In pictures this week

Kristin Bordering of Boston watches as the beer keg she just tossed heads down the line at the Southwest Harbor Chamber of Commerce’s Oktoberfest on Saturday. ISLANDER PHOTO BY EARL BRECHLIN

Staff at MDI Hospital in Bar Harbor wear pink on Tuesday as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. See special “Think Pink” pages in this week’s paper. ISLANDER PHOTO BY EARL BRECHLIN

The Bar Harbor Historical Society presented Linda McFarland Palfrey, center, with their Oldest “Native” Resident Cane. Palfrey is one of five children of Chauncey and May (Dunton) McFarland and graduated from Bar Harbor High School in 1937. ISLANDER PHOTO BY LIZ GRAVES

Six athletic standouts were named to the MDI Hall of Fame Friday. Accepting the honors are, from left, Jared Polchies; Jim Wood and Donna Wright representing their late sister Diane Wood Cavanaugh; Andrea Hatch representing her late husband Harold Hatch; Debbie Dyer representing brother Leroy Dyer; Burt and Susan Barker representing daughter Bracey Barker Ulin; and Wilton Jones. ISLANDER PHOTO BY TAYLOR BIGLER

A crew heads to the finish line in Atlantic Brewing Company’s “War Canoe” races last Sunday at Long Pond. ISLANDER PHOTO BY TAYLOR BIGLER

the woods around the running track and athletic fields are showing their true school colors at Mount Desert Island High School. ISLANDER STAFF PHOTO

Shrubs along the road in Somesville show off their fall finery. ISLANDER STAFF PHOTO

Brightly-colored leaves on a tree in downtown Bar Harbor. ISLANDER STAFF PHOTO