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Cool Things To Do, Events

Fourth of July Parade Route Remains Despite Construction Slow Down

Bar Harbor Parade Map, Southwest Harbor Fourth Celebrations CARRIE JONES JUN 25, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—There’s bad news and good news about Bar Harbor’s upcoming Fourth of July parade. The bad news is that Town Manager James Smith said that the town had hoped the Main Street project would be completed so as to not impact the annual July Fourth Parade which is sponsored by … Continue reading Fourth of July Parade Route Remains Despite Construction Slow Down

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Bar Harbor People We Love, news

Window Panes Turns 30 This Month; Owners Celebrate by Giving Back

Shore Path Restoration Fund to Benefit SHAUN FARRAR JUN 12, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Icons aren’t made over night. This year, Bar Harbor’s Shore Path is 143 years old. Also, this year, June 20 to be exact, Greg and Julie Veilleux’s Window Panes celebrates 30 years of business in downtown Bar Harbor. While vastly different, both of these entities are prime examples of community building and … Continue reading Window Panes Turns 30 This Month; Owners Celebrate by Giving Back

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acadia national park, meetings, news

Healing the Wounds of Otter Creek

Acadia Park Commission Denies Small Land Request; Other Selectboard News CARRIE JONES JUN 04, 2024 Share OTTER CREEK—For Mount Desert Town Manager Durlin Lunt, some things are about commitment and so he keeps coming back to Acadia National Park’s Advisory Commission and asking for what he sees as a little bit of justice, of reparation, of acknowledgment of a community. Lunt is a man who … Continue reading Healing the Wounds of Otter Creek

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Other Places, Other Stories

Students’ Innovative Learning Projects at Pemetic Came in Candy Wednesday

School Held Inaugural French Chocolate Market at Birch Bay Village CARRIE JONES JUN 01, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR AND SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Groundbreaking. Educational. Full of chocolate? One of those things doesn’t seem quite like the others, but this past week as the Pemetic Elementary School blended student innovation with community engagement they all meshed perfectly, becoming a groundbreaking, educational project that blended kids, chocolate, and Birch … Continue reading Students’ Innovative Learning Projects at Pemetic Came in Candy Wednesday

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Events, MDI Places We Love

An Island Gives Thanks

Memorial Day Events 2024 CARRIE JONES MAY 27, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—“Thank you for your service” hasn’t always been something Kery Strickland was comfortable hearing. “I’ve spoken with many other veterans throughout the years about this phrase and, for the most part, the vets I’ve spoken with typically feel uncomfortable with being told this phrase. For many years it was even awkward for me … Continue reading An Island Gives Thanks

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Bar Harbor People We Love, history, news, opinion

More Than a Million Gone

Local Memorial Day Observances and Thoughts CARRIE JONES MAY 25, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—All the way back in 1868, a young girl wrote a New York official a note. In it, she asked for the city official to place a garland on the grave of an unknown Confederate soldier. Her own father, she said, was buried all the way in Georgia. She wanted, she hoped, … Continue reading More Than a Million Gone

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MDI Places We Love, meetings, news

Jesup Will Likely Scale Back Some Features of Its Expansion

Peekytoe, Side Treats, Hidden Barn Books and Tap & Barrel updates CARRIE JONES MAY 12, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The Jesup Memorial Library expansion project is turning out to be more costly than originally anticipated. The size will be the same. The programs should not be impacted, but some of the features of the project are being tweaked or changed in order to drive down costs. … Continue reading Jesup Will Likely Scale Back Some Features of Its Expansion

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Bar Harbor People We Love, Cool Things To Do, MDI Places We Love, schools

Kissing Cod, Walking 3 Miles, and Searching for the Naughty Sam Slick

At the Somesville Schoolhouse, History Gets Real CARRIE JONES MAY 05, 2024 Share SOMESVILLE—The third graders sat in hard pews, heads down, and focused. Their fingers clutched the chalk as they scraped it along the slate boards balanced on their laps. In front of them, stood a schoolmarm dressed in the garb of 1895. If you go to the mercantile, she asked them, and you … Continue reading Kissing Cod, Walking 3 Miles, and Searching for the Naughty Sam Slick

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MDI Native, Veteran, and Community Volunteer Honored With D.C. Visit

Honor Flight Maine paying for the entire trip SHAUN FARRAR APR 25, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT—Not all veterans choose to be veterans and not all those who didn’t make the choice themselves regret having been ordered to serve their country. Forty-one months before the last man to be drafted into United States military service was inducted on June 30, 1973, Robert Moore, of Mount Desert, answered … Continue reading MDI Native, Veteran, and Community Volunteer Honored With D.C. Visit

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news, police

Island Fire and Police Respond to Suspected Arson on Stanley Mountain Road

Short search ends with suspect detained and in custody CARRIE JONES APR 22, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT—Mount Desert and Bar Harbor fire and police units were joined by multiple agencies as they searched for an alleged arsonist Monday afternoon. The police believe that the man allegedly may have set fire to a residence at 108 Stanley Mountain Road. The initial dispatch, shortly after 2 p.m., … Continue reading Island Fire and Police Respond to Suspected Arson on Stanley Mountain Road

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