Bar Harbor Bank & Trust announced this week that $10,900 was donated in 2011 through the company’s Community Commitment program. The nonprofit organizations receiving funds in 2011 included Maine Search and Rescue Dogs, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Maine,...
The Beatrix Farrand Society recently received a donation of a framed oil painting of a long-lost garden that Beatrix Farrand designed for Louisa Morgan Satterlee in 1921. This garden, located on Great Head, was destroyed in the 1947 fire. The painting depicts the...
On Saturday, Jan. 28 from noon until midnight, the Occupy MDI General Assembly is hosting a winter community gathering at the Masonic Hall on High Street in Bar Harbor. The free speech event will be kicked off with an opportunity for community members to participate...
Submissions are invited for the 2012 Friends of Acadia poetry contest. Established in 1998, the Friends of Acadia Poetry Prize is awarded biannually to promote and recognize distinctive nature poetry. Three winning poems will be published in the Friends of Acadia...
Dr. Edison Liu, president and CEO of The Jackson Laboratory, visited the State House on Jan. 10. Pictured with Liu, left, is Sen. Brian Langley, R-Ellsworth, left, and Sen. Richard Rosen, R-Bucksport in the well of the State Senate.
