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Fri, 29 Aug 2025
Samantha DeFlitch leads poetry workshop through Acadia National Park's Artist in Residency
The AiR program provides unique art opportunities for visitors to Acadia National Park. Selected artists are invited to lead a public event for the community − such as a writers' walk or a dance class − and to create one…
Thu, 28 Aug 2025
OB nurse to serve as MDI Hospital's Women's Health Nurse Navigator
The shift away from delivering babies has been a hard one, she reflected. That part of my role has meant a great deal to me and to the families I've cared for during my 29-year nursing career at Mount Desert…
Wed, 27 Aug 2025
Southwest Harbor Police Department hosts Back to School Bash
TREMONT − A first-of-its-kind community gathering took place on Friday, Aug. 22, as officers from the Southwest Harbor Police Department hosted a Back to School Bash at Archie's Lobster, just a few hundred feet from Tremont Consolidated School. The event…
Wed, 27 Aug 2025
Bar Harbor adopts FY26 water, sewer budgets
According to budget documents, the total amount of revenue budgeted for in the water budget is $3,126,435 − a 6.6% increase over the FY25 budget.
Wed, 27 Aug 2025
COA's Summer Institute a 'pathbreaking' endeavor
BAR HARBOR − A version of summer school for Mount Desert Island residents let out late last month after a five-day intensive. But unlike most summer school experiences described in popular culture, participants of this educational opportunity were saddened by…
Wed, 27 Aug 2025
Former Bar Harbor man gets time served plus probation in sex case
The case of Samuel Roberson, 57, had been pending since his arrest by Bar Harbor Police Officer Soren Sundberg on March 23, 2022.
Wed, 27 Aug 2025
Dick Wolf gives $10 million to MDI Hospital's Building Our Future campaign
BAR HARBOR − Mount Desert Island Hospital announced receipt of a $10 million lead gift from acclaimed television producer and philanthropist Dick Wolf to the Building Our Future campaign, in a press release. The donation − the largest from an…
Wed, 27 Aug 2025
Despite recent showers, fire risk for Mount Desert Island remains high
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND − Fire departments on Mount Desert Island were busy this past week, responding to three separate calls for potential fires. While none developed into a full-fledged wildfire, the commuinty has remained on high alert as dry conditions…
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