Mount Desert News

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : Another delightful tour of several lovely gardens on the Quietside of Mt.

MOUNT DESERT : The Board of Selectmen this week extended a moratorium on the construction of radio/telephone towers, monopoles and antennae, and wind towers.

MOUNT DESERT : Houses are getting flooded in the Rock End Road/Maple Lane part of town.

MOUNT DESERT : The Board of Selectmen this week approved the appointment of Terry Savage as Wastewater Superintendent, effective June 30.

CAMDEN : A German film crew was in Camden this week, preparing for a Fall shooting of a major television movie to be shown in Europe.

MOUNT DESERT : On June 24, an employee of the water company called to state that there was a dog swimming in Lower Hadlock Pond.

BAR HARBOR : The curtain goes up on the Bar Harbor Music Festivala s 43rd Season Celebration with Brass Venture returning for the sixth consecutive year for opening night, Wednesday, July 1. There are 12 performances of great variety scheduled for July 1-July 26.

HANCOCK COUNTY : The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Hancock County Sheriffa s Office.

BERNARD : The Tremont Historical Society will present a program on Granite Quarries, emphasizing those of MDI, by Steven Haynes, at the Bass Harbor Memorial Library in Bernard, Monday, June 22, 7 p.m. Hall Quarry and other MDI rock harvesting enterprises and methods will be discussed at the Bass Harbor Memorial Library, June 22.

NORTHEAST HARBOR : Violinist Nina Mondfredo and her sister, cello player Clare, of Seal Harbor will give a recital at St Mary's-by-the-Sea in Northeast Harbor, Thursday, June 25, at 6:30 p.m. They will be joined by Kneisel Hall young artist Mi-Eun Kim on piano, performing works by Beethoven, Cesar Franck and others.

NORTHEAST HARBOR : The Mount Desert Summer Chorale invites anyone who enjoys singing major choral works to perform with the group this summer.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : The Harbor House Children's Center opted out of the prosaic playground - " swing sets, jungle gyms and monkey bars - " for a new innovative idea: a PlayGarden, the first of its kind on Mt.

BAR HARBOR : College of the Atlantica s local, organic Beech Hill Farm Stand opens Friday, June 19, in the town of Mount Desert.

MOUNT DESERT : The supervisor of the towna s wastewater treatment facilities had his employment terminated Monday after being summonsed last week for the theft of a furnace.

He is a fully grown Rottweiler. She is a tiny wolf pup. But that hasn't stopped 18-month-old,150lb dog Ulrok and and eight-week-old cub Beldaran becoming best of friends They sleep together, frolic in the sun and even howl at the moon in unison - and their unlikely union brings a smile to the face of everyone who sees them.

TRENTON, Maine a ' A Mount Desert man has died as a result of an accident Friday morning on Route 3 near Mount Desert Island.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has upheld the convictions and sentences of a man and woman from Mount Desert Island who were found guilty in 2007 of raping at least two women.

MOUNT DESERT : Selectmen were told Monday night the town may have to spend money to save money at its wastewater treatment plants.

Caribou High School's Hannah Saunder outpaced her rivals in the girls 1600 meter race walk at the State Class B Track & Field Championships at MDI High School in Bar Harbor on Saturday.

After a month now of adventures -- getting the right bike, clothing and attitude -- I've been doing 30-mile training rides every other day.