Bar Harbor blotter

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. Nov. 1 Stephanie M. Young, 43, no hometown given, was arrested for operating under the...

Warrants issued in police boat vandalism case

The District Attorney’s Office has issued warrants charging two men with criminal mischief in the September incident in which a Bar Harbor police boat was vandalized with red paint. According to Thomas Reardon of the Maine Marine Patrol, warrants were issued Nov. 4...

Ellsworth blotter

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. Oct. 27 Joel Delcastillo, 30, of Northeast Harbor was arrested for violating conditions of...

A trainer becomes a yacht

The first Leadership 44, Shearwater, was deemed a handsome and sturdy craft by personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., during the launch of the training sailboat at Morris Yachts’ Bass Harbor yard last May. Now, Morris Yachts has designed a...

A decade of First Fridays, winters of entertainment

Now in its 10th year, the First Friday Coffeehouse in Northeast Harbor has become an off-season tradition for local musicians looking for a performing outlet, audiences looking for good entertainment — and companionship all-around — not to mention a chance to taste...

YWCA begins planning shopping extravaganza for children

Each year, hundreds of children from kindergarten through fourth-grade come to the YWCA on Mt. Desert Street in downtown Bar Harbor to holiday shop by themselves for their families. Those children then leave with their gifts, all wrapped up to put under their tree —...

Shrimp landings total slashed

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section has approved a total allowable catch of 2,000 metric tons, down from a cap of 4,000 metric tons for the 2010-2011 fishing year. The season will close when landings are projected to reach...

Veterans Day events

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War, then known as the Great War. Commemorated as Armistice Day beginning the...

U.S. National Toboggan Championships registration on-going

Registration is on-going for the 22nd annual U.S. National Toboggan Championships. Held at the Camden Snow Bowl, the event is set to begin Friday, Feb. 10. The toboggan championships take place over three days with the competition starting on Saturday, Feb. 11....
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