Acadia National Park visitors taking advantage of the Island Explorer bus system will soon enjoy improved service to six popular park destinations, thanks to a recent federal grant that is earmarked for the installation of new bus stops. Operated by Downeast...
Mount Desert Island student-athletes had another solid week of competition in another Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet Jan. 21 in the University of Maine field house. Participating schools included Bangor, Brewer, Bucksport, Central...
The Jesup Memorial Library recently expanded its science fiction and fantasy collection, thanks to a grant from the Rose and Samuel Rudman Library Trust. The library celebrated its centennial in 2011, a milestone dubbing the Jesup as the “Anchor to the Past; Chart to...
The Mount Desert Island YMCA swim team will dive into “shark infested waters” on Sunday, Feb. 5 from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Super Bowl Sunday) for the squad’s annual aquathon. The aquathon is a pledge event to help defray the cost of the swim team....
In 1969, Special Olympics Maine held the world’s first winter games. It began on a small hill in Gorham, with only a handful of people. This year, Special Olympics Maine will send more than 400 athletes to Sugarloaf on Sunday through Tuesday, Jan. 29-31, for the...
