5+ day, 3+ 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, 3+ hour ago   (376+ words) Alfred Wayne Kelley, 74, died Sept. 3, 2026, at home, surrounded by his family. He was born April 19, 1952, in Bar Harbor, the son of Alfred Hervey and Barbara Ann (Murphy) Kelley. Alfred served with honor in the United States Coast Guard during the…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (521+ words) Oct. 2, 1942 – Aug. 28, 2026 Ronald George “Ron” Benson, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, teacher, mentor, engineer, and lifelong learner, died at home in Maine following a brief illness with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Born in Iowa to George Christian and Martha Augusta Benson, Ron…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (212+ words) of Bryn Mawr, PA and Northeast Harbor, ME died peacefully on August 20th at Beaumont at Bryn Mawr Retirement Community. She was 94 years old. She is predeceased by her husband, parents, and brother David L. Hopkins, Jr. She is survived by her…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (210+ words) 79, passed away peacefully in his sleep on the morning of August 21, 2026. Born on October 28, 1946, in New Orleans, to Virginia Johnston Walmsley and Robert Miller Walmsley. At age 12, after attending the Metairie Park Country Day School, he went to St. Paul’s…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1066+ words) Emerson Whitney reads his book, "Daddy Boy." An image from the baby book Emerson Whitney's mother made him, which he reflects on in his new memoir. BAR HARBOR — Longtime Mount Desert Island resident Emerson Whitney's third book, "O Mother," released…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (319+ words) Roberta Wallace Longsworth, 91, died on Aug. 21, 2026, at Birch Bay Village in Bar Harbor, Maine. Born in Brooklyn. N.Y., she was the daughter of David and Mary (Rodger) Wallace who moved to the U.S. from Scotland. She graduated from Barnard College in 1956, and,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (247+ words) A committed liberal democrat, Ann Mudge Backer championed not only environmental issues and public and private land protection, but issues of social justice and civil liberties. These included Black Lives Matter, Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County, Native American rights,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (496+ words) Leading a life of putting others first wasn’t simply something Wayne Davis believed in, it was the way he lived every single day. Through his kindness, generosity, loyalty, and genuine care for others, Wayne quietly modeled for all who knew…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (377+ words) Bill was born on April 1, 1943, in Fort Benning, Ga., to Drs. William Henry Reiff and Maxine Hoffer Reiff. Medicine was thought to be his future, but he never wanted to spend that much time around sick people, so he became…...