The following building permits were issued in Bar Harbor for the weeks ending Feb. 17 and Feb. 24. Feb. 16 Michael R. James, 229 Gilbert Farm Road; to operate a timber harvest, in accordance with submitted plans and attached regulations; $0. George C. McKay, 255...
Recent warm temperatures likely helped this ice fishing shack to melt through the ice of Round Pond in Mount Desert, leaving it partially submerged. According to Mount Desert police records, the Maine Warden Service has been contacted to help notify the shack’s...
Mady Allen is planning a big bash for her Sweet 16 birthday — bigger, even, than the year she actually turned 16. Allen is another Mount Desert Island leap year baby. At age 64, she retired four years ago from a 30-year teaching career in New Hampshire. She now lives...
By the end of the Bar Harbor Warrant committee meeting on Feb 27, there was no clear idea of what the amount of actual budget cuts might be, as discussions surrounding the reorganized Planning Department sent the warrant committee on a fact-finding mission. As a...
Maine State Police, assisted by Bangor police, have charged 24-year-old Daniel Porter with murder in connection with the disappearance of Florida firefighter Jerry Perdomo, according to a press release from Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland....
