Beautiful Music at the Jesup

Join Bar Harbor resident, harpist Phoebe Durand McDonnell at the Jesup Memorial Library on Sunday, July 26 at 2 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public. Durand McDonnell began studying harp at age 10 and was accepted at the prestigious Tanglewood Music Center...

Business news

Curtis C. Simard, president and CEO of Bar Harbor Bank and Trust, announced recently that John Williams was promoted to the position of assistant vice president and senior risk management analyst at the bank. Williams is a graduate of Brewer High School and attended...

GAC Chemical Corporation sold to Employees

Searsport, Maine- What started as an idea in October 2014, became a reality on June 23, 2015. The founder of GAC Chemical Corporation decided he was ready to retire and wanted to sell his ownership in the business.

Free Concert on the Bar Harbor Village Green

On Friday, August 7th, The Joshua Incident plays a free concert on the Bar Harbor Village Green as part of the 2015 “First Friday Art Walk” series. The band will perform from 5:30 to 6:30pm on the bandstand.

Auto craze brought profit, change to Bangor residents

A decade and a half after the first automobile appeared in Bangor, hundreds of motor vehicles – autos, trucks, even motorcycles operated by women – were rolling through the streets of the Queen City of the East after the last snow melted each spring. The...

Seabird viewing trip to raise funds for wildlife refuge Aug. 26

The National Wildlife Refuge Association is forging a new partnership with the Rockland group Friends of Maine’s Seabird Islands to assist in fundraising efforts. The funds are needed to support the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge’s seabird...

Abbe Museum Celebrates 87 Years with Annual Gathering Gala

On July 29, 2015 at 5 pm the Abbe Museum will host their signature annual fundraiser at the Bar Harbor Club. The Gathering Gala benefit dinner and auction has become a summer tradition on Mount Desert Island, celebrating the work of the Abbe Museum with an elegant...

More Summer Jazz in Palermo

The Palermo Library, 2789 Route 3, will host a second evening in the Summer Jazz Concert Series featuring a performance by the Mai Kheet Band Monday, July 27, at 6:30 p.m. The free event begins with a 5:30 p.m. music workshop on jazz composition for kids of all ages,...

Goats, Spiders and Puppets at Jesup

Join Bar Harbor resident Linda Uberseder for a puppet story time on Saturday, July 18 at 1 p.m. Uberseder and her puppets will tell two stories “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” and “Anansi and the Moss-covered Rock.”
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