SUMMERTIME TREAT … A group of young visitors enjoys root beers and blueberry sodas outside Hannaford in Bar Harbor. They live in Cedar City, Utah, one of the adults in the group explained. “We’ve never heard of Old Soakers!” The kids gave the soda high marks, especially after their hike across the sand bar on a warm July afternoon. Beth Warner, who took this photo, talked with them about how Bar Harbor got its name.
PHOTO COURTESY OF BETH WARNER
CREATIVE DESTRUCTION … Work progresses on the reconstruction of Route 3 in Bar Harbor. Near the College of the Atlantic, crews were at work this week on water lines and excavating and grading driveways.
ISLANDER PHOTO BY LIZ GRAVES
SPRUCED UP … A million-dollar-plus renovation of the Bar Harbor branch of First National Bank was recently completed. Celebrating at a Chamber of Commerce event last week were, from left, Connie Russell of the bank’s Board of Directors, bank President and CEO Tony McKim and board member Mark Rosborough. The bank was chartered in 1888 and the building at 102 Main Street was completed in 1909.
ISLANDER PHOTO BY LIZ GRAVES
FOGGY LAUNCH…Thick fog over Frenchman Bay Tuesday morning made preparations for launching a small sailboat at the Bar Harbor town pier look especially dramatic.
ISLANDER PHOTO BY DICK BROOM
ISLANDER PHOTO BY SARAH HINCKLEY
SUMMERTIME TREAT … A group of young visitors enjoys root beers and blueberry sodas outside Hannaford in Bar Harbor. They live in Cedar City, Utah, one of the adults in the group explained. “We’ve never heard of Old Soakers!” The kids gave the soda high marks, especially after their hike across the sand bar on a warm July afternoon. Beth Warner, who took this photo, talked with them about how Bar Harbor got its name. PHOTO COURTESY OF BETH WARNER
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