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'Summer folk' feel backlash for opposing workforce housing in Northeast Harbor
CORRECTION: SWH select board to meet Thursday
BREAKING NEWS: Mount Desert hires school board chair as public works directior
BREAKING NEWS: Citizens urge Bar Harbor council to implement cruise ship ordinance
New England Academy of Journalists honors QSJ with highest recognition
CORRECTION on SWH select board meeting
Would Mount Desert help fund Bar Harbor's proposed new school?
How ethics became a casualty of MDI's self interests - towns' boards rife with conflicts
BREAKING NEWS: Appeals board backs rejection of quarrying permit; case likely headed to court
BREAKING NEWS: Lobster fishers win 2-year stay of NOAA Right Whales rules
Bar Harbor government in turmoil, as officials sort out collateral damage from two bombshells
BREAKING NEWS: MDI election results
BREAKING NEWS: Tremont progressives clobber MAGA candidates (select board: take note)
BREAKING NEWS: Arrest made in MDI HS lockdown; no school tomorrow
BREAKING NEWS: lockdown at MDI high school after threat
Is MDI prepared for a Fiona-like hurricane which hit Nova Scotia? NOAA: Brace for more storms
Mount Desert, Tremont, SWH awaken to destruction of community by short-term rentals
BREAKING NEWS: Campground, Tremont citizens reach deal to settle island's nastiest zoning fight
Towns battling cruise ships focus mostly on pollution - but not in Bar Harbor
BREAKING NEWS: Assets seized from American Aquafarms founder
Correction, amplication, apology
NOAA scientist: right whales do not migrate in Maine state waters; Fed rules an over-reach?
Juneau to Bar Harbor town manager: Lower expectations for cruise ship plan
Northeast Harbor yacht club seeks to take over town's only unspoiled cove
How serious is MDI's latest effort at school reorganization? Rob Liebow will find out
BREAKING NEWS: Council to review town manager's actions as protester seeks investigation
As tourism interests tighten grip on Bar Harbor, will voters take back the town?
BH town manager seeks to muzzle Leonard Leo protester even as police stay neutral
BREAKING NEWS: 73-year-old protester waiting to hear whether she will be next to be arrested
SWH planning board approves miniature golf course slated for 2023
BREAKING NEWS: Bar Harbor Town Council approves town manager's cruise ship caps
Cruise committee, chamber oppose town plan to reduce passengers, seek amendments
Breaking news: Judge upholds Tremont select board approval of campground with eight yurts
MRC defends selection of firm with ties to failed operations as Hampden's plant operator
BREAKING NEWS: Council OKs petition, mulls visitor cap approved by cruise ship industry
BREAKING NEWS: Mount Desert police arrest protester at Leonard Leo's ... See video
Portland apes Bar Harbor cruise ship cap; town manager to unveil his 'compromise' plan
Council members get assistance to build case against sending cruise ship petition to voters
Judge orders Tremont to release campground emails held in secrecy by town attorney
BREAKING NEWS: Carolyn Ball replaces George Jellison as SWH select chair
Uncontrolled deer population + ANP record visits = hotbed for tick-borne diseases on MDI
State renews salmon farm permit, despite its weak oversight of die-off
BREAKING NEWS: SWH select board repudiates Jellison's continued harassment of lobster pound
How Grohoski ran the table in special senate race (hint: you can't outwork her)
DOT to Charlotte neighbors: Remove obstructions or we will at your expense
BREAKING NEWS: Former park superintendent Paul Haertel is dead
Bidders emerge to acquire Hampden recycling plant; MRC expects closing June 30
Row of huge utility poles punctuates Northeast Harbor's troubled Main Street project
BREAKING NEWS: 100 walk out at HS to protest handling of sexual assaults
MDI tourism season under way with many businesses at only 70-80% staffing capacity
BREAKING NEWS: Charlotte’s Lobster Pound throws in the towel, announces final season
Battle for Hancock County state senate seat: Brian Langley versus Nicole Grohoski
BREAKING NEWS: Thurlow re-elected; campground restrictions approved
Tremont town attorney began consent agreement well before campground was cited for violations
BREAKING NEWS: Mount Desert voters approve firehouse improvements, all warrant articles
Jim Vallette, Natasha Johnson win select seats in lopsided victories in Southwest Harbor
BREAKING NEWS: SWH voters approve Main Street project funds; other dates corrected
BREAKING NEWS: Citizen group gain enough signatures for petition to cap cruise ships
BREAKING NEWS: Citizen group gains enough signatures for petition to cap cruise ships
BREAKING NEWS: How will judge react to select board approval of campground?
SWH voters asked to approve road project 7 years in the making - 'more than just sidewalks'
How a Norwegian felon managed to get a white-glove welcome from the State of Maine
BREAKING NEWS: State throws out application for Frenchman Bay salmon farms
Tremont appeals board favors citizens in campground case; penalty due May 5
BREAKING NEWS: Gouldsboro select board to extend moratorium on aquafarming April 28
Industrial solar farm seeks to clear cut 10 acres on Town Hill, prompting concerns, objections
401 Cruise ships booked through 2030; Is 'reservation' a legal contract?
Backside towns at a crossroad; will citizens take control or will incumbents continue to rule?
UPDATE: This replaces a previous version after readers called out some missteps
Will citizens petition stir demand for smaller cruise ships and reshape Bar Harbor?
BREAKINGS NEWS: Invasive milfoil found in Orland lake - first in Hancock County
BREAKING NEWS: citizens group seeks to limit cruise ship visitors to 1,000/day
Hammond Lumber paves paradise to put up a parking lot; residents howl at clear cutting
BREAKING NEWS: Mount Desert voters approve funding for town ambulance/fire services
BH taxpayers facing $80 million in capital cost for sewers, school; housing remains elusive for many
Select chair to SWH businesswoman: Choose marijuana store or select board, not both
BREAKING NEWS: State agencies urge PUC to deny power upgrade needed for aquafarm
‘Environmental' non-profits called out for endorsement of Belfast salmon farm
BREAKING NEWS: Bar Harbor council caves to cruise ship industry on 2022 season
As MDI braces for '22 onslaught, Acadia NP fuels crisis with wrong data, weak visitor management
Breaking news: Charlotte Gill not giving up on her lobster pound without a fight with select chair
Corrections: misidentification and full obituary
Breaking News: Ashley Bryan dead at 98
5 fish farms would dump 13,000 gallons of nitrogen into Downeast waters every day
Will Tremont pursue ordinance changes as moratorium ends? AWL still faces hurdles
Breaking news: Tremont select board rejects moratorium extension
Is Frenchman Bay project too risky for investors?
Online poll: 72% in Tremont forum favor banning campgrounds altogether
Corrected date of forum - tomorrow Thursday at 6
Tremont citizens group to hold forum on land use Thursday at 6 on Zoom