Pianist Masanobu Ikemiya will be giving a performance of piano classics at College of the Atlantic’s Gates Community Center at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 11. Ikemiya was born in China to a Japanese Christian missionary family and grew up in Kyoto and Kansas. He has...
The 2012 Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce’s Fourth of July parade and fireworks were approved by the Bar Harbor Town Council at its meeting on Jan.
At their Jan. 3 meeting, Tremont selectmen indicated that they endorsed a proposed zoning ordinance amendment regarding blasting activities, but had a few suggestions for fine-tuning a couple of provisions. The proposed amendment would require applicants for building...
At the midway point of the regular season, it is fun and rewarding to be a fan of Mount Desert Island basketball. Not only are the Trojan girls 6-3 and fourth in Eastern Class B, but the Trojan boys, at 9-0, are the lone unbeaten squad remaining in Eastern Class B and...
The town of Tremont’s contract with Time Warner Cable — which provides high-speed television, phone and high-speed internet service — expired on Aug. 31, 2011, and town officials will soon view a new, proposed contract from the company. “I spoke with Shelley...
The Jackson Laboratory has signed a final agreement to create a new institute for genomics-based personalized medicine in Connecticut. While there has been a question of whether this will siphon jobs off to another state, the reality is that the increased demand for...
Internationally recognized photographer Emily Schiffer will give a talk at College of the Atlantic on Friday, Jan. 13 at 4:10 p.m. in the McCormick Lecture Hall. Schiffer’s current work addresses the absence of affordable, healthy food in urban areas. She has recently...
The 2012 Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce’s Fourth of July parade and fireworks were approved by the Bar Harbor Town Council at its meeting on Jan. 3. The parade is slated to start at 10 a.m. on July 4. The route will remain the same as the 2011 parade, with the...
College of the Atlantic’s new U.S. Coast Guard-certified research/passenger vessel, Osprey, recently hit the water for sea trials. It was then promptly put into storage until a christening and celebration, anticipated in the spring. The boat was built to accommodate...
Mount Desert Island Hospital, 330 Main St.; to demolish existing buildingA and leave the foundation in place, per plan; $22,400. Terence E. O’Connell, 13 Albert Meadow; to convert one existing bathroom into two bathrooms, per plan submitted; $4,000. Craig Hanna,...
