Republican gubernatorial candidate Mitt Romney won the Hancock County GOP straw poll by a narrow margin over Ron Paul at the party’s caucus, according to results released on Feb. 11. Rick Santorum came in third with Newt Gingrich in a distant fourth. Nineteen...
Bangor Hydro Electric Company has announced plans for a scheduled interruption in electric service on Thursday, Feb. 16 in the Town Hill of Bar Harbor. The outage is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. and will last approximately three hours to allow crews time to more...
The Institute for Humane Education announced it has received a total of $40,000 in grants in December from three foundations for program scholarships, website development, leadership training, and general operating support. The Bay and Paul Foundations awarded IHE...
The use of the synthetic drug known as bath salts has not been the epidemic on Mount Desert Island that it has been in other Maine communities, but MDI has not been immune to its presence and there is some concern that, with the coming influx of seasonal employees and...
To say it has been a dream season for the Mount Desert Island boys basketball team would be, well, an understatement of gigantic proportions. And it can only get better if the Trojans are to realize their goals of winning regional and state championships in the coming...
The second phase of the study to determine the feasibility of operating a maritime facility the Marine Atlantic ferry terminal in Bar Harbor won approval at the town council meeting on Feb. 7. The move will allocate funds and secure agreements in steps towards the...
A team of MDI Search and Rescue members and Acadia National Park rangers responded to the Mansell Mountain area of the park on the evening of Feb. 8 to locate and carry out a 57-year-old woman who sustained a severe ankle injury while hiking. According to Supervisory...
Recently, I attended a talk by Darron Collins, the new president of College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor.
The falling, blowing snow in and around Hosmer Pond made for a fitting, idyllic scene during the first day of competition for the 22nd annual U.S. Toboggan National Championships Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Camden Snow Bowl. The popular three-day, fundraising event,...
Two separate storm systems will continue to cause travel headaches from Portland to Cleveland into this evening before snow tapers off overnight.
