Volunteers and community members flocked to the Common Good Soup Kitchen in Southwest Harbor Thanksgiving Day to prepare, serve and partake in the organization’s traditional dinner. In addition to feasting on culinary delights, diners were treated to live music by the...
At holiday time, many people are dealing with loss and in a dilemma between the need to grieve and the pressure to get into the spirit of the season. Holidays or not, it is important for bereaved people to find ways to take care of themselves. Offering support to...
The jazz band Night & Day drew a packed crowd to the café of the Portland Museum of Art, during the museum’s weekly “Jazz Breakfast,” held on Sundays at midday. The art museum – with its world-class collection of 19th and 20th century works by the likes of Louise...
Hazardous road conditions resulting from a snow storm Nov. 23 kept Mount Desert police and emergency personnel scrambling to respond to an unusually high number of motor vehicle accidents. By the end of the day, police had logged a total of eight accidents in town....
Bar Harbor Bankshares, parent company of Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, has announced the promotion of three senior officers — Michael W. Bonsey, Gregory W. Dalton and Stephen M. Leackfeldt — to the positions of executive vice president. In making the announcement, Bar...
A kayaker makes a bright spot of color as she takes advantage of unseasonably warm weather to paddle to the west of Thompson Island on the post-Thanksgiving Day weekend.
College of the Atlantic’s third president, Louis Rabineau, died on Monday, Nov. 21 at the age of 87 after complications from a stroke. Rabineau served as COA’s president from 1984 to 1993. Darron Collins, COA’s current president and a student while Rabineau was at the...
BANGOR, Maine – Two of the people arrested Sunday outside the Blaine House along with other members of Occupy Augusta have sued the commissioner of public safety in U.S. District Court.
The First Friday Coffeehouse at the Northeast Harbor Library will be held on Dec. 2. The evening will begin with an open mic, from 7 to 8 p.m., with emcee Blue Gene. All performing artists are welcome, each one having approximately 10 minutes to perform. The featured...
Average retail gasoline prices in Maine have fallen 4.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.39 per gallon Nov. 27. This compares with the national average that has fallen 4.1 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.32 per gallon, according to gasoline...
