Swimmers of all ages donned their goggles and swim caps and gathered at the MDI YMCA Feb. 5 for the Sharks Aquathon, an annual pledge event to raise money for the MDI YMCA Sharks swim team. According to Sharks coach Jim Willis, Shark swimmers and nine community...
The local political climate is heating up as local business owner and Bar Harbor Town Councilor Paul Paradis announced he has thrown his hat into the race for the Maine House or Representatives, District 35. The seat — currently occupied by Democrat Elspeth “Elsie”...
The Bar Harbor municipal budget cleared the first hurdle — Town Council scrutiny — as the last of three budget workshops wrapped up on Jan. 26. In its current incarnation, Bar Harbor’s proposed town budget for fiscal year 2013 will result in a 4.4 percent...
Bar Harbor tides, as well as sunrise and sunset times. Feb. 8 High 10:44 a.m. 11:11 p.m. Low 4:35 a.m. 5:03 p.m. Sun 6:40 a.m. 4:53 p.m. Feb. 9 High 11:27 a.m. 11:53 p.m. Low 5:18 a.m. 5:44 p.m. Sun 6:39 a.m. 4:55 p.m. Feb. 10 High 12:12 p.m. Low 6:02 a.m. 6:26 p.m....
David J. Ball, 52, of Ellsworth, operating under the influence in Ellsworth, $700 fine, 48 hours in jail, and license suspended for 90 days.
In spite of tepid responses by Tremont and Southwest Harbor officials to a Mount Desert request for funding assistance, a proposed right turn lane at a busy Somesville intersection is still on the table while Mount Desert voters may be asked to approve the project’s...
The GOP Caucus garnered nearly 60 people for the two-hour session it held to identify the candidates spanning from local to national stages. The results are being withheld for the time being so as to not affect the results of other state caucuses yet to be held,...
The following cases were closed in Ellsworth District Court from Jan. 27 to Feb. 2. Jennifer L. Allen, 26, of Surry, criminal mischief in Gouldsboro, dismissed. Carl Astbury, 18, of Bucksport, violating a condition of release in Bucksport, one day in jail. David J....
The Mount Desert Island boys basketball team’s focus all year has been to earn an automatic bid to the Eastern Class B playoffs at the Bangor Auditorium and avoid playing a preliminary playoff, a game in which the Trojans fell victim to last season. With only...
The Mount Desert Island wrestling squad has hovered around .500 record-wise all season heading into the Penobscot Valley Conference wrestling championships Feb. 4 at Mattanawcook Academy, and proved with their consistent performance Saturday they are deserving of that...
