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Sunday | Bangor Daily News

Acadia Oktoberfest draws a crowd

""Adelaide", Obama is very close to his half-brother. Your other comments are ridiculous and not " "This Katz is considered an expert? X is the unknown quantity ans spert is a DRIP under presure!" Keep ...

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Related Topix: Orono, ME, Beer, Drink

Fri Oct 10, 2008

Mount Desert Islander

Wharf owner wants level playing field

A Bass Harbor lobster dealer claims taxpayers are subsidizing competition at the town wharf in Bernard, giving out-of-town buyers an unfair advantage.

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Related Topix: Bass-Harbor, ME

Wed Oct 08, 2008

Mount Desert Islander

Flooding prompts response

Flooding earlier this fall from rains from Tropical Storm Hanna has residents and town officials questioning whether the town's stormwater drainage system is adequate and if the land-use ordinance needs ...

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Related Topix: Weather

Mon Oct 06, 2008

Village Soup

Midcoast photographers on MDI

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : Work by Midcoast photographers Liv Kristin Robinson and Deb Vendetti are on view during the month of October at the Southwest Harbor Public Library at 338 Main St.

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Related Topix: Swans Island, ME, Islesford, ME, North Haven, ME, Stonington, ME, Vinalhaven, ME

Sat Oct 04, 2008

Mount Desert Islander

Floating classroom program inspires young student teachers

A half-dozen eighth-graders at the Pemetic Elementary School are learning firsthand what it's like to teach science.

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Related Topix: Bar Harbor, ME

Thu Oct 02, 2008

Mount Desert Islander

Debate scheduled

The Mount Desert Islander will be hosting a debate and forum for candidates running for the Maine House of Representatives in District 35 which includes Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor and most of Mount Desert.

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Related Topix: Mount Desert, ME, Bar Harbor, ME

Mon Sep 29, 2008

Mount Desert Islander

Island Police: Beer in pants leads to charges

A Trenton man who reportedly tried to steal beer from Gott's Store on Sept. 17 was arrested a short time later on charges of operating while under the influence of an intoxicant and eluding an officer.

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Related Topix: Ellsworth, ME, Hancock County, ME, Mars Hill, ME

Village Soup

Midcoast photographers show coastal images in Southwest Harbor

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : Southwest Harbor Public Library will be displaying the photographs of Liv Kristin Robinson and Deb Vendetti during October.

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Related Topix: Islesford, ME, Colby College, Waterville, ME, Rockland, ME, Swans Island, ME

Bangor Daily News

Mainers get ready for storm that wasn't

"Heres the scoop......they will start it up if the state can help them out so it doesn't look like " Governor to hear mill plans "I am not UNGRATEFULl , I am just wanting people understand that i am grateful ...

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Related Topix: Machias, ME, Weather, Bar Harbor, ME, Greenville, ME, Hancock County, ME

Fri Sep 26, 2008

Mount Desert Islander

Heat assistance session planned

Town officials and representatives from community service agencies and churches are meeting next week to form a consortium to help low income people on the Quietside of Mount Desert Island deal with the high ...

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Wed Sep 24, 2008

The Ellsworth American

Heroin deal arrest made

A Bangor man was arrested on a heroin trafficking charge Monday after Maine drug enforcement agents executed a search warrant at a home on the Seawall Road.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Home Listing, Home, Drug Enforcement Administration

Tue Sep 23, 2008

Village Soup

St. Margaret's Episcopal Church welcomes Rev. Kidder

BELFAST : Rev. Ann Kidder of Southwest Harbor has begun her term as Interim Priest at St.

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Related Topix: Travel, United Kingdom Travel, Belfast, United Kingdom Travel, University of New Hampshire, Archaeology, Anthropology, Science, Bar Harbor, ME

Sun Sep 21, 2008

Mount Desert Islander

Major change set for Main Street

The corner of Main Street and Clark Point Road will get a facelift if the town's planning board approves a proposal by a hardware store owner.

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Fri Sep 19, 2008

Down East

Raising Children on Windjammers

The weather forecast for the next few days is "unsettled" - a polite euphemism for wet and dreary.

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Related Topix: Weather, Mount Desert, ME

Wed Sep 17, 2008

Magic City Morning Star

Down the Road a Piece: Deer Becoming Moose and Other Could-Have-Been-True Tales

Sometimes driving my Island Explorer bus is fun. No, usually it's fun, this week's fun adding a bit more fun to story telling aimed at captive-audience tourists.

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Related Topix: Bar Harbor, ME, US National Parks, Acadia National Park

Mon Sep 15, 2008

Mount Desert Islander

Island Police: Police arrest dad, daughter, stepmother

Doing family time took on a whole new meaning for three people arrested here last week.

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Related Topix: Acadia National Park, US National Parks, Penobscot County, ME, Bar Harbor, ME, Ellsworth, ME

Sun Sep 14, 2008

WABI-TV Bangor

Hanna Damage in Acadia

It could be weeks before crews can repair all of the damage in Acadia National Park following the weekend rain... Park rangers say heavy rain over the weekend washed away entire sections of the Seal Cove Road ...

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Acadia National Park, Weather

Fri Sep 12, 2008

Mount Desert Islander

Record rains cause floods

More than 7 inches of rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm Hanna caused widespread flash floods and washouts around Mount Desert Island on Saturday night and into Sunday morning.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Flood, Weather, Seal-Cove, ME, Bar Harbor, ME

Wed Sep 10, 2008

WMTW-TV Auburn

Maine Ferry Crashes Into Empty Skiff

The Coast Guard is investigating an incident in Southwest Harbor in which a 42-foot ferry struck an empty skiff that was attached to a mooring ball.

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Mon Sep 08, 2008

Village Soup

Interim Priest Announced at St. Margaret's, Belfast

BELFAST : The Rev. Ann Kidder, who makes her home in Southwest Harbor, will serve as interim priest at St.

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