Aug 03, 2025 By Julia Tilton of the Maine Monitor MAINE—John Chisholm has been interested in sharks as long as he can remember. Growing up in Plymouth, Mass. in the 1970s, he spent a lot of time searching for great whites on his dad’s commercial fishing boat. An adjunct scientist at the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, Chisholm wasn’t the first in his … Continue reading Should Mainers Be Concerned by Shark Sightings?
One Dog’s Big Break: How Xube Is Winning Hearts (and Hopefully a Home) Carrie Jones Jun 24, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. TRENTON—He is a dog of many names: Scuba Steve. Xube. Cutie Face. Sweetest Boy Ever. Almost his entire life, he’s lived in a shelter in a cage waiting for a home. Waiting. And waiting. … Continue reading He Waited His Whole Life, Then Came The Greatest Adventure
Upcoming adoption event features saved dogs from an animal cruelty case and others Carrie Jones Oct 10, 2024 Share TRENTON—So far this year, the Hancock County SPCA has hosted over 300 animals, taking care of them all, hoping to find them safe and loving homes. That intake number is triple last year’s. Just in 2020, Maine shelters took in 2,540 stray dogs, 2,271 surrendered dogs, and 6,131 … Continue reading The Fab Five Furry Friends Are Looking for Homes
Adoptions, Races, Rescues and Blessings… Carrie Jones Oct 07, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. BAR HARBOR—Dogs dominated the Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island scene this weekend. Mount Desert Island is considered a dog-friendly place by travel companies like Bring Fido. Outside Magazine said Acadia National Park was the most dog friendly in New England, but it was the local … Continue reading This Weekend Was For the Dogs
Wine and Whiskers Event Celebrates Lives and Saves Them, Too CARRIE JONES JUL 28, 2024 BAR HARBOR—Sailor’s ear is cauliflowered from far too many untreated infections. His ear is treated now, but it will always be a bit out of shape. Sweet and gentle, he’s ready to be rescued. He’s not the only one. The reason his ear is treated, that he’s healthy, and that … Continue reading One Woman’s Life Made a Difference For Hundreds
*Please know that a photo of the dead porpoise is within this story. JUL 03, 2024 Share by Charles Eichacker/BDN A dead porpoise that washed up on Great Cranberry Island this week had what appeared to be a bite taken out of it by a white shark, according to officials at the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy. When the porpoise was found on a local beach, it … Continue reading Dead Porpoise with Great White Shark Bite Found on Great Cranberry
Just For the Shell of It, Locals Try to Help Turtles on the Move CARRIE JONES JUN 13, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—Summer is almost here, which means that Mount Desert Island roadways can expect two things: more vehicles and more turtles. Sadly, the two don’t often mix well, and the winner is almost always the vehicle. However, the people of Mount Desert Island have … Continue reading Make Way for Turtles!
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
FEB 15, 2024 Share by Bill Trotter of the Bangor Daily News MAINE—Federal officials have determined that the fishing rope wrapped around the tail of a dead juvenile right whale that washed up on Martha’s Vineyard last month was from Maine, marking the first time the state’s lobster industry was linked to a whale’s death. The announcement will likely add new fuel to the push by conservation groups and … Continue reading Feds Tie Right Whale Death to Maine Fishing for the First Time
PARENTS WHO WORK ON THE ISLAND ARE FRANTICALLY SEARCHING FOR BELOVED FELINE CARRIE JONES AUG 27, 2023 Share ELLSWORTH AND BAR HARBOR—If you’re in Ellsworth and see some dirty socks hanging from trees, don’t take them down. Those socks belong to MDI Biological Laboratory scientist Travis Carney. And they’re there because Carrie and Travis Carney want their cat back. The theory is that the cat … Continue reading WORLD TRAVELING CAT LOST IN ELLSWORTH
