BAR HARBOR — A Climate to Thrive, a group seeking energy independence for Mount Desert Island in response to concerns about climate change, has been at work on several fronts, including solar power, energy efficiency, transportation and waste management. Two years after a large kickoff event in January 2016, the group is again planning a …
ACADIA NAT’L PARK — Entrance fees will not be charged at any national park including Acadia on four days in 2018. Those days are Jan. 15, Martin Luther King Jr. Day; April 21, the first day of National Park Week; Sept. 22, National Public Lands Day; and Nov. 11, Veterans Day. Of the 417 National …
ACADIA NAT’L PARK — If it seems like alerts about unhealthy ozone levels on summer days are more common now than they used to be, they are. The number of days on which ozone in the air at ground level exceeded federal standards was up in 2017 from the previous few years, but the change …
BAR HARBOR — The Philadelphia-based Pew Charitable Trust is weighing in on the National Park Service proposal to increase visitor fees at Acadia and other parks, seeking the support of the Town Council in opposing the increase and working with the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce to get the word out about the issue. Under …
BAR HARBOR — Solarize MDI, a project of A Climate to Thrive, has doubled the island’s solar power generation in less than a year and become the most successful of similar Solarize campaigns around the state. Fifty new solar projects have been installed, 13 are scheduled to be installed by the end of the year, …
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — A free automatic external defibrillator and hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation class will be offered by the Southwest Harbor Public Library and the Southwest Harbor & Tremont Ambulance Service at the library on Monday, Dec. 4, from 5-7 p.m. This class is not for CPR certification but still provides participants with current AED and …
MOUNT DESERT — The town is having a new electric vehicle (EV) charging station installed at the Northeast Harbor Marina, replacing one that was installed in August but turned out to be obsolete, according to Public Works Director Tony Smith. The town purchased the original, single-vehicle charging station from power company Emera Maine for $100. …
BAR HARBOR — Annual passes to Acadia that normally sell for $50 will be available for half price on Saturday, Nov. 11, the day of the annual Bar Harbor pajama sale, from 6 a.m. until noon at the park information building at the Village Green. The half-price passes also will be sold throughout the month …
ACADIA NAT’L PARK — Nearly 500 volunteers are expected here on Saturday, Nov. 4, to help maintain the historic carriage paths. Take Pride in Acadia Day attracts hundreds of enthusiastic volunteers of all ages to rake leaves and clear drainage ditches along miles of carriage roads in preparation for winter. The well-coordinated volunteer effort, now …
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Business owners and farmers in Hancock County are invited to a solar power information session at the Southwest Harbor Public Library on Monday, Nov. 6, at 5:30 p.m. The free event is part of the College of the Atlantic’s Solar for Businesses and Farms (SBF) initiative. The SBF initiative aims to help …
