Southwest Harbor News

The Southwest Harbor Public Library will host a free book discussion by family and business counselor Robert V. Keteyian on Saturday, Nov.

Michael A. Martinez, 28, of Campbell, Calif., was arrested Oct.24, on an OUI charge and taken to the Hancock County Jail.

After three years, or so, the "new" firehouse in Southwest Harbor finally has its handsome new sign.

The list of people facing charges as a result of an Oct. 26 home invasion in Southwest Harbor has grown and could end up being even longer, according to officials.

Emma Walsh and Chuck Donnelly will provide the music for the first Friday "soup day" at the Common Good Cafe in Seawall, Nov.

A Southwest Harbor man who was convicted five years ago of stealing more than $40,000 from a convenience store in his hometown added another conviction to his criminal record on Thursday.

An Egyptian princessA marches in Pemetic Schoola TMs Halloween parade. MDI a ' Students at Tremont Consolidated School and Pemetic School were dressed to the Halloween nines on Friday, and got to flaunt their elaborate costumes before parents, friends, and neighbors.

The Village at Ocean's End, Southwest Harbor's largest subdivision, got its final approval from the planning board last Thursday.

Sherwood Carr has enjoyed taking care of old cemeteries since his grandmother took him every year as a child to graveyards to clean off family stones.

Another $2,000 needs to be raised to bring Bar Harbor's new sculpture by Turkish artist Songul Telek home.

A sunny Saturday afternoon and a very low tide motivated the Grierson clan to go clamming over the weekend.

After a special selectmen's meeting to discuss the pros and cons of farming out the town's dispatch service to the Hancock County RCC, selectmen are left to ponder two things.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : No change has been made regarding the School Board's decision to allow a child whose mother teaches at the high school to enter Pemetic Elementary School as a tuition student.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : Harbor House is planning several new classes for its winter/holiday Health and Fitness session From Nov.

BAR HARBOR : Three local childrena s organizations recently benefited from funds raised in The Firsta s 18th Annual Golf Tournament, which took place on Sept.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : First the moratorium petition presented by 148 residents two weeks ago was rejected by selectmen in a 5-0 vote, at their meeting Tuesday night.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : More than 100 people showed up at the Common Good CafA© in Seawall Saturday night to enjoy and evening of good food and good entertainment by the volunteer staff and friends of the organization which has been providing healthy soups, salads and other fare and a place to eat it seven days a week throughout most of the summer.

Near the mouth of Frenchman Bay, miles from the mainland, sits a green island surrounded mostly by the open sea.

A homemade sign advertises the offerings from the Marshall Wharf Brewery of Belfast Saturday at the 14th annual Oktoberfest sponsored by the Southwest Harbor-Tremont Chamber of Commerce.

The Coast Guard ended its search Thursday, Oct. 8, for a Freeport man after his body washed ashore near Bar Harbor, at around 10:40 a.m. The body of Jon Myers was found inside the area in which rescue crews were searching.