SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Island Readers & Writers (IRW) has welcomed two new members to its Board of Directors, Gigi Georges and Rachel Singh. Former special assistant to President Bill Clinton and state director for Senator Hillary Clinton, Georges has served as the communications director of the New York City Department of Education, managing director of the Glover Park Group, a leading …
BAR HARBOR — Dani Robbins wants to assure the cast and crew of the musical she’s directing that, even though the performances have been postponed, the time and effort they’ve put in is by no means lost. The work of theater can “prepare us to be better people in real life and deal with real struggles,” she …
Bluebirds were seen this week in a blueberry field on the island. It is encouraging to have had more reports of these lovely birds in recent years for they were seriously in decline a few years ago when English sparrows took over their nesting sites and even killed bluebirds sitting on eggs in their nests. A strong campaign …
The winter sunrise creates a brilliant red horizon — the kind of sky that sailors lament. Their old adage about “red sky in the morning, sailors take warning” proved more than fortuitous on this day, as we launched the Ford Explorer ST from central Hancock County westward to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Curiously, …
BAR HARBOR — Mount Desert Island High School took the first-place trophy in Class A this weekend in the Downeast Regional competition of the Maine Drama Festival. The MDI Drama production of “A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes” by Kate Benson is well worth going to …
MOUNT DESERT — A cotton petticoat bustle with a wire bustle cage from the 1880s hangs diagonally across from a pair of patterned cotton skirts that were made from Miss Vogue patterns in the 1960s in the exhibit titled “200 Years of Women’s Fashion” in the Mellon Room at the Northeast Harbor Library. The exhibit …
Although I have not heard them myself, woodcocks are back. This time of year is when this strange, plump and seemingly neck-less bird with a very long bill performs his ritual “sky dance” in order to woo his chosen female. As is usually the case the females seem to ignore the whole thing, but he …
BAR HARBOR— A workshop about evaluating good design will be offered by Danielle Meier of Porcupine Design on Friday, March 20 at 3 p.m. at Anchorspace Bar Harbor. This workshop will be a short course in principles of design, allowing participants to confidently weigh in on the design decisions demanded from running a business. Meier …
For 10 years, Chrysler/FCA has been trying to convince consumers that its pickup brand is now called Ram, but drivers of every ilk still prefer the Dodge label. The thing is, these new Ram pickups are so different from anything Dodge built, and now so popular, that perhaps the shift to Ram was the name …
BAR HARBOR — The Plein Air Painters of Acadia are a group of local artists that like to get out and paint in almost any weather. “I’ve been out at 30 [degrees],” said painter Liz Cutler, “and it was really hard.” Cutler kept her eyes on the harbor and brandished a paint brush, dotting …
