3 reasons to break up with a customer

It was late at night when they checked in, a husband and wife who had booked two weeks at my inn in Bar Harbor back when I was an innkeeper. I knew within five minutes of their arrival this was not going to go well.

Arctic explorer Robert Peary urged Bangoreans to prepare for WWI

A debate over military preparedness engulfed the nation a century ago as The Great War threatened to cross the Atlantic from Europe. Proponents argued that military expansion would deter attack, while pacifists and other supporters of neutrality worried the...

SPCA Pet of the Week: Meet Carmella – WABI

WABISPCA Pet of the Week: Meet CarmellaWABIThe event, which is funded by a grant from the ASCPA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) and Subaru of America, Inc., will be held from 11 to 3 p.m. at the local SPCA shelter at 141 Bar Harbor Road...

Portland artist draws on natural word for Greenpeace campaign

Portland artist Aaron Staples paints a detailed picture of an oyster shell, using nothing more than black ink, in a spare bedroom at his house in the West End. The international environmental organization Greenpeace tapped Staples to make art for their yearlong...

Wealthy MDI resident suing neighbors over property dispute

Another wealthy seasonal Mount Desert Island resident, the second in three months, is suing his neighbors over a property dispute. Reeve B. Waud, a private equity fund manager from Chicago who owns more than 300 acres on the island, is accusing San Francisco residents...
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