Registrations are being accepted for the second annual Blueberry Cove 13.1, which will take place Sunday, Aug. 26 at 7:30 a.m. in Tenants Harbor. The half-marathon, or 13.1-mile road race, benefits the nonprofit Blueberry Cove Camp, which offers an enriching...
Residents at the MDI and Ellsworth Housing Authority had a little something extra under the tree this year, courtesy of the employees of Mount Desert Island Hospital. Hospital employees selected tags from a giving tree and filled gift wishes for residents. In all,...
Stumpy lived a long and fruitful life, but she and the nearly full-term fetus inside of her met with a tragic end. Stumpy was a North Atlantic right whale that received the name because she was missing part of her right fluke — almost certainly due to a ship strike...
Can students just beginning to enter the business world come up with ideas that really work? That’s the question Doug Maffucci and Barbara Patten of Atlantic Brewing Company and Bar Harbor Cellars asked themselves when they considered whether to be part of College of...
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust recently recognized employees and directors for their years of service at the bank. Faye Geel, VP/trust officer, was recognized for 40 years of service, while Brenda Colwell (human resources manager), Michelle Bannister (VP/staff...
Acadia National Park’s Teacher–Ranger–Teacher program gives classroom teachers an opportunity to personally connect with the many different teaching resources in a national park. The popular program focuses on teachers from schools with ethnically diverse or...
The Southwest Harbor Public Library presents an enlightening evening about reiki with Phoebe Barnes on Wednesday, Jan. 4 at 6 p.m. Barnes has been studying and practicing Reiki for the past 15 years. Reiki is described as a holistic therapy that brings about healing...
Elena Martin and Rebecca Emerson were recently announced as recipients of the 2011 Agnes Salisbury “Customer Service” Award, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust’s highest employee honor. The award, established in 1989 in memory of long time employee, Agnes H....
Many of the unique stories of Bar Harbor, passed on through spoken stories, go unheralded as the generations come and go. As the final wrap of their 100-year celebration, the Jesup Memorial Library recruited seven speakers to come and tell their stories of Bar Harbor...
The Bar Harbor Town Council at its Dec. 20 meeting decided that best course of action is no action on several issues.
