Mount Desert Island Hospital announced today that the organization is slated to receive 500 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine next week to help increase availability to adolescents age 12 and above.
Butch Bracy plans to retire June 30 after 20 years as director of maintenance and transportation at Mount Desert Island High School.
The Bar Harbor Town Council approved a tweak to its board and committee rules last week that clarified residency requirements and allowed members to be as young as 15.
Late last week, Hancock County residents got an abstract picture of how American Aquafarms would draw and discharge sea water and dispose of waste from its proposed operation in Frenchman Bay.
A Bar Harbor-based mussel grower is looking to expand its scallop farming in Frenchman Bay.
Fishermen from across the state gave their support last week to a local legislator’s bill that would ban the development of offshore wind projects in the Gulf of Maine.
Hancock County Sheriff Scott Kane announced the promotion of two patrol deputies on May 4.
SPCA of Hancock Count Pet of the Week: Meet Dos Pacos. Dos Pacos is a 2-year-old male Presa Canario, which is a mastiff-type breed. The shelter suggests you read up on this breed if you are interested in meeting and adopting him.
Effective May 24, Maine will lift all capacity limits and requirements to physically distance in all public outdoor settings. Capacity limits in public indoor venues will also be lifted.
Judy Sproule, who served as chair of the Trenton School Committee during the process that led to the formation of the Mount Desert Island Regional School System (MDIRSS) in 2009, thinks it would be a big mistake for Trenton to withdraw from the school district.
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