Stories about Acadia National Park
Water main complicates Acadia road closure
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, Maine — Sometimes a retaining wall does more than just keep soil and rocks in place. Along Duck Brook Road in Maine’s only national park, where part of a man-made embankment gave way last week, it also helps to support the road. The section of road where ...
Wall falls in Acadia National Park, forces closure of road
on April 18, 2012, at 3:31 p.m.
BAR HARBOR, Maine — A retaining wall approximately 10 feet high and 20 feet wide that supports part of the Duck Brook Road in Acadia National Park collapsed on Wednesday, according to Keith Johnston of Acadia National Park. Johnston said the supporting wall fell about 200 yards north of the ...
Acadia park ranger lives ‘dream job’ during winter months
BAR HARBOR, Maine — Chris Wiebusch’s workdays are often full of ice skating, snowmobiling, hiking, boating or cross-country skiing through Acadia National Park. But on temperate days like Saturday when the sky spits wet, sloppy snow, there aren’t many transportation options for park rangers to choose from aside from driving ...
Acadia gets $1.3 million for bus system improvements
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, Maine — With the help of a $1.3 million federal grant, the park is planning to improve bus stop facilities for the free Island Explorer bus system later this year. The $1,324,518 grant will fund construction of and improvements to nine Island Explorer bus stops at park ...
In rite of fall, Acadia closes visitor center
The Associated Press on Oct. 30, 2011, at 9:32 a.m.
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, Maine — In an annual rite of fall, Acadia National Park is closing one of its visitor centers and its Sand Beach entrance station as the cold-weather season arrives. Park officials say the Hulls Cove visitor center and the Sand Beach station are closing Monday for the ...
Where in Maine does the sun rise first?
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, Maine — For the most part, there’s little doubt about what you can see from the top of Cadillac Mountain on a clear and sunny day. The rounded barren peaks of Mount Desert Island and the surrounding Maine coast ring Cadillac in several directions. Island chains such ...
Pennsylvania woman injured in Acadia National Park
ELLSWORTH, Maine — A Pennsylvania woman suffered a serious leg injury Sunday morning from a fall at Acadia National Park. The 70-year-old woman, whose name was not available Sunday evening, apparently fell on the rocks at Thunder Hole at around 10 a.m. Park rangers responding to the call found that ...
New trail links Bar Harbor, Acadia
BAR HARBOR, Maine — Hotel guests as well as locals living near the College of the Atlantic campus will soon have a new way to access Acadia National Park’s hiking and biking trails located close to downtown Bar Harbor. On Saturday morning, about 40 volunteers, park staff and representatives of ...
Stanley Brook Bridge in Mount Desert to close for 35 days
on Sept. 13, 2011, at 7:47 p.m.
MOUNT DESERT, Maine — Motorists traveling to Acadia National Park need to be aware that a bridge on Stanley Brook Road in Seal Harbor will be closed for about 35 days beginning on Monday, Sept. 19. During that time crews with the Maine Department of Transportation will be replacing the ...
Island Explorer recognizes 4 millionth rider
The Associated Press on Aug. 20, 2011, at 9:28 a.m.
BAR HARBOR, Maine — A New Jersey family received the distinction of having the 4 millionth passenger to use the Island Explorer bus that serves Acadia National Park. While getting off the bus Friday at the park’s Sand Beach, the Sherlock family of Cherry Hill, N.J., learned they were the ...
US Interior secretary to visit UMaine
The Associated Press on Aug. 12, 2011, at 3:00 p.m.
PORTLAND, Maine — U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is coming to Maine to see work being done at the University of Maine at Orono to develop offshore wind energy technology. Sen. Susan Collins announced Friday that Salazar will visit the university’s Advance Structures and Composites Center on Aug. 18. The ...
LePage won’t take sides on Quimby’s national park plan
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage is watching the debate over Roxanne Quimby’s proposal to turn 70,000 acres adjacent to Baxter State Park into a national park, but has no plans to stake out a position immediately, Conservation Commissioner William Beardsley said Wednesday. “I think he feels that the dialogue ...
POLL QUESTION
Medway panel pushes for national park feasibility study
MEDWAY, Maine — Several town officials have formed a committee that will work in tandem with environmentalist and entrepreneur Roxanne Quimby to push Congress to authorize a feasibility study of her plan to turn 70,000 acres adjoining Baxter State Park into a national park, they said Wednesday. The committee, co-chairman ...
Rescued puppy on MDI ‘as happy as a dog could be’
ELLSWORTH, Maine — An 8-month-old puppy stranded for up to four days on a ledge in Acadia National Park is back with her family thanks to several park rangers determined to find an elusive dog heard crying in the woods. Bailey, a young and energetic black Lab, apparently wandered away ...
East Millinocket school leaders deadlock on park feasibility study
EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — The school committee will take no position on having a feasibility study done on environmentalist Roxanne Quimby’s proposal to create a 70,000-acre national park next to Baxter State Park, but not willingly. With very little discussion, committee members voted 2-2 on whether to support a feasibility ...
East Millinocket school board weighs plan for national park feasibility study
EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — The school committee will be the next Katahdin region governmental body to consider whether to support a study of the feasibility of environmentalist Roxanne Quimby’s idea of siting a national park next to Baxter State Park, Superintendent Quenten Clark said Monday. The committee will meet at ...
Snowe, Collins skeptical of Quimby’s park proposal
MILLINOCKET, Maine — Roxanne Quimby sees a national park as part of her potential legacy and hopes to make a gift of 70,000 acres for a park to the federal government in 2016. But the millionaire co-founder of Burt’s Bees and noted environmentalist said during a meeting at Stearns High ...
Springtime visits to national parks plunge; Acadia official blames wet weather
By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers on July 06, 2011, at 5:39 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Go ahead, blame harsh weather or high gas prices for a marked reduction in visits to Yosemite and other national parks so far this year. The summer droves, though, are returning. In other words, the time to really beat the crowds may have passed. At traditionally popular parks ...
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Favorite Places in Maine: Hunter’s Beach
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, Maine — Where Hunters Brook empties into the Atlantic Ocean offers a quintessential picture of what this coastal island is all about — beautiful views of the sea and a pebble beach that seems to call you with music created by waves that roll the small, smooth ...
Acadia National Park plans expansion on MDI
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, Maine —- With the help of some nonprofit organizations, the park is planning to grow on Mount Desert Island by more than 50 acres, according to a park official. There are two parcels that total 56 acres that the park plans to acquire, Acadia Superintendent Sheridan Steele ...
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