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What Three MDI Sport Stars Have Been Doing This Year

Spoiler: Making a difference CARRIE JONES DEC 15, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—This fall, three young adults who have grown up on Mount Desert Island decided to give something back. To be fair, these aren’t ordinary high school seniors. Bar Harbor’s Spencer Laurendeau and Tremont’s Josh Wedge led the MDI Trojans to the team’s first state championship. Laurendeau also plays basketball. Wedge wrestles. Tremont’s Grace Horner’s … Continue reading What Three MDI Sport Stars Have Been Doing This Year

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High School Athletes Garner Many Awards For Fall Sports

High school administration and board starts to get ramped up for budget season SHAUN FARRAR NOV 16, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—The Mount Desert Island High School Regular School Board met November 13, and while the agenda was slim, the accomplishments lauded were not. During the principal’s report, Principal Matt Haney spoke about all of the fall post-season athletic awards that students earned this year. While … Continue reading High School Athletes Garner Many Awards For Fall Sports

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TROJANS BRING HOME THE GOLD BALL FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER

Fans welcome home the new football state champions CARRIE JONES NOV 11, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—The No. 3 MDI High School Trojan football team shut out the No. 2 Greely Rangers, 28-0, Saturday afternoon making history for the high school’s athletic department, pulling a community together, and for the first time ever bringing home the state championship football crown to Mount Desert Island. The game … Continue reading TROJANS BRING HOME THE GOLD BALL FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER

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NORTHERN MAINE CHAMPIONS: MDI FOOTBALL AND CROSS-COUNTRY

FOOTBALL TEAM HEADS FOR STATES THIS WEEKEND and Amelia VanDongen races to New Englands CARRIE JONES NOV 9, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—The Mount Desert Island High School’s Football season is coming to an end on Saturday, November 11 with the State Championship Football at Cameron Stadium in Bangor where  MDI will play Greely for the Trojans’ second appearance in school history for a state championship … Continue reading NORTHERN MAINE CHAMPIONS: MDI FOOTBALL AND CROSS-COUNTRY

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Golf Wars Finale Culminates Kebo Season

Tapley and Hall named club champions SHAUN FARRAR OCT 19, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR––The carts were lined up two abreast and about 15 deep Sunday, October 15. The participants milled around laughing, trading quips, and socializing, lacking the intensity of some of the marathon participants earlier in the day. It was almost 1 p.m., minutes until the start of the 18-hole Golf Wars Finale tournament … Continue reading Golf Wars Finale Culminates Kebo Season

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Are You Ready For Some Football? Youth Jamboree is This Saturday

Harding Memorial Golf Tournament Raises $37,690 CARRIE JONES OCT 5, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—Are you ready for some football? This weekend has you covered with three games on Friday and Saturday. The MDI High School Trojans start things off Friday when the team hosts Spruce Mountain. It’s the last regular-season home game. This Saturday, October 7, any kids in grades 1-7 and their adults, are … Continue reading Are You Ready For Some Football? Youth Jamboree is This Saturday

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Marty Lyons Tournament Little League Tourney Builds Community One Pitch At a Time

Trenton Acadians Headed to World Series CARRIE JONES AUG 7, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—The announcers’ voices echo along the southern side of downtown, echo from the ball field for two days, beginning on Saturday just after 8 a.m. Cars fill the ball field parking lot and it’s not tourists taking up the spaces this weekend. It’s locals and people from all around the county and … Continue reading Marty Lyons Tournament Little League Tourney Builds Community One Pitch At a Time

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MDI Loses the Face of MDI Basketball

Remembering Jamie Gonzales CARRIE JONES JUL 8, 2023 BAR HARBOR—For years Jamie Gonzales cheered. He’d cheer the teachers and staff walking down the halls of MDI High School. He’d cheer the random reporters who needed help. He’d cheer the students and their parents. He’d cheer his family. And he’d cheer at every MDI High School game he attended. Those were a lot of games. He … Continue reading MDI Loses the Face of MDI Basketball

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Pancakes and Talking Carrots: Hancock County Food Drive Kicks Off

Time running out for Acadian Little League Signups Carrie Jones BAR HARBOR—The woman headed into the Bar Harbor Hannaford with her head down, focused and frowning. But when she looked up and saw Rob Benson, all that changed. She smiled. “Why hello, Mr. Carrot.” “Hello!” Benson beamed in his carrot suit. Nearby, Bar Harbor Police Officer Elias Burne greeted everyone he could, enthusiastically pointed them … Continue reading Pancakes and Talking Carrots: Hancock County Food Drive Kicks Off

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Cool Things That Have Happened Lately

Or maybe some are just interesting, you decide. Carrie Jones So, the Bar Harbor Story tends to look at town and school government meetings a lot, which is because we want to make sure that information is out there and that it’s freely available to the voters in town. The thing is that we also really like celebrating cool people and cool things that have … Continue reading Cool Things That Have Happened Lately

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