Bar Harbor Congregational Church Welcomes Minister of Faith Formation & MDI Walkers Walk Again! CARRIE JONES MAY 11, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Recently several members of Bar Harbor Congregational Church (BHCC) carried out a secret mission. The head honcho removed the church’s front-yard sign and brought it off island. A few days later, someone else snuck the sign back onto MDI. Next morning, another sneaky member … Continue reading Secret Missions and Celebrations
At the Somesville Schoolhouse, History Gets Real CARRIE JONES MAY 05, 2024 Share SOMESVILLE—The third graders sat in hard pews, heads down, and focused. Their fingers clutched the chalk as they scraped it along the slate boards balanced on their laps. In front of them, stood a schoolmarm dressed in the garb of 1895. If you go to the mercantile, she asked them, and you … Continue reading Kissing Cod, Walking 3 Miles, and Searching for the Naughty Sam Slick
A Starry Cast and Devoted Crew bring ACT’s “Just So” to the Grand This Friday CARRIE JONES MAY 01, 2024 Share ELLSWORTH—Matt Cornish strides along the aisles of Ellsworth’s Grand Theater. He looks left. He looks right. He listens, leaning forward, as his cast crowds the stage, waiting for his instruction, his notes, his thoughts. “Theater is hard,” he tells his cast of over 40 … Continue reading Want to Understand What Community & Imagination Can Do? Head to the Theater
Annual Almost Earth Day Event Focuses on Water Debris SHAUN FARRAR AND CARRIE JONES APR 21, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The divers pulled out trash and debris, dive bag and giant chunk at a time. On the fisherman’s pad, kids and on-shore helpers documented every lobster trap, every piece of railing, and ogled a massive lobster that was in a trap. Pretty much every single year … Continue reading The League of Underwater Superheroes Tackles Ell’s Pier
Combining education, effort, and hope, Earth Day celebration at COA invites the entire community CARRIE JONES APR 13, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Linneah Goh isn’t just a student at the College of the Atlantic. She’s a climate activist, a student, and someone who has organized the college’s Earth Day event for three years in a row, an organizer who puts thoughts and beliefs into action. This … Continue reading Making Change
Bar Harbor’s School Resource Officer Is Leaving CARRIE JONES APR 05, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—He walked the halls to calls of “Hi, Officer Tim.” He played ball. He tied shoes. He helped straighten hats. Listened to stories. Learned name after name of students, teachers, and parents. He quietly calmed kids who had entered crisis mode and barricaded themselves in a room. Bar Harbor’s Tim Bland … Continue reading Goodbye, Officer Tim
New housing will be seasonal home to over 80 CARRIE JONES MAR 29, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—One of the town’s first large, shared accommodation buildings in downtown Bar Harbor hosted a ribbon cutting celebration on Thursday afternoon at 3 p.m. The Witham Family Hotels hope that the building will help address the shortage of affordable workforce housing in Bar Harbor. It is meant to house … Continue reading Kebo Street Employee Housing Hosts Its Tiniest Fans
“Rhythms of the Heart” available on Prime Video via Prime Video Direct CARRIE JONES MAR 16, 2024 SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Sometimes a film is more than a film. Sometimes, it’s an act of love. Rhythms of the Heart, a documentary by Southwest Harbor’s Thom Willey, is one of those films as it explores the art, life, and cancer diagnoses of David Moses Bridges, a nationally recognized, indigenous canoe … Continue reading Local Man’s Documentary a Homage to David Moses Bridges
Acadia Wildlife Center Needs Your Help CARRIE JONES MAR 13, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The goal of The Acadia Wildlife Center is to rehabilitate animals and return them to their natural habitat. That isn’t always possible, but when it is? It becomes a special kind of moment. An eagle leaves a cage and heads back to the sky, or at least a good tree branch. A … Continue reading Living More Gently in the World
Three comedians set to play Ivy Manor Saturday CARRIE JONES FEB 29, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Everybody needs a few laughs, especially in the middle of a Maine winter. So this Saturday, March 2, the Ivy Manor Inn presents a triple-headliner in back-to-back shows. “We’re very excited about it,” said Brian Goff, Bar Manager for Henry Hotels. “Once the season ended at the end of October, … Continue reading Bringing a Much Needed Laugh To Bar Harbor’s Winter Season
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