Island Briefs
Island Briefs: Read what’s happening around the island.
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MDI Regional School System budget approved
A $2.24 million budget for the Mount Desert Island Regional School System central office for next fiscal year was approved on Jan. 11 by the school system board.
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Expansion of Chris’s Pond area possible
A deadline of March is before the town and an area organization that signed a purchase option for a .85-acre parcel near Chris’s Pond.
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One appeal denied, one withdrawn for proposed campground
TREMONT — Representatives of the proposed Pointy Head Campground project withdrew their administrative appeal during the second phase of a hearing before the town’s Board of Appeals on Jan. 7.
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Island Police: Officers respond to report of wily coyote on Main Street
Island Police: Officers respond to report of wily coyote on Main Street.
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Board balks at public safety building cost
Yikes! That was pretty much the Board of Selectmen’s reaction to the $8.5 million to $10 million estimated cost of building an addition to the Town Hall for the fire department, Northeast Harbor Ambulance Service and more space for the police department.
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Staff oppose leaving school system
Thirty-two of the 40 teachers and staff members at Trenton Elementary School have signed a letter expressing strong opposition to a recommendation that the school withdraw from the Mount Desert Island Regional School System – AOS 91.
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Vaccine supply hampers distribution effort
Vaccines are on the way, but with limited supply and high demand, the rollout will take time. Statewide, approximately 81,000 Mainers have received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and, as of Tuesday, 12,441 people have been given the required two doses.
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Tremont town manager resigns
Selectmen reluctantly accepted the resignation of Tremont Town Manager Chris Saunders during their meeting Tuesday night, effective June 18.
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MDI acts against pandemic plastic pollution
Almost two months ago, 8,000 bales of plastic waste, weighing nearly 10,000 tons, set sail on the Atlantic aboard a Northern Ireland cargo ship, the Sider London.