Bar Harbor News

Playing a round of mini golf this past weekend provided ample fun for many but supported a good cause as well.

MaineGeneral Medical Center is trimming 47 jobs in a cost-cutting move aimed at meeting its operating budget for the coming fiscal year.

BAR HARBOR, Maine --- Nearly one year after fire destroyed many of its exhibits, the Bar Harbor Oceanarium has opened again for another season.

Rev. Ryushin Sean Malone of the Engaged Zen Foundation in Sedgwick joins other demonstrators during a rally in front of the Margaret Chase Federal Building in Bangor in January 2012.

Scott Swann, lecturer at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, uses calipers to measure a gull egg found Tuesday, May 22, 2012, on Egg Rock off Mount Desert Island.

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine - An Alaska-based airline chosen in March to continue to operate under the Essential Air Service program at Northern Maine Regional Airport in Presque Isle will begin service between the city and Boston's Logan International Airport on June 15.

The winner of the trout division was Jeremy Bryer, of Bar Harbor, Maine, who caught a 9.18-pound trout.

Ann Rivers, director of Acadia Wildlife Foundation, feeds a young raccoon at the foundation's facility in the Bar Harbor village of Town Hill on Saturday, May 19, 2012.

Ocean Properties is scrapping plans to build a multilevel parking deck on land it owns on the east side of lower Rodick Street and, as a result, plans to have fewer rooms at its unopened West Street Hotel than it had planned.

Police tape warns drivers away from railroad tracks at a confusing intersection and curve on Route 1A in Ellsworth.

Bar Harbor residents Valery and Mike McCadden pray during a Sunday worship service at the St.

Claims that a recently enacted health insurance law change was creating lower premium rates drew sharp rebukes from consumer advocate groups who said the new law is driving rates skyward.

By a surprising 7-0 vote, the local Town Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution that calls for limiting corporate influence on governmental elections.

Meet Maine's New Governor - In case you haven't heard about this guy before, his name will stick in your mind! The new Maine Governor, Paul LePage is making New Jersey's Chris Christie look like an enabler.

Charlie Freeman and Shawn Melvin spent Saturday replacing ties along the section of the Down East Scenic Railroad near Davis Street in Ellsworth.

The North Cascades Highway opened at noon today after state highway crews spent the past seven weeks clearing away snow nearly 60 feet deep.

Community-driven classical theatre comes to Bar Harbor This spring marks the launching of a new community-based theatre company for the residents of Mount Desert Island and Hancock County: the Harborside Shakespeare Company.

They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And now that Montes International Catering in Bangor is serving breakfast instead of dinner, you can get your morning going in gourmet style.

In another look at what readers had to say after I posed questions about how and where they travel, we begin with a touching tale about an encounter in Wales.

Husson University graduated its largest class at the 113th Commencement, held under gray skies in Bangor, Maine, Saturday, May 5, 2012.