Bar Harbor Bank & Trust was recently named one of the 2011 Best Places to Work in Maine by Best Companies Group. The “Best Places to Work in Maine” program is sponsored by Bernstein Shur law firm, Maine State Chamber of Commerce, Employment Times,...
The Maine Sea Coast Mission celebrated its 100 years partnership with Sigma Kappa Sorority on Saturday, Nov. 5 when sorority representatives enjoyed a luncheon on the Mission’s boat Sunbeam V. The sorority representatives also volunteered at the Mission’s Christmas...
After pleading guilty, Jon Dow of Hampden was sentenced last week for his role in a Trenton drunk driving collision that took the lives of two women in the early morning hours of May 15, 2010. Dow, 25, pleaded guilty in Hancock County Superior Court Nov. 1 on single...
A two-vehicle accident on Route 102 sent a man to the hospital with broken bones and lacerations Nov.
Aidan Dwyer is one observant young man. On a winter hike last year he noticed that there’s a pattern to the way the oak branches grow. Dwyer, 13, took a few photos and kept on investigating, ultimately designing a solar panel array based on the tree structure — which...
This recession has affected my life in every way. The corporation I worked for exported most of our product sets to another country and closed the plant in Augusta, Maine, where I worked.
A two-vehicle accident on Route 102 sent a man to the hospital with broken bones and lacerations Nov. 2. According to Mount Desert police logs, the Wednesday afternoon collision occurred as a 2002 Ford Taurus, driven by Emile J. Bechard, 78, of Bar Harbor, attempted...
Soccer players Opal Curless of Southwest Harbor and Paige Mason of Mount Desert Island helped their team, the U14 Hampden Broncos, win the Maine State Cup Nov. 5 with a 1-0 victory over Windham. Curless scored the winning goal with three minutes remaining in the game....
One sunny day in southern California, Kathleen O’Dell was walking her dog when the cacophony of birds stopped her in her tracks.
SEAL HARBOR, Maine – The sun rises over Sutton Island and the Cranberry Isles. I’m walking by myself, following the carriage roads, circumnavigating the shore of Little Long Pond at the base of Sargent Mountain and Penobscot Mountain on the south side of...
