Northeast Harbor News

ROCKLAND : Snappy's will be closed for the 4th of July. We'll be open on Sunday, the 5th, as usual.

NORTHEAST HARBOR : "Ghosts of the Forest" by K. Hennessey of Orono will be featured at Island Artisans on Thursday night's gallery walk in Northeast Harbor, July 9, from 5-7 p.m. Hennessey is inspired by the Maine woodlands.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : Buono "Cirque Du Flamingo Festival" starting this week. The circus is coming to town and Harbor House will be right in the middle of it.

BASS HARBOR : The Bass Harbor Memorial Library will be celebrating Ruth Moore Days from July 19-22. The life and works of Ruth Moore will be celebrated in Bass Harbor, July 19-22. On Sunday, July 19, from 8-11 a.m., the public is invited to take an ocean journey aboard the R.L Gott past Moorea s Bass Harbor home to Great Gott Island.

MOUNT DESERT : After at least 10 years of dealing with the federal government, Northeast Harbora s federal navigation area has been delisted, and the entire harbor is now under the towna s control.

NEW YORK : Brooke Astor could communicate well the day she signed a controversial update to her will that gave her son $60 million, her doctor testified Monday.

NORTHEAST HARBOR : Most parents, when they put a shiny new instrument in the hands of their eager child for the first time, dream of some time in the future a ' a cold winter night, saya ' when their talented offspring will entertain them through the long dark hours with lovely lilting music, their faces and their instruments illuminated by the ...

NORTHEAST HARBOR : Theresa Mattor and Lucie Teegarden will talk about their recently published book, "Designing the Maine Landscape," at the Northeast Harbor Library, Wednesday, June 24, at 7 p.m. in the Mellon Room.

BAR HARBOR : The Neighborhood House recently held its 17th annual gala at the Asticou Inn that included a silent auction to raise money for the organization's summer camp programs.

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.

ELLSWORTH : "Conversations on MDIa s Geology," and "Conversations on Islam" will be offered as part of an Acadia Senior College Summer Sampler in July and August.

NORTHEAST HARBOR : "Luminous" and "seductive" describe the oil paintings by Somesville resident Patricia Wright, now on view at Shaw Jewelry in Northeast Harbor.

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.

TREMONT : Danny Jacobs has been a patient in an area hospital. His partner, Dorrie, called us the other day and said that he was in congestive heart failure and that he is in need of prayer.

Less than a year ago fire ripped through downtown Northeast Harbor, destroying three buildings and damanging two.

A man from Northeast Harbor died Friday morning after hitting a pickup truck head-on. Authorities say Brad Kenney, 31, died at Eastern Maine Medical Center from his injuries.

BAR HARBOR : College of the Atlantica s Ethel H. Blum Gallery is celebrating the legacy of two Northeast Harbor galleries.

BAR HARBOR : Five local residents are members of College of the Atlantica s class of 2009.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : We are very fortunate to be enjoying such nice weather. Summer's here, well, almost.