Noted biologist Dr. Martha Crump will be talking about amphibians and reptiles at College of the Atlantic on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 4 p.m. in McCormick Lecture Hall. Her talk is titled “The Future of Amphibians and Reptiles: Do Our Cultural Beliefs Matter?” This is a...
Tremont Consolidated middle-school students Colby Butler, Justin Lee, Andrew Jewett and Parker Murphy were recently suiting up in tree-climbing harnesses and learning about ascenders, friction management and safety lanyards from tree-management expert Kris Harper....
Hancock County Downeast Audubon is inviting applications for two scholarship opportunities for week-long residential nature programs at the National Audubon Society’s Hog Island Camp, off Maine’s Midcoast. A Hancock County educator will receive a full scholarship...
A week before the Maine Forensics Association-sanctioned State Speech Tournament at Brunswick, the Mount Desert Island High School speech team was hard at work, practicing its ensemble piece. Linnea Erickson, Marisa Prestinari, Caitlin Denegre, Jane Pappas and Malcolm...
As part of the ongoing Big Read event on and around Mount Desert Island, the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor will host two events examining racial issues and the treatment of indigenous cultures in Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.” On Feb. 3, the...
