ACADIA NAT’L PARK — Artist Robert Pollien of Bar Harbor was Acadia’s first artist in residence, in October 1993. Now, he is among 12 artists from around the country — and one from Canada — who have been selected for this year’s Artist in Residence program. Asked how his art has evolved over the past …
BAR HARBOR — Linda White from Census 2020 will be at the Jesup Memorial Library on Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to answer questions about serving as a census worker in Maine. Jobs last from six to 10 weeks and pay $16 per hour as well at 58 cents-per-mile for travel …
AUGUSTA — Gary Allen was honored with a new award presented by Governor Janet Mills last week at the 2019 Governor’s Conference on Tourism, held at the Augusta Civic Center. Allen, from Great Cranberry Island, is the founder and director of the Mount Desert Island Marathon, Millinocket Marathon and several other endurance events across Maine. …
BAR HARBOR — The vacant commercial property at 79 Cottage Street that some town residents feared was unsafe was demolished Monday morning. The two-story building was owned by the Pelletier family, doing business as St. Sauveur Development Corp. The Pelletiers received a demolition permit with the planning office, said Code Enforcement Officer Angie Chamberlain, and …
To the Editor: Governor Mills believes that the proposed power corridor will save Mainers millions of dollars each year in electricity costs and that the perks for Maine that CMP and Hydro Quebec have offered will be more than “$30 million in broadband, in education and scholarships, and other community benefits, and another $30 million …
MOUNT DESERT — Ten area business owners will compete for $10,000 in prize money at the second annual Mount Desert Business Boot Camp and Pitch Competition this Sunday, March 10, at 4 p.m. at Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor. The 10 will have just completed a three-day “boot camp” of business skills development sessions led …
BAR HARBOR — The company planning to operate ferry service between Bar Harbor and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia now holds a lease to a portion of the town-owned ferry terminal property on Eden Street. The lease between the town and Atlantic Fleet Services, the local affiliate of private Canadian firm Bay Ferries, was signed Tuesday, according …
To the Editor: I want to take the opportunity to thank the wonderful doctors, caregivers and support staff at your Mount Desert Island Hospital that my son enjoyed (yes, “enjoyed”) this past week. It was especially appreciated because no family member was able to visit. Telephone calls sufficed. He was always upbeat and grateful. Tucked …
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Visionary women come in many different forms. Each of the more than 40 artists displaying their work at the Southwest Harbor Public Library through March, Women’s History Month, has focused on a different kind of visionary. The “Visionary Women: Her Story/My Story” art exhibit opens for viewing March 4 at the library. …
