The Southwest Harbor Public Library has partnered with the AARP to provide free tax services to low and moderate income taxpayers of all ages. Sign-up for appointments begins immediately. The AARP Tax-Aide program is the nation’s largest volunteer-run tax program. The...
Bank of America’s Museums on Us program, which offers Bank of America/Merrill Lynch credit or debit cardholders free access to some of the nation’s finest cultural, recreational and educational institutions on the first full weekend of every month,...
The Mount Desert Island YMCA swim team will dive into “shark infested waters” on Sunday, Feb. 5 from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Super Bowl Sunday) for the squad’s annual aquathon. The aquathon is a pledge event to help defray the cost of the swim team....
Another opponent, two more dual-meet victories for the talented Mount Desert Island swim teams, this time Jan. 20 against host Orono in Wallace Pool at the University of Maine. When the last swimmer had touched the wall in the final race, the MDI girls had earned a...
As part of the on-going Big Read of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” Jeff “Smokey” McKeen will perform river songs and tell stories of life along the Union River at the Northeast Harbor Library on Saturday, Jan. 28 from 2 to 3 p.m. This event coincides with...
Acadia National Park visitors taking advantage of the Island Explorer bus system will soon enjoy improved service to six popular park destinations, thanks to a recent federal grant that is earmarked for the installation of new bus stops. Operated by Downeast...
Mount Desert Island student-athletes had another solid week of competition in another Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet Jan. 21 in the University of Maine field house. Participating schools included Bangor, Brewer, Bucksport, Central...
The Jesup Memorial Library recently expanded its science fiction and fantasy collection, thanks to a grant from the Rose and Samuel Rudman Library Trust. The library celebrated its centennial in 2011, a milestone dubbing the Jesup as the “Anchor to the Past; Chart to...
The Mount Desert Island YMCA swim team will dive into “shark infested waters” on Sunday, Feb. 5 from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Super Bowl Sunday) for the squad’s annual aquathon. The aquathon is a pledge event to help defray the cost of the swim team....
In 1969, Special Olympics Maine held the world’s first winter games. It began on a small hill in Gorham, with only a handful of people. This year, Special Olympics Maine will send more than 400 athletes to Sugarloaf on Sunday through Tuesday, Jan. 29-31, for the...
