According to Fred Benson, a Mount Desert Island resident with decades of experience working at the Pentagon and with the nation’s defense efforts, the U.S. is accepting a perpetual state of war with seeming ease. Benson, who retired as a full colonel after serving two...
Last time President Obama came to Maine he was vacationing in Bar Harbor. Now he’s here on business to raise money for the upcoming general election.
Among the sculpture created during a Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium is “Bar Harbor Tension,” sculpted by Songul Telek of Turkey and placed at Baxter Park in Bar Harbor.
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. Jan. 29 Todd Lear, 40, transient, was summoned for violating a condition of release. Jan. 30...
As the town hermit, Skelly Mannor (Max Swann) creeps through the woods, the 14-year-old Eva (Axis Fuksman-Kumpa) and her 18-year-old friend, Robert (Noah Davis), dream of flying away from the brooding darkness of their hometown. The woods are humans, standing still...
The fourth annual Maine’s Got Talent competition is looking for contestants, age 5 and older, to perform solo, duet or group acts that may include singing, dancing, gymnastics, playing an instrument, etc. The contest offers an opportunity to showcase one’s...
The Schoodic Education and Research Center Institute has named Dr. Jessica Rykken and Mr. Seth Benz Dixon Fellows for 2011 and 2012. Rykken completed her fellowship in the fall of 2011. She assisted with biodiversity discovery programs at Acadia National Park,...
The following deed transfers were recorded from Jan. 30 to Feb. 3 at the Hancock County Registry of Deeds. Jan. 30 Bank of America N.A. to Federal National Mortgage Association, property in Bucksport. Ellsworth-Brockton Limited Partnership to Ellsworth Land LLC,...
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. 2 Police received report of the theft of $7,000 in cash and jewelry from a Hall Quarry...
The Bar Harbor Town Council wrapped up budget discussions a day early on Jan. 26, with the unusual twist that an additional $18,000 allocated for the Jesup Memorial Library was respectfully rejected by the chairperson of the library’s board of directors, Judith...
