3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (167+ words) Students gather at the 2024 MDI Aspirations Fair at Camp Beech Cliff. TRENTON — This September, the nonprofit Maine College Circle begins its 35th year of raising aspirations in communities throughout Maine, a press release said. MDI scholarship recipients over the years are…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (477+ words) The town of Mount Desert Harbor Committee met on Sept. 8 to discuss design criteria for the Northeast Harbor Municipal Wharf replacement. NORTHEAST HARBOR — The Harbor Committee discussed the Northeast Harbor Municipal Wharf replacement project and reviewed data presented by Gartley…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (838+ words) Chamber Vice President Jeff Prentice and President Holly Masterson cut the ribbon to open the new visitor center. Southwest Harbor Town Manager Karen Reddersen and Tremont’s Jesse Dunbar hold the ribbon for Chamber Vice President Jeff Prentice and President Holly…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (323+ words) The new Town Hill VIS board comes together as a welcoming gathering. TOWN HILL — The Town Hill Village Improvement Society held a public meeting at the Town Hill Hall on Tuesday, during which President Perry Moore announced the dissolution of…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (149+ words) Kalie Hess gathers signatures before the annual town meeting. SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Kalie Hess has announced her resignation from the Southwest Harbor Select Board, stepping down less than a year after being elected. Hess, one of the board’s two newest members,…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (336+ words) BAR HARBOR — Acadia Senior College welcomes Emily Burke of the Bar Harbor Food Pantry to address food insecurity in Hancock County. Bar Harbor Food Pantry’s mission is to build food security to strengthen the greater Mount Desert Island…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (584+ words) SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon ('The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay”) and his wife and fellow author Ayelet Waldman stopped in at the Southwest Harbor Public last week to talk about her new book “A…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (249+ words) SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Join award-winning master carver Josh Brewer for a five-day workshop to carve a preening duck from cedar at the Wendell Gilley Museum. Brewer will lead students through hand-carving a preening duck (no feet showing) from a roughed-out…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (108+ words) Mount Desert Islander SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Experiment with negative space in watercolor and create a modern painting of leaves in this technique workshop. Join the Gilley with instructor Erika Elizabeth, who will guide students step by step to express their own…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1316+ words) After the adhesive is placed on the tracker and butterfly, approximately 10-15 min is needed before releasing the monarch named "Lee." Freshly released monarch "Lee" rests on the flower. Ann Judd releases a monarch after placing a micro tracking device on…...