Author: Bar Harbor News

A baobab is a monumental tree, thriving for centuries in the arid land of Southern Africa where the people shroud it in myth like a village oracle.

People living in tourist destination towns such as Old Orchard Beach, Greenville, Camden-Rockland and of course Bar Harbor may be forgiven for affixing bumper stickers to their cars that read, “Don’t hassle me – I’m a local.” It can be a hassle to live…

Well built condo, close to downtown Bar Harbor in the Hulls Cove area.A Around the corner from Acadia National Park.

Joe and Bobby’s house in Rockport. It was just about this time of year in 1990 when a new neighbor approached my wife and myself not long after we had moved to Rockport from Coronado, California.

The next fun event in Bar Harbor will be “Village Holidays” on Friday, Dec. 3. Santa arrives at 5 p.m., “The Miracle on 34th Street” is performed by the Acadia Community Theatre at the Criterion Theater and Arts Center, and Midnight Madness starts at 8…