Several Convicted of Unemployment Fraud as Year ends

Residents of Brewer, Lincoln, Baileyville, Harmony, Marshfield, Perry and Bar Harbor have each been convicted on separate charges of fraudulently collecting unemployment insurance. Unemployment benefit fraud involving principal amounts of $1,000 or more is a felony...

Board of Appeals Public Hearing – CANCELLED

On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 7:00 pm, the Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing for the request to relocate a nonconforming structure pursuant to section 125 55C of the Bar Harbor Land Use Ordinance.

Good-bye, Egg Rock Light horn, I will miss you

Wild winds and rough water are deafening, but through it I hear the steady, reassuring drone of the horn at Egg Rock Lighthouse. I listen to it a few minutes longer than I would have in the past, because soon it will no longer be calling out in fog and storm.

High winds, rain to buffet Maine overnight

The National Weather Service issued a high-wind warning for parts of coastal and eastern Maine, effective from late Sunday afternoon through Sunday night. The warning applies to southern Penobscot, interior and coastal Hancock, interior Waldo and central and coastal...

Two MDI towns benefit from sharing police chief

After two years of sharing a police chief on a short-term basis, two neighboring towns on Mount Desert Island decided last month to continue the arrangement for another year. Town managers in Bar Harbor and Mount Desert said Monday that sharing the services of police...
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