On Friday night, live hip hop comes to Mezzenine at Zen in Bangor, with The Jumpoff, starting at 9:30 p.m.; you can also catch the disco country bikini punk rock part that is The Larks at Kingman’s in Old Town, and you can enjoy the triumphant return of Sam...
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. Feb. 3 Katie Proulx, 23, of Bucksport was arrested for operating after habitual offender...
The Salty Dog Gallery is hosting a reception for the works of some local artists, who have been invited to paint in the gallery this winter, according to gallery owner and fellow artist Philip Steel. The reception is on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 5 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres and...
The city of Lewiston has been transformed by immigrants in the last dozen years. Today, nearly 10 percent of its population is comprised of refugees from Somalia. On Friday, Feb. 17, from 4:10 to 5:30 p.m., members of the Somali community and editors of a 2011 book...
Volunteers were back at the Mount Desert Island Community Sailing Center in January for the annual winter overhaul needed to get the facility ready for spring. The volunteer crew worked on getting the center’s Bullseye and motorboat fleet ready for another season of...
The musical taste of today’s students may, perhaps, lean more toward teen-pop and heavy metal, but as evidenced by a recent swing through rehearsals at middle schools in the Mount Desert Island Regional School System, the young teenagers also enthusiastically pour...
The Mount Desert Island girls basketball team faced its first dilemma of the 2011-12 season Tuesday night as the No. 5 Trojans hosted No. 12 Waterville in an Eastern Class B preliminary playoff game. The dilemma? Win or go home. And, fortunately for Trojan fans...
Just a handful of residents and teachers turned out for the latest discussion about the possible consolidation of Tremont Consolidated and Pemetic Elementary schools. The school boards for the two schools met on Feb. 8 to work out details of a presentation about the...
The following deed transfers were recorded from Feb. 6 to Feb. 10 at the Hancock County Registry of Deeds. Feb. 6 Matthew R. Horton to Amanda G. Horton, property in Franklin. Matthew R. Horton to Susan L. McKay, property in Franklin. Douglas Salisbury to Susan Waite,...
The proposed 2012-2013 budgets for most schools in the MDIRSS AOS 91district, as well as the district central office, have been released with most schools showing an increase of at least a few percentage points from the previous year’s budget. Highlights from each...
