Author: Bar Harbor Times

As summer drew to a close and residents began prepping for a shift to cooler weather, house fires continued in Bar Harbor, the area’s only air carrier announced plans to call it quits at the county airport, and the state’s top education o…

With the dog days of summer and the tourist season in full swing, rangers in Acadia National Park were kept busy with high angle rescues and a deceased leviathan on a popular beach while area fire crews responded to yet another structure fire…

What was shaping up to be an ideal summer weather-wise was in full swing during July and the hot temperatures seemed to reflect the mood in the air around one town’s municipal scene. Acadia park rangers had their work cut out for them in de…

As spring transitioned to summer on Mount Desert Island, new faces joined the Bar Harbor Town Council while Southwest Harbor saw the first in what would become a spree of municipal resignations. Additionally, a new crop of young people made t…

With spring at its peak, May was a busy month for both Mount Desert Island and the nation. Town meetings brought new faces to municipal governments, the country and the island reacted to the death of a terrorist mastermind and tragedy would o…