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Events, history

It’s Hard to Fix What You Don’t See

That’s where the community comes in Carrie Jones Aug 29, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—The high water lines stenciled onto the sides of the shingled buildings keep being placed higher and higher, and the boat that used to sit in the Oceanarium and Education Center’s courtyard is now out in the forest, but Jeff Cumming can … Continue reading It’s Hard to Fix What You Don’t See

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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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