Oct 17, 2025
Each week we compile briefs and put them initially only on the website and then send them all on Friday (or Saturday this week).
We do that so that:
- You get press releases from agencies, which is a common aspect of a local newspaper.
- You don’t get 10 (or more) emails every day, which is what would happen if we separated it all out and sent each to you individually.
If you click through to a release that interests you, you can read it in its entirety.
You can always keep up with all the briefs throughout the week by clicking here. We also try to share them on Facebook, Instagram, and BlueSky, but sometimes we get too busy and when we do? That’s the thing that we drop since we know we’ll share them here on Fridays or Saturdays.
QUICK NOTE FOR HALLOWEEN:
Bar Harbor will be closing Ledgelawn Ave again this year, Friday, October 31, for Halloween. The road will be closed to vehicle traffic from around 3:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for the safety of pedestrians.
Also, our Halloween round-up is here.
THIS WEEK’S BRIEFS AND PRESS RELEASES
Eileen Rockefeller Growald Commits $1 Million Gift to Land & Garden Preserve
Mount Desert Island YMCA Looking for a Few More Trunks and Offering Halloween Costumes at $1 a piece!
Evening at the Museum with Tiny Gallery Artist Maggie Johnston
Crooked Road/Norway Drive Culvert Replacement Construction Update
Registration Open for Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance!
Back in Black: Andy Revkin with Gus La Casse
Feel the Sea — at Cadillac Family Practice.
Three-Year Study Redefines Understanding of Manganese Resources in Northern Maine
Safe Harbor Alano Club Hosts Free Event
Shark Management Public Forums
Real Estate Transactions
Community Forum Draws Crowd to Southwest Harbor Public Library
FLY FISHING EVENT AND PENOBSCOT RIVER TRIP
Winter Fox on Dog Mountain Witch, His First Historical Fiction with Local Roots
Rep. Gary Friedmann Letter
Maine CDC Encourages Tick Bite Prevention This Fall
The Truth About Lyme
DEP Petitions About the Bucksport Mill
Animal Welfare Advisory Council Meeting. Agricultural Resource Development Survey
Dairy Improvement/Modernization Grant Application Open & PFAS Grant Proposals
Governor Mills Statement Honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Senator Collins’ Statement on the Passing of Neal Williams
Senator Collins’ Statement on Democrats’ Vote Blocking National Defense Funding
Senator Collins’ Statement on the Nomination of David St. Pierre to Serve as U.S. Marshal for the District of Maine
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries is Hiring
Senator Collins Welcomes Home Veterans on Honor Flight to Bangor
Maine CDC Encourages Tick Bite Prevention This Fall
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