The Bar Harbor Parks and Recreation committee heard from Conservation Commission chairwoman Jill Weber March 5 regarding the commission’s responsibility under the town’s comprehensive plan. The commission is tasked with creating an Open Spaces plan and the...
Members of the Mount Desert Island League of Towns were in general agreement that the new state law to allow consumer fireworks was a bad idea. The consensus arose at the league’s Feb. 28 meeting, as part of a discussion of local regulation of consumer fireworks. “Our...
In the Feb. 29 article “Tremont continues discussion on noise standards,” Scott Grierson should have been referred to as a property owner.
In response to Viking, Inc.’s lawsuit against the town of Tremont and Viking’s lien on Tremont Consolidated School for a roofing job, the town has, in turn, filed a cross-claim against its co-defendants — contractor Darren Stover of Bangor and Northeast Facilities...
In an effort to improve high-speed Internet access to more Mount Desert communities, the town is seeking to buy into a consortium with numerous other towns in the region in order to effectively bargain with Time Warner Cable to expand the number of rural areas that...
