At a meeting last week, the consultant team from J.E. Austin Associates continued to present findings from their preliminary research into the town’s tourism quagmire to the ...

On Tuesday, March 24, voters in Southwest Harbor will head to the ballot box to vote on three articles in a special election ...

Mount Desert Island High School held its annual Social Responsibility Day on March 12, a full-day, schoolwide event designed ...

A Tuesday night workshop hosted by the Planning Board and Code Enforcement Officer Jarrod Kushla focused on revisiting the town's land use ordinance, particularly the citizens' initiative ...

SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Employees of First National Bank recently raised $604.03 for Common Good Soup Kitchen with its Casual for ...

The one proposal that did generate a robust conversation at the meeting has to do with changes to minimum lot size requirements precipitated by a new state law giving municipalities ...

With all nomination papers for elected officials turned in to the town office, a three-way race for two seats on the Select Board is brewing.

Artists with a connection to Mount Desert Island are invited to submit work for the 26th annual Mount Desert Island Open, a non-juried community exhibition at Shaw ...

After a brief discussion, the Select Board voted to allocate $51,029 to keep the town on schedule for equipment purchases tied to a potential paid parking system ...

A crew from U.S. Coast Guard Station Boothbay Harbor rescued three people from the water approximately 23 miles south of Boothbay Harbor Wednesday, March 11, at 9:02 a.m.

Registration is open for the three race events — a 5K run, a 10K run, and a 2-mile walk — at seaofblueautism.org. Race ...

BAR HARBOR — Bar Harbor Bank & Trust employees recently presented more than $26,000 in donations collected through the bank’s employee-driven charitable giving program, Casual for a Cause, to 10 ...