MDI athletes participate in large PVC/EMITL meet

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...

Sharks to invest YMCA waters Feb. 5

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....

Special Olympics Winter Games Jan. 29-31

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...

Midcoast Half-Marathon March 11 in Lincolnville

A second half-marathon has been scheduled for the Midcoast for 2012. While the second annual Blueberry Cove Half-Marathon will be in August in Tenants Harbor, the first annual Midcoast Half-Marathon, a 13.1-mile road race, will be Sunday, March 11 at 9:30 a.m.. The...

MDI court squads continue to roll in hardwood action

The 2011-12 season continues to be a strong one for the Mount Desert Island boys and girls basketball teams, as the stellar campaigned continued the past few days as the Trojans hosted Foxcroft Academy of Dover-Foxcroft. The MDI boys are the lone unbeaten team in...
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