MDI High School Girls’ Volleyball Brings Home Its Golden Crown, and MDI Girls’ XC Takes State Silver! Carrie Jones Nov 02, 2025 BAR HARBOR—The MDI High School Volleyball Team came back to Mount Desert Island with something pretty special Saturday, November 1: a state championship crown. It was the team’s first. The girls defeated Gardiner, 3-1, at the championship game, played at Hampden Academy. The … Continue reading State Champs! Yes, Indeed!
Boys Place Second, Both Teams Heading to States Carrie Jones Oct 27, 2025 BELFAST—It wasn’t just a win for the Mount Desert Island High School Girls’ Cross Country Team on Saturday at Troy Howard Middle School; it was the sixth straight Northern Maine title. “A beautiful thing about XC team championships is the convergence of singular individual effort culminating in team success,” said Coach Desiree … Continue reading MDI Girls Win Eastern Maine Championships
MDI Marathon will be Gloria Vasquez’ 96th Race! Oct 18, 2025 by Matt Junker of the Bangor Daily News MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—Less than 1% of the general population has run a marathon. Gloria Vasquez has run 95 of them. And that’s not enough for the indefatigable 74-year-old runner from Florida, who is on a mission to run 100 marathons before the age of 100. It’s a goal … Continue reading This 74-year-old Runner is Close To 100 Marathons. Her Next Race? Right Here on MDI
Teams Like ‘I Love My Mom’ Make For an Unforgettable Tourney Carrie Jones Mar 27, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Edward Jones Financial Advisor: Elise N. Frank. BAR HARBOR—Certain things usually happen over and over again at the annual Josh Sprague Tournament. There are always teams. One team always comes from Dedham. One team’s name is ILMM and those letters? They … Continue reading Jump Shots and Joy: How a 3-on-3 Tournament Honors Josh Sprague’s Spirit
Aquathon swimmers averaged 135 laps as kids raise money to keep swim team legacy alive Carrie Jones Feb 06, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Side Street Cafe. BAR HARBOR—One stroke. One kick. Another. One lap. One turn. Another. Combine endurance with muscle memory with what seems like choreography. Now add water. Next, imagine swimming 135 laps in the MDI YMCA pool … Continue reading No-Fin Compares to the MDI Sharks
And Raise Money For Injured Camden Boy Carrie Jones Oct 15, 2024 BAR HARBOR—Dan Leonard is running the MDI Marathon this weekend with the body he has, in honor of a brother he’s lost, trying to raise money for a boy he’s never met, Ezra, son of Brenda Cayouette, of Camden, who was in an accident earlier this fall. Dan’s late brother-in-law William Jeffrey “Jeff” … Continue reading Man Will Run Marathon To Honor Memory of Cranberry Isle Resident
Olivia Pratt and Coach Ezra Hallett Bring Joy and Compassion to the Field CARRIE JONES AUG 10, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. BAR HARBOR—The shot put bounced and rolled into the dirt, flung by a young girl who could just barely wrap her fingers around the silver shot, a metal ball. She stared at it, … Continue reading Putting With the Best
CARRIE JONES JUL 05, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—It begins with a chant. “Who are we? Acadians. Who are we? Acadians. Who are we? Acadians! Acadians on three, family on six.” That chant has led the Acadian Youth Sports Little League softball team of 11 and 12 year olds to the state championships in Rockland on Saturday, July 6. The team of Melodie Jacobs, Izzy DeRevere, … Continue reading ACADIANS ARE DISTRICT CHAMPS AND HEADING TO STATES TOMORROW!
Teams of Three Can Come Play March 13 CARRIE JONES MAR 7, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Sometimes people make such an impact that their memory becomes embedded into a community, into a rock wall at a park, or into each dribble of a ball on a basketball court, and a lot of people’s hearts. That’s how it is for Josh Sprague. Sprague died in March 1999 … Continue reading Josh Sprague Tournament Lives On
Versant issues quick statement on power outage. CARRIE JONES FEB 5, 2024 Share TOWN HILL—Sometimes it takes a community to build a community, or at least a skating rink. Custodians of memory and community, the Town Hill Village Improvement Society is also helping people build community and memory, one timber, one bean supper, one ice skating rink at a time, one fixed roof at a … Continue reading In Town Hill: Creating Community out of Water and Persistence (despite the weather)
