State Police announced the discovery of a body in woods off Dahlia Farm Road in Newburgh Wednesday morning and by late afternoon, they had confirmed it was missing Florida firefighter Jerry Perdomo. According to state Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve...
Daniel Porter allegedly told police Feb. 28 that a Florida man who has been missing for nearly two weeks is dead, and that he told his father the location of the man’s body but declined to share that information with police. That information was divulged in an...
An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at criminal proceedings. The following people were recently booked into Hancock County Jail. Feb. 17 Michelle Tina...
Where do Harvard, Bowdoin, MIT, Unity, Colgate, Bates and Boston University all have in common? Well, they all curl and they’re all curling against each other this weekend, March 3 and March 4 at Maine’s College Crash Spiel taking place in Belfast. Maine...
Bar Harbor tides, as well as sunrise and sunset times. Wednesday, Feb. 29 High 3:21 a.m. 3:55 p.m. Low 9:47 a.m. 9:59 p.m. Sun 6:07 a.m. 5:22 p.m. Thursday, March 1 High 4:13 a.m. 4:51 p.m. Low 10:43 a.m. 10:56 p.m. Sun 6:06 a.m. 5:23 p.m. Friday, March 2 High 5:10...
About 20 Bass Harbor property-owners came before the Tremont Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee on Feb. 23 to see if restrictions could be worked out to address heavy industrial noise in the town’s residential areas. The committee had before it a proposal for noise...
The Downeast Dog Scouts are sponsoring Idita-Read teams this year at the Tremont School and the Blue Hill Library. The Idita-Read is a reading incentive event for school age readers. Team coordinator at the Tremont School, librarian Crystal Dow, is organizing students...
The following building permits were issued in Bar Harbor for the weeks ending Feb. 17 and Feb. 24. Feb. 16 Michael R. James, 229 Gilbert Farm Road; to operate a timber harvest, in accordance with submitted plans and attached regulations; $0. George C. McKay, 255...
Recent warm temperatures likely helped this ice fishing shack to melt through the ice of Round Pond in Mount Desert, leaving it partially submerged. According to Mount Desert police records, the Maine Warden Service has been contacted to help notify the shack’s...
Mady Allen is planning a big bash for her Sweet 16 birthday — bigger, even, than the year she actually turned 16. Allen is another Mount Desert Island leap year baby. At age 64, she retired four years ago from a 30-year teaching career in New Hampshire. She now lives...
