Area food pantries see continued increase in need

The nation’s recent economic decline and subsequent sluggish recovery has strained the financial security of households across America and Maine is no exception. According to statistics collected by the Maine State Planning Office, the number of the state’s residents...

Bar Harbor Bank & Trust hosts 23rd annual Community Food Drive

Everyone is invited to bring donations of non-perishable food, cash and grocery store gift cards to any of Bar Harbor Bank & Trust’s 12 branches from Lubec to Rockland from Nov. 1-18. These gifts will be used to help stock the shelves of local food pantries. In...

Maine AG’s Office offers tips for thwarting scammers

A search through any of the MDI police records in any given week will generally yield at least a couple of reports from citizens who believe they were targeted for fraud by scammers. For every individual who recognizes and reports a scam, there are many who fall prey....

First snow of the season forecast for Saturday, Sunday

The National Weather Service is warning that an early season winter storm will likely bring heavy, wet snow to much of coastal Maine Saturday night, Oct. 29 into Sunday morning, Oct. 30. A winter storm watch has been posted for the southern part of the state, from...

Triathlete Moya competes in grueling Ironman World Championships

Beth Moya, a frequent visitor to the Tranquility family estate in Hulls Cove, qualified for and competed in the Ironman World Championships Oct. 8 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Moya competed with 1,850 of the world’s best triathletes in the physically and mentally...

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.

Ellsworth District Court news

Timothy Baker, 54, of Bar Harbor, operating under the influence in Bar Harbor, $700 fine, 10 days in jail, and license suspended for three years.
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