Twice-weekly, trivia heats up the cold winter nights

Trivia night at Leary’s Landing in Bar Harbor combines socializing and mind exercise as people stretch their brains for prizes. Trivia night happens Sundays starting at 8 p.m. There is a trivia night at the Dog and Pony Tavern in Bar Harbor as well, scheduled...

Ellsworth blotter

An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at criminal proceedings. Feb. 23 William Andrews, 36, of Sullivan was summoned for operating an unregistered vehicle....

Hancock County Sheriff’s blotter

An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at criminal proceedings. Feb. 29 A Trenton landowner reported discovering four people from Massachusetts camping on her...

Southwest Harbor blotter

An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at criminal proceedings. Feb. 28 A resident reported a possible prowler outside of her home. A subsequent police check...

Local woman merges high and low tech to connect community

Necessity is the mother of invention, as the saying goes, and Mainers are traditionally a resourceful lot. A merging of new social media technology and an old form of commerce is the brain-child of Katia Brophy, who created the Bar Harbor Barter and Swap Facebook...
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