Two days after Oct. 1’s heavy rains doused Mount Desert Island, Route 102A at Seawall remained hard to traverse, due to the usual flooding conditions that overtake this particular dip in the road. Motorists on the scenic route, which leads from Southwest Harbor to...
Maine has more than a century of experience with globalization, according to Lloyd Irland, former state economist and respected forestry expert. Maine’s central role in the 19th century, he said, made many Mainers citizens of the world at that time. Irland, a visiting...
Oct. 3 was a busy evening for rescue crews in Acadia National Park as two late-day incidents required rangers and volunteers to assist stranded and injured hikers after dark in two separate locations. According to rangers, the first call for assistance — which was...
In 1850, there were 10,000 known varieties of apples in Maine. On every farm and homestead they were eaten fresh and used for cooking, drying and for making hard cider. Today, only a handful of apples are commonly available in grocery stores. The Downeast Heirloom...
The Mount Desert Island girls soccer team is down, but not out as the Trojans have five games remaining on their schedule to crawl back into the Eastern Class B playoff race. MDI (2-7, 9.4388 points) is 14th in the Maine Principals’ Association Heal Point...
