After a Tick Bite Nearly Took His Life, a Bar Harbor Man Finds Gratitude in Survival

Carrie Jones Oct 04, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Choco-Latté Café. BAR HARBOR—Ken Colburn came close to dying this past month and he wants everyone to know about it. That’s not because he wants sympathy or empathy, but because he desperately wants to do two things. His first goal is to keep other people from going through what he went through. His … Continue reading After a Tick Bite Nearly Took His Life, a Bar Harbor Man Finds Gratitude in Survival

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Hancock County Resident Was Hospitalized From Tick-Borne Powassan Virus

Carrie Jones Jul 30, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. HANCOCK COUNTY—For the first time this year, a Hancock County resident has been diagnosed and hospitalized with the Powassan virus according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) and initially reported by Leela Stockley of the Bangor Daily News. Powassan is a tick-borne virus. “Powassan virus (POW) … Continue reading Hancock County Resident Was Hospitalized From Tick-Borne Powassan Virus

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Tick Expert Offers Advice for Increasingly Popular ‘No Mow May’

APR 27, 2024 Share by Elizabeth Walztoni of the Bangor Daily News Growing numbers of people are leaving their yards unmowed for “No Mow May,” the same month when Maine’s tick season goes into full swing. No Mow May is a voluntary pledge that formally reached Maine in 2022 after beginning in Wisconsin several years before. Participants aim to provide habitat and pollen for early-season pollinators by mowing their … Continue reading Tick Expert Offers Advice for Increasingly Popular ‘No Mow May’

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