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ELLSWORTH — A man and a woman were arrested early Sunday morning following an incident at a Water Street bar.
BAR HARBOR — The installation of four exterior security cameras at Mount Desert Island High School, along with a video recorder and monitor, was approved by the high school board Monday night at cost of $12,660.
ELLSWORTH — A Sunday afternoon trip to Searsport turned out to be a more dramatic experience than Dotty Small would have thought when she left home.
ELLSWORTH — Drivers traveling on State Street past Ellsworth High School shortly after 7 p.m. Monday night may have noticed dozens of balloons soaring skyward.
ELLSWORTH — With their families and friends cheering from the audience, newly minted graduates of Regional School Unit 24’s (RSU 24) adult education program received their diplomas June 18.
BUCKSPORT — A local man died over the weekend following a middle-of-the-night car crash the week before.
HANCOCK — Winger, the police dog who recently graduated from training with his handler, Trooper Chris Smith of the Maine State Police, made his first bust June 11 after tracking a driver who fled a rollover accident on the Thorsen Road in Hancock.
ELLSWORTH — As anyone who is or was once a teenager knows, introducing a significant other to one’s parents is not always easy.
TREMONT — Lobster boat racing returns to Downeast Maine Sunday when the fleet comes to Bass Harbor for a day of fun without the stress of competing for the annual points championship run by the Maine Lobster Boat Racing Association (MLBRA).
DEDHAM — Residents approved a lower municipal and slightly higher school budgets on June 15 during their annual Town Meeting.
OTIS — A 30-year-old Otis man and his female companion were arrested Saturday during the investigation into the theft of a jet-ski and trailer.
BAR HARBOR — Summer parking rules are in effect in downtown Bar Harbor.
BUCKSPORT — During her four years at Bucksport High School, Class of 2013 Valedictorian Katy Jones received numerous academic awards and achievements. But when she thinks back about her time in high school, Jones believes the lessons learned in taking risks and embracing changes will be the most valuable.
BANGOR — Bucksport’s Ray Wood will compete for a mixed martial arts featherweight championship against Lenny Wheeler of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, in the upcoming "Nations Collide: Canadian Invasion" on Friday, July 12, at Darling's Waterfront Pavilion.
CASTINE — Castine Condiments was born on a long, lazy summer afternoon when friends Geary Brouillard and Tony Politano were throwing back a few beers and tossing around ideas on Politano’s porch.
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth Eagle swimmers have been named Academic All-American student athletes by the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association.
ELLSWORTH — Clinics for wrestlers from peewee to college age will be offered this summer by Logan Walsh at his “Walsh’s Way” club on Whitmore Way, about a mile past the Graham Lake Dam.
BREWER — When the Bucksport Golden Bucks came off the field after the top of the third inning in Saturday’s state Class C championship softball game, coach Mike Carrier called them together.
ORONO — Bucksport righthander Gabe Stearns pitched one of his best games of the season and still finished on the losing end as the Golden Bucks fell 1-0 to the Stearns Minutemen in Thursday’s battle for the Eastern Maine Class C baseball championship.
OTIS — The second annual Jason R. Sargent Memorial 5K and Kids’ Mile Fun Run will be held Thursday, July 4, at Dunn’s seaplane base and landing at Beech Hill Pond.
A 5K road race will be held Saturday, June 22, to benefit Darci Fortier, 26, of Ellsworth, who was seriously injured when thrown from an ATV in May.
ELLSWORTH — The Woodlawn Croquet Court is open for the season with lots of activities planned.
ELLSWORTH — Thanks to the efforts of several area businessmen and high school coaches, American Legion baseball returns to Hancock County this summer after a one-year absence.
Ellsworth Eagle tennis coach Brian Higgins will offer instruction to youngsters in grades 3-8 at a summer tennis camp June 17-21 at the high school tennis courts.
ELLSWORTH — Aleta Looker, a standout runner at Ellsworth High School, now has an international win to her credit.
ORLAND — Mary Soper’s fondness for dollhouses and miniatures goes back to her childhood, when she built houses out of very basic ingredients.
The name Nathan Hall conjures up two distinct reactions from folks who know something about the art scene on Mount Desert Island.
TREMONT — Waterfront Fine Arts, a new waterfront gallery with a collective perspective will open on June 28 in Bernard.
LAMOINE — Sadie Coggins, a semi-fictional young woman who grew up in this town, was first brought back to life in the play “Cully’s Gold.”
BAR HARBOR — The Downeast chapter of the Maine Sierra Club opens their annual summer environmental film series on June 23 with “Future of Hope,” a documentary about Iceland.
WINTER HARBOR — Woodstock wasn’t what Kathleen Rogers had in mind when she brought her daughter to Stonehenge for the Summer Solstice several years ago. She had visited the UNESCO World Heritage Site before, but on June 21 she encountered a different animal.
MOUNT DESERT — Throughout the month of July, the Northeast Harbor Library will exhibit drawings by Stanley Ira Hallet from his book “Sketches of Mount Desert Island.”
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Barbara Walsh will speak about her book “August Gale: A Father and Daughter’s Journey into the Storm,” at the Northeast Harbor Library on Wednesday, June 26 at 6 p.m.
VERONA ISLAND — A group of Maine crafters is featured in the summer issue of the national Rug Hooking Magazine, thanks to the efforts of longtime artisan Verna Cox.
ELLSWORTH — On Monday, June 24, in recognition of Ellsworth’s sesquicentennial celebration, the Ellsworth Garden Club is hosting an illustrated talk on “Grandmother’s Garden” by Diana George Chapin of the Heirloom Gardens of Maine in Montville.
MIDDLETON, N.H. — Gloria June Wade, “June,” was 88 years young when she passed away surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of Ena Manning and Irwin Moore.
COLUMBIA and GREAT GUANA CAY, BAHAMAS — Jeanne St. André Merkel, 83, of Columbia and Great Guana Cay, Bahamas, died June 13, 2013, in her Columbia home, surrounded by her children. Jeanne was the author of “Nine Boats & Nine Kids,” founder of Pine Tree Day Nursery in Riverhead, N.Y., and of Halfway Brook campground in Bernard. She was an avid gardener, reader, boats-woman and dancer, affectionately known as the “Dancing Queen” of Great Guana Cay.
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Maxine M. (Stanley) Clark died June 10, 2013, at her home, surrounded by loved ones. She was born Feb. 20, 1924, at home in Seawall, the daughter of Albra (Staples) and Leverett Sherman Stanley.
EXETER, N.H. — Marjorie Allbrooks Tarry, 86, died peacefully May 19, 2013, in Exeter, N.H.
GALVESTON, TEXAS — Raymond Paul Gallant, retired master sergeant, 64, of Galveston, Texas, passed away June 4, 2013, after a long, fierce battle with cancer. Raymond Paul Gallant “Raymie” was born Feb. 27, 1949, in Skowhegan.
BAR HARBOR — A Mass of Christian Burial for Father James M. Gower, who died Dec. 17, 2012, will be held 11 a.m. Friday, June 28, 2013, at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 21 Ledgelawn Ave., Bar Harbor.
STEUBEN — Roxanne M. McKenna, 59, passed away June 10, 2013, at Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor. Roxanne was the daughter of the late Warren Perry Sr. and Evelyn Perry.
BUCKSPORT — Charles “Charlie” H. Kimball, 53, born July 22, 1959, in Queens, N.Y., passed away June 15, 2013, surrounded by his family as a result of a car accident.
BUCKSPORT — Elona M. Tate, 66, passed away June 12, 2013, at Eastern Maine Medical Center due to complications from surgery, surrounded by her family. She was born Dec. 26, 1946, in Bar Harbor, the daughter of Kenneth L. and Renee F. (August) Tracey.
SALISBURY COVE and BONITA SPRINGS, FLA. — Leonard “Lenny” Devereaux Perkins, 88, died June 14, 2013, at his home in Maine surrounded by his loving family. He was born Feb. 14, 1925, in Penobscot the son of Harold and Gladys (Devereaux) Perkins.
