Aquathon swimmers averaged 135 laps as kids raise money to keep swim team legacy alive Carrie Jones Feb 06, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Side Street Cafe. BAR HARBOR—One stroke. One kick. Another. One lap. One turn. Another. Combine endurance with muscle memory with what seems like choreography. Now add water. Next, imagine swimming 135 laps in the MDI YMCA pool … Continue reading No-Fin Compares to the MDI Sharks
The YMCA Celebrates Its Volunteers Carrie Jones Sep 24, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—On Monday evening, Nikki Dawes and the members of Girl Scout Troop 1315 lined up in front of the podium at the YMCA upstairs multipurpose room after sitting at the long card tables waiting for their Edward B. Mears Volunteer of the Year award, which was named after one of the Y’s founders. … Continue reading Honoring Good Spirit
BRIEFS: Hazardous Waste Date Set, MDI Varsity Girls Win Ellsworth Invitational, Lynam Grants, Craft Fairs, Author Talks and More. . . Carrie Jones Sep 08, 2024 Once or twice a week, we compile short news clips and briefs. Most of these are sent into us by organizations or people who want to share news with you. We’re happy to do this (and hope you’re happy … Continue reading YMCA POOL OPEN AGAIN!
Lenny DeMuro and Others Celebrate a Birthday CARRIE JONES JUL 15, 2024 BAR HARBOR—Former executive director Lenny DeMuro calls the MDI YMCA, the soul of the Bar Harbor community. And that soul turned 125 this year. It was time to celebrate that, MDI YMCA Executive Director Ann Tikkanen decided. So, they did. The MDI YMCA held its celebration at the Bar Harbor Club on Thursday … Continue reading The Soul of Bar Harbor Might Be Right On Park Street
Bar Harbor Inn gazebo restored, Shore Path received donation SHAUN FARRAR JUN 07, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The MDI YMCA is calling it an airnasium. Maybe. And it’s not set in steel yet, but the organization has started testing the waters, Parks and Recreation Committee member and local YMCA CEO and Executive Director Ann Tikkanen said in a Monday afternoon presentation to the committee and two audience members … Continue reading YMCA Testing the Waters For Multi-Sport Court Building
Vettes, Ball Games, Rotary Picnics, and Life Flight: How one field builds community even during local strife CARRIE JONES JUN 02, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The fields aren’t always picture perfect and dry spots mar the green grass occasionally, sometimes parts of them flood out, and earlier this year someone did donuts on the softball diamond, but one Corvette owner gazed upon it all and smiled. … Continue reading Feature: The Beauty of the Fields
YMCA SHED APPROVED, SIAM ORCHID BAR IS CONSIDERED FURNITURE, MDI GRADUATION, REAL ESTATE, AND COURT NEWS CARRIE JONES MAY 30, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Thanks to a preliminary meeting earlier this month, changes to the Jesup Memorial Library’s expansion project were quickly considered appropriate on May 23. Only one question was asked and that was about the sidewalk. The set of changes before the board members … Continue reading BRIEFS: Jesup Memorial Library’s Exterior Changes Okayed
School system gets $35k grant, Bar Harbor Candidates’ Forum, YWCA Hamilton Station, and briefs from multiple towns and nonprofits APR 30, 2024 Share MDI Y APPLIES FOR CDS FUNDING TO HELP FURTHER COMMUNITY IMPACT The Y hopes to use the funds to construct a new Community Youth Development Wing BAR HARBOR—The Mount Desert Island YMCA has applied again this year through Senator King and Collins’ … Continue reading MDI YMCA Hopes To Expand
BRIEFS: YWCA AWARDED USA RACIAL JUSTICE GRANT, MDI YMCA SETS KIDS UP FOR A HEALTHY START TO THE SUMMER AT HEALTHY KIDS DAY, LAMOINE EARTH DAY PLAY IS AT 2 PM SUNDAY, NURSING STAFF RATIO DOES NOT PASS CARRIE JONES APR 19, 2024 Share The National Park Service (NPS) is planning to conduct prescribed fire burning in Acadia National Park before May 10, provided weather … Continue reading Spring 2024 Prescribed Burns Planned for Acadia National Park, Real Estate Transfers, Court Cases
Versant issues quick statement on power outage. CARRIE JONES FEB 5, 2024 Share TOWN HILL—Sometimes it takes a community to build a community, or at least a skating rink. Custodians of memory and community, the Town Hill Village Improvement Society is also helping people build community and memory, one timber, one bean supper, one ice skating rink at a time, one fixed roof at a … Continue reading In Town Hill: Creating Community out of Water and Persistence (despite the weather)
