3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (275+ words) Mount Desert Islander BAR HARBOR — Registration is open for the upcoming Maine Working Waterfront Conference on Nov 12-13 at the Atlantic Oceanside Hotel in Bar Harbor, a press release said Register now at seagrant.umaine.edu/topic-working-waterfronts-conference/.For general admission,…...

5+ day, 4+ 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, 16+ hour ago   (477+ words) The Mount Desert Island Historical Society received the approval it needs to place a vegetable stand donated by the Folly Farm on its museum property on Route 102. “No, we’re not going to start selling vegetables,” joked the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (276+ words) Catherine Schmitt, who gave us "The President’s Salmon" and other books, plus magazine pieces, journal articles and news stories, has brought out "Trees of Acadia: The Past, Present and Future of Park Forests." An inaugural winner of Writers Guild of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (240+ words) Mount Desert Islander SOUTHWEST HARBOR — On Thursday, Sept 3, at 5:30 p.m., Andrew M Horton, active retired justice, Maine Supreme Court, will give the McCue Lecture, “The Vital Role of Courts in Protecting The Rule of Law…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (647+ words) It is ironic that the children who gathered to launch the first boat produced by Islesford Boatworks on Sunday were dressed as pirates. While pirates are associated with pillage and theft, the children who spent the summer crafting the boat…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (384+ words) A full council chamber listens as the town's governing body discusses several consequential proposals concerning the future growth of the lodging industry at a meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 19. Resident Carol Chappell speaks in support of the graduated lodging scale land…...