Fran Charles, manager of the Northeast Harbor Fleet, will offer a racing rules class on Sunday, March 11 at 12:30 p.m. at the Mount Desert Island Community Sailing Center. During the school year, Charles is the coach of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
The Bar Harbor Parks and Recreation committee heard from Conservation Commission chairwoman Jill Weber March 5 regarding the commission’s responsibility under the town’s comprehensive plan. The commission is tasked with creating an Open Spaces plan and the...
Members of the Mount Desert Island League of Towns were in general agreement that the new state law to allow consumer fireworks was a bad idea. The consensus arose at the league’s Feb. 28 meeting, as part of a discussion of local regulation of consumer fireworks. “Our...
In its first two years, the Family Triathlon Festival, sponsored by the Waldo County YMCA, grew in popularity and it appears the event might take another leap forward with the addition of a junior division. The third annual festival will be Saturday, May 12 at the...
The Maine Commission for Community Service invites submissions to its biennial Maine Volunteers in Action photo contest. The competition is open to any volunteer program sponsored by a municipal, educational, nonprofit or government entity that serves Maine...
