Bar Harbor News

Discover the emerging field of ecopsychology, at a presentation on Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m. at the Jesup Memorial Library.

Meagan Cowan began her graduation address to the Class of 2013 at Great Bay Community College with a story about her own struggle at a large university after she graduated from high school in 2006.

Archipelago Fine Arts Gallery, 386 Main Street in Rockland, invites the public to a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 24, for "In Pursuit of Coastal Light," a spring show of work by Gary Hoyle of Swan's Island and Andrea Peters of East Boothbay.

A man working as a housekeeper at a local inn has been charged with two misdemeanor crimes, but not arson, for starting a fire in a bathroom at the inn on Wednesday , according to local police.

Students from Bar Harbor, Bangor, Belfast, Lincolnville, Riley, Searsport and Winterport competed in the all day event.

Sustainability might seem like a new, popular craze, but for New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility, it has been two decades since its start in promoting and educating businesses on sustainability.

A new national park sparks controversy in Massacre Pond, Paul Doiron's fourth mystery featuring Maine game warden Mike Bowditch.

Acadian redfish is being featured at Maine restaurants and retailers for the next 10 days as part of an initiative to promote underutilized seafood species in the Gulf of Maine.

Ted Fletcher received a community service award for, among other things, faithfully arranging transportation for those unable to get to medical appointments.

Penobscot Theatre Company and the acclaimed Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers proudly present a new puppet play, perfect for the whole family, Everybody Loves Pirates.

BANGOR – Dr. Roger Wilson of Bar Harbor, former Medical Director of Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center, was recently honored as the 2013 recipient of the Dorothea Dix Award for Community Service.

In January, a pregnant Bar Harbor woman lost her child after contracting the flu.

AUGUSTA – Starting Tuesday, state entomologists from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's division of forestry will be releasing parasitic flies in an effort to try and control and minimize the damage to trees and shrubs done by the Winter Moth.

The world's largest cruise ship will be paying a visit to Portland, but residents will have to wait two years to catch a glimpse.

People gather a few minutes before 7 a.m. on Oct. 22, 2011, at the summit of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park to see the sunrise.

In October of last year I brought you the story of the terrible fire at Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island.

The cruise ship Veendam sits in Bar Harbor on Sunday. The ship's first stop on its current tour leaving from Boston was Bar Harbor.

College of the Atlantic has joined the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Food Recovery Challenge.

Pearl Sea Cruises' 'Pearl Mist', now in final outfitting, will cruise the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway, Canadian Maritimes & New England in 2014, The brand-new, 210 passenger capacity Pearl Mist has arrived in Maryland for final outfitting before going into service in 2014.

The Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor is offering "Dissecting Jaws: the Ins & Outs of Shark Biology" with Tony Sohns at the library on Wednesday, May 1 at 3:30p.m. for everyone 6 and older.