Mount Desert News

Members of the MDI Restorative Justice Program executive board recenty marked the 10th anniversary of this successful, pioneering project, with a vote to formally dissolve the organization.

The town of Mount Desert will hold a special town meeting Monday, Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. in the Kelley Auditorium at the elementary school.

Seventh-grade science students in Tammy Turner's Tremont Consolidated School classroom are delicately handling small green crabs, lest they pinch.

A health advisory from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says that H1N1 continues to spread and worsen in Maine.

Maternal grandparents are Denise and Charlie Prentiss of Fort Myers Beach, Fla. MDI grannies are Fran Stehman and Judy Rothrock, both from Somesville.

On Nov. 4, a Somesville resident reported that he had just received a phone call from a woman named Catherine who told him he had won $1 million.

Selectmen have accepted the resignations of two full-time police officers who will be joining the Bar Harbor police force later this month.

Liz Keenan shows youngsters and moms how to make clay bowls and decorate them with imprints.

MT. DESERT ISLAND : We are now in the 8th year of conflict in Afghanistan and are awaiting decisions from the Obama administration on the future course of the war.

Brian W. Smart, 45, of Northeast Harbor, was summoned for possession of a usable amount of marijuana and sale and use of drug paraphernalia on Oct.

Three local children's organizations recently benefited from funds raised in The First's 18th Annual Golf Tournament, which took place on Sept.

Author and illustrator Chris van Dusen signs copies of his book "The Circus Ship" on Frenchboro.

The victim in a Monday night home invasion suffered only a superficial wound and has a history with the seven men accused of assaulting him, according to a local law enforcement official.

On Wednesday, August 5, Main Street in Northeast Harbor will be a sea of streamers, balloons, ... Offers There are no Offers at this time.

MOUNT DESERT : The Mount Desert Fire Department has received a $10,500 grant from the Rural Fire Assistance Program through the National Park Service and Acadia National Park.

For the second time in the past year, a local selectman has been arrested on charges of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicants.

BAR HARBOR : Each week, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust employees and directors, in exchange for being able to dress casually on Fridays, voluntarily contribute to a charitable fund that disburses gifts monthly to a local nonprofit organization.

BELFAST : The Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce is holding its 49th Annual Awards Dinner Thursday October 22nd at Point Lookout in Northport.

ELLSWORTH : SevenArts: Local Artisan Gallery at the Maine Grind building at 192 Main St.

MOUNT DESERT : The town of Mount Desert wants to remind citizens that casting an absentee ballot for the Nov.