College of the Atlantic’s new U.S. Coast Guard-certified research/passenger vessel, Osprey, recently hit the water for sea trials. It was then promptly put into storage until a christening and celebration, anticipated in the spring. The boat was built to accommodate...
Gov. Paul LePage has nominated Patrick Keliher to serve as commissioner of the state Department of Marine Resources. Keliher, of South Gardiner, has been serving as the DMR’s acting commissioner since last July. He had previously served as deputy commissioner and...
After a seemingly endless wait through an unusually mild December and first week of January, a few area ice fishermen were able to take to the ice with augers and traps at the ready on a sunny Monday. While most of Mount Desert Island’s lakes are still mostly open or...
The following building permits were issued in the town of Bar Harbor during the week ending Dec. 30. Dec. 28 Mount Desert Island Hospital, 330 Main St.; to demolish existing building and leave the foundation in place, per plan; $22,400. Dec. 29 Terence E....
Mount Desert Island student-athletes always prove competitive in Penobscot Valley Conference-Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meets and that was especially true Jan. 7 in the University of Maine field house. In that meet the Trojans girls finished first and the MDI...
