BAR HARBOR — After 17 years working with the city of Ellsworth, Planner Michele Gagnon will be leaving her job to take the job as planning director in Bar Harbor. “We just really liked her enthusiasm for the job,” said Bar Harbor Town Manager Cornell Knight. “I think she’ll be a great fit. She has …
BAR HARBOR — A Bar Harbor man was involved in two vehicle accidents six days apart. Jordan Pelletier, 27, was in both an accident with a town plow truck Jan. 8 and a collision at the head of the island Monday. A 2018 Chevy Silverado town plow truck operated by Pelletier was turning from Ledgelawn …
BAR HARBOR — The town council voted Tuesday to ask Maine’s congressional delegation to add a provision to the Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act that would transfer ownership of 50 acres of park-owned property off Crooked Road in Town Hill to the town. Council Chair Gary Friedmann said the property could be used for …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The very first bill introduced by Maine 2nd District Rep. Jared Golden is, ironically, almost identical to a bill introduced in January 2017 by former Rep. Bruce Poliquin, whom Golden defeated in the November election. It is the Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act. That bill was passed by the House last …
BAR HARBOR — Mount Desert Island residents, businesses and organizations have been rallying to support local National Park Service and Coast Guard employees and their families as the partial government shutdown stretches on. Matt Hochman of the Trailhead Café said he saw a Facebook post last week about a fellow islander going without a paycheck …
BAR HARBOR — Single-use plastic bags for carrying out purchases from stores and polystyrene (Styrofoam) containers will be prohibited in two of four Mount Desert Island towns beginning next month. Following a public hearing Tuesday, the Bar Harbor Town Council enacted new ordinances to ban single-use carryout bags, and polystyrene food service containers from Bar …
ACADIA NAT’L PARK — Park officials have received a go-ahead from the National Park Service in Washington to use park entrance fees to pay for plowing the Ocean Drive section of the Park Loop Road and some trailhead parking areas if there is significant snowfall during the partial government shutdown. Friends of Acadia (FOA) made …
ELLSWORTH — For many devotees of high school sailing, it doesn’t seem all that long ago that Will Welles was a star skipper the Mount Desert Island High School sailing team, racing fiercely against George Stevens Academy in Southwest Harbor or Castine. In fact, it has been a long time and the 1993 MDIHS graduate …
Updated Jan. 16 BAR HARBOR — Ella Izenour, Caroline Musson, Charlotte Partin, and Logan Wilbur have been working since 2017 to reduce waste on Mount Desert Island by banning single-use plastic carryout bags and polystyrene (or Styrofoam) containers from local businesses. Town by town, the ninth-graders from Southwest Harbor have been talking to selectmen and …
