Science Communities Worry over Trump Changes

Carrie Jones Feb 19, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—The MDI Biological Laboratory’s newsletter’s header this weekend was simple: “Science is Hope.” That message came in a direct response to a possible decrease in National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funds and just before reports of approximately 1,200 NIH employees being let go. “If executed, the reductions will slow the pace of discovery on our campus and … Continue reading Science Communities Worry over Trump Changes

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Hospital Expansion Moves to Public Hearing

Lobster Storage Plan in Town Hill a Go. Carrie Jones Jan 30, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Planning Board on Tuesday moved forward Mount Desert Island Hospital’s plan to expand and renovate. A public hearing on the project will occur March 5. “She’s got good bones. She’s got great bones,” Hospital … Continue reading Hospital Expansion Moves to Public Hearing

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MDI Man Brings Wellness Tools to Local Students

Harnessing body systems’ potential for turbulent times Carrie Jones Jan 26, 2025 Share MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—Tom Speare has a mission that’s complicated and simple all at once. He’s devoted his life to making the world a better place one person in time. That happens when he gives students and adults the tools to help self-regulate and keep in balance in a world that sometimes feels … Continue reading MDI Man Brings Wellness Tools to Local Students

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Jackson Lab Is Expanding to Florida

Jan 17, 2025 Share by Bill Trotter/Bangor Daily News BAR HARBOR—The Jackson Laboratory, which is based in Bar Harbor and has more than 1,700 employees in Hancock County, is expanding to metro Gainesville, Florida. The biomedical research laboratory has been advertising and filling scientific jobs in research space it has leased at Momentum Labs in the city of Alachua, which is about half an hour northwest of Gainesville, … Continue reading Jackson Lab Is Expanding to Florida

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MDI Search and Rescue Help Injured Hiker Off Gorham Mountain NYE, Cottage Street Water and Traffic Disruptions Today

Briefs: Bar Harbor resident sentenced for attempted murder, holiday trees can head to Kisma Preserve, Cruise Ship Arguments Set for January 8 Carrie Jones Jan 02, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. A Quick Note From Us: Each week, we compile briefs and press releases and event images and share them all in one (sometimes very long) … Continue reading MDI Search and Rescue Help Injured Hiker Off Gorham Mountain NYE, Cottage Street Water and Traffic Disruptions Today

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CEO Explains MDI Hospital’s Expansion Is About More Than Buildings

Hospital Is 80% Into Its Fundraising Goal on Multi-million Project Carrie Jones Dec 09, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Side Street Cafe’s New Year’s Eve Party. BAR HARBOR— Every year, MDI Hospital CEO Chrissi Maguire told those gathered at the Jesup Memorial Library on Thursday, the hospital has given over $49 million dollars in uncompensated and free care. The comment came … Continue reading CEO Explains MDI Hospital’s Expansion Is About More Than Buildings

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“Look What I Got!”

Hundreds of selfless moments make a dynamo of kindness named Penny Read Carrie Jones Dec 02, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Side Street Cafe’s New Year’s Eve Party. BAR HARBOR—Back in 2016, during a local podcast, Bar Harbor’s Dean Read announced that he hadn’t given up a thing when he married his wife Penny. Instead, he said, with joy, “Look what … Continue reading “Look What I Got!”

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Retail Recreational Marijuana on Trenton’s Agenda: Will it Bloom or Wither?

Carrie Jones Nov 29, 2024 Share TRENTON—Retail marijuana may be coming to Trenton if a proposed ordinance initiated by some of the town’s residents passes the voters at either the Trenton town meeting in May or a special town meeting prior to that. Ellis and Carole Batson gathered 122 signatures of Trenton voters and brought the ordinance to the town office on November 8. This … Continue reading Retail Recreational Marijuana on Trenton’s Agenda: Will it Bloom or Wither?

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Shredding the Silence on an Epidemic Impacting Millions of American Women

Dr. Seed will host a movie and discussion this Thursday Carrie Jones Nov 10, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. TOWN HILL—Dr. Christy Seed, a family physician and founder of Acadia Integrative Medicine and Primary Care, has a goal. “I’m trying to figure out ways to spread science-based information to women (and men!) about the menopause transition and … Continue reading Shredding the Silence on an Epidemic Impacting Millions of American Women

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Town Will Apply for EPA Grant to Clean Up Brownfield at MDI YMCA

Carrie Jones Oct 16, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. BAR HARBOR—The Town Council held a public hearing on a grant application for an EPA cleanup at 21 Park Street, the town-owned property that houses the MDI YMCA. Coal ash. Arsenic. Lead. Cancer-causing chemicals. It all lurks in the top three feet of soil at the MDI … Continue reading Town Will Apply for EPA Grant to Clean Up Brownfield at MDI YMCA

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