State Police Locate Wanted Brothers in House Wall SHAUN FARRAR JUN 25, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—On June 24, according to Acadia National Park Public Affairs Officer Amanda Pollock, “a 24 year old male was rock climbing near South Bubble trail and slid/fell about 50 feet. The National Park Service and Mount Desert Island Search and Rescue (MDI SAR) responded. They performed a high angle rescue … Continue reading Cops: ANP Bubble Rescue Update
Acadia Wildlife Center Open House Set! Acadia Senior College Annual Meeting! Carolyn Gage Lecture TONIGHT! Pride Events, Real Estate and More! CARRIE JONES JUN 06, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—The following are briefs and press releases that we want to make sure you get, but have put together so that you aren’t receiving more than three emails from us a day. SEAWALL MEETING LOCATION CHANGE! … Continue reading BRIEFS: Seawall Road Meeting Location Changed
Events this week and in the near future. JUN 03, 2024 It’s our weekly round-up, and I may have missed some things so apologies! To check out our news stories from the past week. Click on the archive section and you’ll see them in chronological order. Come Sing: Sing with the Mount Desert summer Chorale this season! THIS WEEK: MONDAY, JUNE 3 ACADIA SENIOR COLLEGE POTLUCK AND … Continue reading THINGS TO DO ON MDI
Seawall Road Closure Brings an Empty Memorial Day Parking Lot and Continued Hopes for a Solution, Public Hearing May Be in June CARRIE JONES MAY 28, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—Charlotte’s Lobster Pound was offering two for one lobsters on Memorial Day and for the first time in years, there weren’t many takers. She posted a Facebook photo and caption that read, “Poor John playing … Continue reading “This Road Closure Is Going to Destroy Us All.”
GUN SAFETY RALLY, MAINE PRESERVATION HEADING TO MDI, COME TALK TO THEM!, REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS, CONTRA DANCE AND MORE CARRIE JONES MAY 24, 2024 Share Here’s our quick round-up of some press releases and short news items for the week. COA Summer Institute Focuses on Democracy Credit: The Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via COA BAR HARBOR—The 2024 College of the … Continue reading Briefs: COA Summer Institute Features Former Supreme Court Justice Breyer, Morning Joe, Democracy
Investigation on causes of fires near St. Sauveur hiking trail continues CARRIE JONES MAY 13, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT—What seemed like a beautiful day turned out to be a shocking one for people hiking near St. Sauveur in Acadia National Park, Saturday afternoon, when two wild fires burnt along the St. Sauveur hiking trail in Acadia National Park. The fire happened just over a year … Continue reading Two Acadia National Park Fires Burnt Approximately .35 acres
CARRIE JONES MAY 11, 2024 Share ACADIA NATIONAL PARK—Late Saturday afternoon multiple crews responded to an active fire at the summit of St. Sauveur in Acadia National Park. Firefighters spotted the first fire at 4:51 p.m. Approximately six minutes later, it was reported as an active fire with a size of 40 by 20 yards. Personnel had searched down the trail for other ignition sites, … Continue reading Crews Extinguishing Fires on St. Sauveur
State and federal agencies are debating how to fix a stretch of Seawall Road — or whether to abandon it altogether. by Jacqueline Weaver of the Maine Monitor APR 14, 2024 Share SOUTHWEST HARBOR—The fate of a flood-prone stretch of road on Mount Desert Island is up in the air as state and federal agencies debate whether to repair a road that washed out repeatedly … Continue reading Is a Coastal Road in Acadia That Keeps Washing Out Worth Saving?
Briefs and Press Releases: Park Loop Road Opens April 15, Parking Permits in Bar Harbor, FEMA funds, Shore Path Update, Lions Club event and more CARRIE JONES APR 12, 2024 Share The following are press releases and briefs. BAR HARBOR—Faced with a historical rise in the need for its services, late in 2023, the Bar Harbor Food Pantry board set out to find a new … Continue reading Bar Harbor Food Pantry Finds a New Home at Mama’s
700 trees downed in just one section CARRIE JONES MAR 28, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Will Acadia National Park be open for the season despite an unofficial estimated $20 million in damage from a duo of storms in January? Yes. Will it be normal? It defends on how you define normal. Park officials are still trying to determine what to fix, how to fix it, and … Continue reading Storms’ Damage to Acadia Likely Close to $20 Million
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