Dear Snowbirds: Take me with you

Good morning, snowbirds. All packed up? Got your Tommy Bahama swim trunks with the big yellow birds on them? Got your black socks for the beach, your lucky five iron and something to read on the plane? Ah, life is good.

Bar Harbor blotter

An Ellsworth man reported harassment, threats and physical abuse by his boyfriend.

Ellsworth District Court news

Shawn M. Arguin, 21, of Southwest Harbor, sale and use of drug paraphernalia in Bar Harbor, $300 fine; possession of marijuana up to 1-1/4 ounce in Bar Harbor, $350 fine.

Nature notes

I love the community of Bar Harbor. I was drawn away to the Washington, D.C., area these past two weeks due to the passing of my mother-in-law, Claire Springuel.

Island bound

In front of the house on Main Street, in the middle of Southwest Harbor, there ‘s a sandwich board sign bearing a one-word message so compelling it’s almost impossible not to pull over.
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