“You come up and you see a place like this and then you see a smokestack going and you say, ‘Hey, they’re brewing. Let’s stop.’" Read More
With an annual federal appropriation of just $8 million, Acadia is dramatically underfunded in its struggle to keep up with day-to-day operations. Read More
The Maine Department of Marine Resources says strict management of the harvest has allowed it to rebuild from collapse in the mid-2000s. Read More
A Hancock man who was sentenced earlier this year to serve three years in prison for separately assaulting a 5-year-old boy and later a jail guard had another three years tacked onto his sentence on Wednesday. Read More
BAR HARBOR — Gary Allen, race director of the Mount Desert Island Marathon, received a sponsorship check from Lisa Parsons and Steve Gurin of Bar Harbor Bank & Trust for the 17th annual event scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 14. The race starts in Bar Harbor and finishes in Southwest… Read More
A 35-year-old Maine man was sentenced to life in prison for killing a Kansas man while on a cross-country trip. Read More
The U.S. national median age is 38. Read More
A Boston-based energy development firm has revived a proposal to construct what would be a third wind farm in northeastern Hancock County. Read More
Walmart stores in Augusta, Brewer, Brunswick, Sanford and Scarborough will also get similar upgrades. Read More
BLUE HILL — A $50,000 gift from the parent of a George Stevens Academy boarding student who graduated in 2018 has boosted efforts to make sure that all students are able to eat lunch at the school. The donor, a businessman from China, made the gift… Read More
Maine state economist Amanda Rector says the state's latest household income levels increased by a larger percentage than the rest of New England, making up ground. Read More
If you're down in Hancock County this weekend, don't forget to check out these events. Read More
BAR HARBOR — Join us at YWCA MDI at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 17, at YWCA MDI for a slide show and talk led by Anna Carr. After she retired, Carr and her traveling partner, George Mack, went on a four-month cycling trek across Scandinavia. They started… Read More
BAR HARBOR — The annual Great Strides Walk to Cure Cystic Fibrosis will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, in Bar Harbor. Check in at 8:30am at the Conners Emerson School. A new feature will be a shorter walk with a course of 3 miles coinciding… Read More
West End’s owner since 2008, the 60-year-old will close the pharmacy at 105 Main St. after exactly 100 years of Gilfillan family ownership. Read More
Those stories — 16 essays in all — now make up Brechlin’s ninth book, “Return to Moose River, In Search of the Spirit of the Great North Woods,” published by Down East Books and released in June. Read More
Nearly the entire Maine coast is closed to shellfish harvesting due to Tuesday’s heavy rain, and it is expected to remain that way for at least several days, according to a state fisheries official. Read More
Remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon have likely alleviated drought conditions that have dogged coastal Maine for most of the summer. Read More
A large man-made body of water located on the lower portion of the Union River, Graham Lake in Hancock County was created in the 1920s to hold water for hydroelectric power generation. Read More
Like many man-made lakes, Graham Lake is quite shallow throughout, making it an ideal place for warm water fish species. Read More
