Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday honoring the civil rights leader who was born Jan. 15, 1929. The holiday was first celebrated in 1986. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the country’s most important figures in the civil rights movements of the...
Paul Weiss, director of Bar Harbor’s Whole Health Center, will be giving a talk titled “The Neurobiology of the Spirit: an Integrative Look at the Nature of Emotional and Spiritual Maturity.” The talk is for College of the Atlantic’s Human Ecology...
Former Sen. Dennis Damon, D-Hancock, will offer an in-depth perspective on the regulations that govern today’s fishing industry through Acadia Senior College, which is offering this public enrollment course beginning Jan. 24, and running through Feb. 28. This...
Former foreign service officer Louis Sell will speak on “The Collapse of the Soviet Union and Its Implications for the U.S.” as the first of a two-part series of the 2012 Camden Conference community events on Saturday, Jan. 14 at 2 p.m. at the Southwest Harbor Public...
Thanks to the efforts of libraries, schools, businesses and nonprofits across seven islands in Hancock County, The Big Read is coming together for a month-long extravaganza of events designed to bring Mark Twain’s popular novel, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” to...
