The Tremont Board of Selectmen had some questions, but little comment, on a proposed joint special education reserve account for the Mount Desert Island Regional School System. Selectmen heard from MDIRSS Superintendent Rob Liebow on the proposal at their Nov. 21...
Gov. Paul LePage has written to U.S. Secretary of Commerce John E. Bryson calling for a federal fisheries disaster declaration for Maine’s groundfishing fleet, according to a release from the governor’s office late Tuesday. The request comes on the heels of a...
Holiday spending is on the minds of many Mainers this time of year, but the staff and volunteers at the Maine Sea Coast Mission in Bar Harbor have been thinking all year long about making Christmas special for Maine families in need. Through its annual Christmas...
The Bar Harbor Garden Club announced it has been awarded a grant from the Hattie A. & Fred C. Lynam Trust. The grant is being applied to the Inge C.B. Weber Memorial Scholarship Fund. This fund is now at a level that will allow the garden club to issue...
A proposal to lease a section of Western Bay in Mount Desert for a planned sea urchin farm has been received by the state Department of Marine Resources. If approved, the aquaculture operation would be granted exclusive use of a 4-acre section of ocean bottom....
