The Hancock Woman’s Club is offering scholarships for high school seniors and students currently attending college. Applicants must be residents of Hancock County or submit a written recommendation from a Hancock Woman’s Club member, and planning to attend...
Aurelia “Thistle” Brown was a central fixture in the Northeast Harbor arts community. Brown, who passed away on Feb. 21 at age 87, was a respected painter and the founder of the Wingspread Gallery. She was also a friend to a far-flung community of artists who remember...
In the Feb. 29 article “Tremont continues discussion on noise standards,” Scott Grierson should have been referred to as a property owner.
As a documentary filmmaker for 20 years, Ned Johnston has traveled the world and created a body of work that celebrates commonalities among people and cultures. He has been to Mount Everest three times, on expeditions that included the discovery of the remains of...
A visit by Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine, to the 37th annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum in Rockport on March 3 was canceled when rain, fog and icy conditions prevented her from flying into Knox County Regional Airport. Snowe, the ranking member of the Subcommittee on...
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she was stunned when Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, told her she would not seek re-election this year. Collins was at the 2012 Maine Fishermen’s Forum in Rockport on March 2 to watch the bidding on the U.S. flag she donated to the...
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she was stunned when Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, told her she would not seek re-election this year. Collins was at the 2012 Maine Fishermen’s Forum in Rockport on March 2 to watch the bidding on the U.S. flag she donated to the...
The annual family-friendly indoor remote-control regatta is set for Friday, March 9 at 6 p.m. at the Mount Desert Island YMCA in Bar Harbor. The event, hosted by the MDI Community Sailing Center, is free for all comers. “Everyone is welcome to come try their hand on a...
The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced the airlines that will provide air service to Presque Isle and the Bar Harbor region under the government’s Essential Air Service program.
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced March 2 that Peninsula Airways and Cape Air will jointly provide Essential Air Services at the Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport. According to a press release issued by the office of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine,...
