John Phillips regained a seat on the Ellsworth City Council on Tuesday. He previously served for 18 years on the council before losing a re-election bid last year. Read More
The Grand will present the Broadway classic musical “The Pajama Game,” performed by George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill, at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9 and 10. Read More
BLUE HILL — Blue Hill Consolidated School Boosters will hold its annual holiday craft fair 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, in the school’s gym and cafe. Tables will include art, handcrafts, jewelry, quilts, soap, photography, wreaths, African crafts and much more. Refreshments for sale, music, raffle. Admission… Read More
The win advances coach Joel Sankey’s Golden Bucks (8-1) to Saturday’s 7 p.m. regional championship game at top-ranked and undefeated Foxcroft Academy (9-0). Read More
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BAR HARBOR — Christina “Chrissi” Maguire has been named senior vice president and COO of Mount Desert Island Hospital effective immediately. “Since coming to MDI Hospital seven years ago, Chrissi has been instrumental in developing our organization’s strategic and operational planning, and has effectively led our… Read More
In the running for the two available seats are David Burks, Heather Grindle, Gene Lyons and John Phillips. Read More
“The town is finally becoming awakened, especially since the mill has gone down. It’s going in the right direction." Read More
Thomas Spurling, 18, of New Gloucester was flown by LifeFlight helicopter to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center of Bangor after receiving multiple life-threatening injuries, according to a Friday statement by the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office. Read More
A dump truck operating with its truck bed up took down several utility lines on Mount Desert Island on Thursday. Read More
Police seized 9 grams of heroin and arrested four Hancock County residents — including two on probation for selling heroin — in Holden on Thursday night, according to the Maine State Police. Read More
Taylor Schildroth didn’t plan on being back home in Blue Hill this weekend. He also did not expect to hear what he heard on social media the other night. Read More
BAR HARBOR — YCWA of Mount Desert Island is holding an Election Day pie sale 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6 at 39 Mt. Desert Street. Wear your “I VOTED” sticker and get a free 3-inch Mason jar lid pie. 9-inch pies $20/each. Proceeds benefit important… Read More
When he stepped inside the Pantheon during a trip to Rome in the early 1950s, William J. Murtagh began to reconsider all he had been taught. He had just graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with an architecture degree, but his studies were almost entirely concentrated on the… Read More
William Benjamin, 57, was charged with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, a Class C offense. More charges are pending, police said. Read More
Electronic bidding on the former Northern Bay Residential Living Center at 12 Northern Penobscot Road will open Nov. 20 and close seven days later. Read More
The town dock is undergoing significant repair for the first time in decades as part of a $1.5 million plan to draw more cruise ships and recreational boaters to Bucksport. Read More
Winslow said he was pleased that he was able to find the deer, which was hardly a stranger to him. Read More
A barricaded man had state police in a standoff outside his U.S. Route 1 on Wednesday, according to officials at the scene. Read More
Celebrate 20 years of the “Green Rider” with author Kristen Britain at the “Dream Gathering” at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3. Read More
