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BHMH Trustee Laslie appointed to EMHS audit/compliance committee

BLUE HILL, Maine — Blue Hill Memorial Hospital (BHMH) Trustee Andrew Laslie, CPA, recently was appointed to the Eastern Maine Healthcare System Audit and Compliance ...

Ellsworth creates independent nonprofit to support business development

ELLSWORTH, Maine — The City Council will spin off an independent, nonprofit corporation aimed at drumming up business development within city limits. Membership of the ...
Nancy Hoffman runs the world's only umbrella cover museum on Peaks Island.
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Fun, informative or just plain strange: 8 museums in Maine worth a road trip

Musical Wonderhouse, 16 High St., Wiscasset There are more than 5,000 chiming, singing mechanical music machines at the Musical Wonderhouse in Wiscasset — boxes, player ...
Danielle Bagley, Class Valedictorian
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Sumner Memorial High School Announces Graduation Honor Parts

SULLIVAN, Maine — Principal Marianne DeRaps of Sumner Memorial High School has announced the honor parts for the Class of 2013. Commencement exercises will be ...
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This time it's Mother Nature, not Congress, closing parts of Acadia

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Jesup Book Club: Any Book By Cathie Pelletier

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Marcia Mansfield joins Bar Harbor Financial Services

Ellsworth firm opens state’s first public fueling station for propane-powered vehicles

ELLSWORTH, Maine — A local company has opened Maine’s first ...
The most recent design sketches for Ellsworth's Knowlton Park are on display in City Hall. This drawing from Archipelago Landscape Architects shows a waterpark feature at right, next to a restroom facility. At top, a small fountain marks the entrance to the park, near a scaled-down gazebo

Ellsworth halfway to $1.2 million fundraising goal for new city park

Rescue personnel transport an injured hiker up a trail to the top of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park on Sunday.

Hiker breaks ankle in Acadia National Park

Authorities recover body of Holden man believed to have jumped off Penobscot Narrows Bridge

VERONA ISLAND, Maine — Police have recovered and identified the ...
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Relay for Life of Penobscot County raises about $226,000 to fight cancer

ORONO, Maine — The Relay For Life of Penobscot County ...
Image of a hake provided by LeeAnne Thayer, taken while the fish was inside one of the tubes of the Habitat Mooring System.

Hampden firm pokes holes in traditional boat mooring, leaving room for lobsters, crabs and other sea life

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Ecopsychology explored in program at Bar Harbor Library

BAR HARBOR — Discover the emerging field of ecopsychology, at ...
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Former MDI superintendent gets 3-year contract

Dan Brown pets Sprocket, his family's 4-year-old sole milking cow before hosing her down at Gravel Wood Farm on the Blue Hill peninsula Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. Dan Brown contends that he doesn't need a license to sell raw, unpasteurized milk. State and federal regulators say otherwise.

With legal fight far from over, embattled Blue Hill raw milk producer will file for bankruptcy

Housekeeper charged in inn fire on MDI

BAR HARBOR, Maine — A man working as a housekeeper ...
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Idita-Readers Read from Anchorage to Nome

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Workers from S&R Corporation, of Lowell, Mass., on Thursday, May 16, 2013, cut support cables from the two enormous towers of the Waldo-Hancock Bridge.

Waldo-Hancock Bridge nearly gone after last suspension cables plunge into Penobscot River

Commencements at Maine colleges and universities, May 18-June 8, 2013

University of Maine at Machias MACHIAS, Maine — The University ...
The African Children's Choir performs at a recent concert in Pueblo Colorado. It will perform Sunday at churches in Bangor and Ellsworth and Wednesday in Cape Neddick.

African Children’s Choir to perform at Maine churches

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Hancock Sports

Cable TV discovery leads to MMA fight victory for Blue Hill’s Earland

LEWISTON, Maine — It was bad enough that Steve Earland broke his ankle in a snowmobile accident more than four years ago, but when it ...
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    EMDC launches Small Business Initiative
    BANGOR- For more than 45 years, Eastern Maine Development Corp. has been helping small business owners succeed and grow. This week, in honor of 2013 ...
     
    Cobscook Community Learning Center Receives $1.2 Million Grant in Support of Heartwood Lodge
    The Cobscook Community Learning Center received great news last week when word of an anonymous $1.2 million grant came through the door. This funding propels ...
     
    Maine Coast Memorial Hospital receives “A” safety score
    ELLSWORTH, Maine — Maine Coast Memorial Hospital is being recognized with an “A” Hospital Safety Score by the Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit entity ...
     
    Lee Lingley Memorial Poker Run Set
    Memorial Poker Run planned Come one come all to the first Lee Lingley Memorial Poker Run, scheduled for June 2, 2013 from 9am to 3pm. ...
     
    Hancock County Retired Teachers awards 2013 scholarship
    BAR HARBOR, Maine — The Hancock County Retired Teachers Association has announced that Traci Lynn Norwood is the 2013 recipient of the organization’s $500 scholarship. ...