Whale calves are inquisitive beings. As with human toddlers, a young whale’s curiosity can wreak havoc without a protective adult around. Mom is usually the attentive one, so researchers recently were amazed to watch a humpback they have named Breakers — a typical...
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust concluded its 23rd annual Community Food Drive on Nov. 18, resulting in more than 1,900 food items and more than $1,100 collected for and delivered to local food pantries prior to the Thanksgiving holiday. The food and cash helped fill...
Picture yourself stuck in your home, needing medical treatment, with no means of getting to a doctor’s office or healthcare facility. Then imagine how grateful you would feel if someone were to offer you a ride, free of charge, to get the treatment you needed....
An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at criminal proceedings. The following people were booked recently into Hancock County Jail. Nov. 21 Tanya E. Gilley,...
The Southwest Harbor Public Library has named Stan and Sandra Gott and Michelle Dyer-Fagan as the library’s December artists of the month: The Gotts picked up cameras when they retired and haven’t put them down. “I bought a camera. My wife saw the fun I was...
The Jordan Pond Gate Lodge in Acadia National Park was financed by John D. Rockefeller Jr. and designed by Grosvenor Atterbury, a prominent New York architect, in the French Romanesque style. The style greatly pleased George Dorr, the first superintendent of Acadia...
I’ve noticed that a lot of blog visitors are clicking on my “About Me” tab. What? You don’t know who I am? I’m not new to Maine, but I’m new to the blog scene.
As Maine high school basketball gears up for regular-season action, The First, a bank whose headquarters are based in Damariscotta, has announced it will add Mount Desert Island High School into its First Hoop program this season. Designed to promote team spirit and...
Q. I was at a party this weekend and, of all the crazy things to talk about, a discussion started about what is the biggest danger to a house falling down.
Mount Desert Island will host the second annual MDI Jingle Jog and Walk on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 4 p.m. The one-mile, non-competitive jaunt starts near the Maine Seacoast Mission, at 127 West Street, in downtown Bar Harbor. In lieu of an entry fee, participants should...
