount Desert Island YMCA on plans to construct a new childcare facility, The Jackson Laboratory has announced that it will opt out of the project. “The impact of the project costs has brought us to the decision to take a step back from this arrangement at this time,” said Catherine Longley, the lab’s executive vice president and chief operating officer.
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