Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Announces the Promotion of John Williams

Bar Harbor, Maine- Curtis C. Simard, President and CEO of Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, along with the Board of Directors, is pleased to announce the promotion of John Williams to Assistant Vice President and Senior Risk Management Analyst at Bar Harbor Bank &...

Bold Colors Leap from iPad to Canvas

Russell D’Alessio, a nationally acclaimed contemporary painter, printmaker, and photographer announced this week that he will unveil several new works of art celebrating “Love in the Spring,” an important new series of work in this artist’s...

Maine Crafts Guild 40th Anniversary

Maine Crafts Guild’s MDI “Directions” Fine Craft Show is turning 40 this year. The centrally located Mount Desert Island High School on Route 233 in Bar Harbor has been the location of the Directions Show for all four decades.

Two Island Friends Share Two Points of View

Sculptor Katie Bell and painter Clay Kanzler might have about as opposite an approach to art as two artists can have. Kanzler’s detailed, scripted work begins with a specific group of ideas and proceeds through painstaking, detail-oriented work.

Why Maine is the best place to feel far away right at home

Marinated chicken, beef and a rainbow of vegetables filled skewers that slowly roasted over the open fire. Wine and conversation flowed easily as children climbed in treehouses and played in the dirt, bright red watermelon juice dried to their faces and fingers.

King wants National Park contract process reform

BAR HARBOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — Senators Angus King and Susan Collins are continuing to fight the National Park Service over the way it awards contracts to companies providing concession services inside national parks. The issue became hearted last year when...

UNE hosts Geriatric Conference in Bar Harbor

With almost a third of its citizens aged 55 or older, Maine has the oldest population of all the states in the country. Providing health care and other services that aid older adults will undoubtedly continue to play a critical role both in Maine’s health care...
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