Author: Bar Harbor News

Of the 90th anniversary season of Testa’s Restaurant, below, which will re-open at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Judy Testa says ‘We’re ready.

Rock fans and theater fans should check out College of the Atlantic’s glam rock take on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, featuring the music of David Bowie, Queen and the Velvet Underground.

Members of the 38th Composite Squadron of the Maine Civil Air Patrol raised the flag in honor of Veterans Day at a luncheon at Birch Bay Retirement Village in Bar Harbor on Nov.

Holiday spending is on the minds of many Mainers this time of year, but the staff and volunteers at the Maine Sea Coast Mission in Bar Harbor have been thinking all year long about making Christmas special for Maine families in need.

The 2010 tourist season saw a dramatic increase in the number of visitors to Mount Desert Island and officials are crediting good weather, an increase in cruise ship traffic and economic factors for the season’s success.