Students and parents of Conners Emerson School’s eighth-grade class hope to raise enough funds for their 2012 class trip that no student has to pay his or her own way. To reach their goal of funding all the school’s eighth-graders trip to the Adventure...
The following building permits were issued in the town of Bar Harbor during the week ending Nov. 25. Nov. 21 Aaron B. Sprauge, 2 Brewer Ave.; to repair existing retaining wall and install drainage, per plan; $1,500. Robert D. Cooper, 455 Norway Drive; to replace...
Mayor Scott Lang of New Bedford, Mass., recently decried what he characterized as a climate of fear around the decision-making process for managing the Northeast groundfish fishery. In speaking to the New England Fisheries Management Council at its mid-November...
The George Marshall Store is well known for its varied exhibition programs, many of which are designed around a unifying theme.
A visitor to the Island Arts Association’s 38th Annual Holiday Craft Fair, held Dec.
Wouldn’t it be great if we Mainers and our summer residents and tourists could take a boat between Bar Harbor and Boston, as in the old days, instead of fighting traffic on I-95 or squeezing into a bus or an airplane? That was part of a strategic plan by the...
ELLSWORTH, Maine – A Bar Harbor restaurateur pleaded no contest Tuesday to a misdemeanor charge and has been fined $250 for violations that came to light after a fire severely damaged a house he owns in downtown Bar Harbor.
The ability to build an accessory apartment unit — also sometimes called an “in-law” apartment — has gained interest from at least several residents, Tremont Code Enforcement Officer Carl Young told the Planning Board at its Nov. 29 meeting. Young said that several...
Caitlin Shetterley’s is a compelling story of she and her husband, Dan Davis; two hardworking freelancers who began their lives together as newlyweds in 2008 by pursuing a lifelong, shared dream of leaving Maine and going west. In their minds, California was the land...
Harbor House Executive Director Ingrid Kachmar said the donation of a storage shed from a billionaire resident of Northeast Harbor to the nonprofit community organization came at just the right time. On Friday, the 10-foot by 20-foot shed was moved from the Peabody...
