COA delegation heading to climate change meetings

Nine College of the Atlantic students will be bringing their message of global concern when they head to Durban, South Africa, for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Nov. 25-Dec. 9. While COA has sent students to the meetings for the past eight...

Tremont residences damaged by blasted rocks

Lobster fisherman Bruce Rich was sitting in his living room Nov. 17, watching television at around 2 p.m., after a day’s work. Suddenly, he said, he started to see a spray of rocks landing on his front lawn. And then a rock the size of a breadbox came crashing through...

Almanac — Nov. 23 to Nov. 30

Bar Harbor tides, as well as sunrise and sunset times. Wednesday, Nov. 23 High 8:13 a.m. 8:49 p.m. Low 1:59 a.m. 2:39 p.m. Sun 6:38 a.m. 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 24 High 9:07 a.m. 9:44 p.m. Low 2:54 a.m. 3:34 p.m. Sun 6:39 a.m. 3:59 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25 High 9:59 a.m....

Dancing the night away

The darkened studio was beautifully lit by mood lights in rose, lavender and tangerine with a garland of white holiday lights strung like gems below the ceiling. Full-length dance-studio mirrors lined one wall, reflecting dancing couples – several of them from Mount...

Hancock County deeds

The following deed transfers were recorded from Nov. 14 to Nov. 21 at the Hancock County Registry of Deeds. Nov. 14 Pamela Simmons Elsenbroich to Gary A. Elsenbroich, property in Sedgwick. William A. McCue to Sarah L. Hayward Revocable Trust, property in Mount Desert....

Acadia Choral Society rings in the season with concert

The Acadia Choral Society will perform its annual Christmas concert on Dec. 3 and 4 at St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church in Bar Harbor. The program, titled “As the Prophets Foretold,” explores the nativity story and its meaning today. Jamie Hagedorn directs...

Mount Desert building permits

The following building permits were issued in the town of Mount Desert from Nov. 14 to Nov. 18. Nov. 14 Brian J. Richter and Margaret J. Fennelly, Off Beech Hill Road, Mount Desert; to install a new driveway with parking area in compliance with Sections 6B.6 &...

Investigation continues into Tremont school lien

At the Nov. 21 meeting, the Board of Selectmen met with Mount Desert Island Regional School System Superintendent Rob Liebow and the town’s attorney, James Collier, to discuss a lien that was filed earlier this month on the Tremont Consolidated School property. The...
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