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ELLSWORTH — Area students have completed a literary Iditarod.
MOUNT DESERT – Road repairs that were expected to close the main road into Northeast Harbor for the entire weekend were completed early and both lanes of Route 198, south of the intersection with the Eagle Lake Road (Rte. 233) were open by Saturday morning.
ACADIA NAT’L PARK — The Day Mountain carriage road loop and summit road will be closed intermittently beginning on May 28 for up to two weeks to facilitate resurfacing of the road.
MOUNT DESERT — The Pledge of Allegiance will not be recited at the beginning of board of selectmen’s meetings here, to the disappointment of public works director Tony Smith.
BLUE HILL — A food fight continues in Augusta this month.
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — The First bank is looking to sell the Village at Ocean’s End, the 47-acre residential development here that failed to fetch an acceptable price at auction March 26.
ELLSWORTH — Due to heavy rain storms, the Ellsworth Garden Club’s Annual Plant Sale and Pink Tulip Festival has been postponed to Saturday, June 1.
BAR HARBOR — One of the most exclusive clubs in the country is the focus of the first piece of legislation from Bar Harbor’s freshman state representative that has become law.
ELLSWORTH — The following individuals were arrested and/or summonsed in Hancock County in recent days:
AUGUSTA — They came from the townships and plantations of Concord, Lexington, Highland, Carrying Place and Pleasant Ridge.
ELLSWORTH — City councilors have tabled taking any action on the proposed city budget until they have a better sense of what effect school costs and possible revenue reductions from the state will have.
BAR HARBOR — Jill Weber and Sierra Colson were named Mount Desert Island’s Woman of the Year and Young Woman of the Year, respectively, by the YWCA of MDI at its annual meeting on Sunday.
MOUNT DESERT — The passenger in a car driven by a Connecticut man was treated at Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor as the result of a single-vehicle accident Sunday on the Pretty Marsh Road.
ELLSWORTH — Students at Ellsworth Elementary-Middle School (EEMS) honored a group of unsung heroes Thursday afternoon, “people who do good deeds without recognition” in their community.
ELLSWORTH — State police are planning additional patrols and several special enforcement efforts beginning Friday for the long Memorial Day weekend.
BANGOR — The 11-1 Ellsworth Eagle girls and the 12-0 Mount Desert Island Trojan boys are all but certain to enter post-season tennis play at the top of the Eastern Maine Class B standings.
BAR HARBOR — Kebo Valley Golf Club kicks off its 125th consecutive season in style this weekend with a golf scramble and member open house on Saturday.
With a week to go in the regular season, the Bucksport Golden Bucks, the Mount Desert Island Trojans, the George Stevens Academy Eagles and the Deer Isle-Stonington Mariners appear poised for post-season play.
ELLSWORTH — Wins this week over the George Stevens Academy Eagles and the Sumner Tigers left the Ellsworth Eagles just two points out of Eastern Maine Class B playoff contention with five games to go.
The annual Eagles Hoop Camp sponsored by the Down East Family YMCA will be held June 24-28 at the Ellsworth Elementary-Middle School.
The Boggy Brook 5K Run/Walk and Family Fun Run will be held on Sunday, June 9, with the start and finish at Wilson Field on the Boggy Brook Road in Ellsworth.
LUBEC — The first-ever Fundy International Marathon, planned at Lubec and Campobello Island on Sunday, June 23, will be a qualifying race for the 2014 Boston Marathon.
Junior tournament tennis competition for boys and girls ages 16-18 will be taking place May 31-June 2 at the Ellsworth Tennis Center in June with the Chris Angell Memorial Summer Classic.
ELLSWORTH — Wrestling fans would do well to keep their eyes on eighth grader Trent Goodman of Sedgwick.
BAR HARBOR — The Mount Desert Island Trojan boys and girls claimed the 2013 Hancock County championships in outdoor track and field competition here Thursday.
BAR HARBOR — The Bar Harbor Eden Farmers Market, in the YMCA parking lot in Bar Harbor, and the Northeast Harbor Farmers Market, on Harbor Drive behind the Kimball Terrace Inn in Northeast Harbor, are open for the season.
ACADIA NAT’L PARK — Discover, enjoy, and care for Acadia’s 125-mile trail system and Friends of Acadia-sponsored Village Connector Trails and community trails, accompanied by park trail crew and interpretive staff members to celebrate Trails Day on June 1.
Fitness opportunities in Hancock County stretch far beyond the weight room these days.
MOUNT DESERT — A novel by former Mount Desert Island resident, author Barbara Kent Lawrence, is slated to be officially launched at a party at the Northeast Harbor Library next week.
BAR HARBOR — The Jesup Memorial Library continues its 2013 Concert Series with a fun performance by the ten-member a cappella group Tyrannochorus Rex on Sunday, May 26 beginning at 2:30 p.m.
ELLSWORTH — Courthouse Gallery Fine Art kicks off its 2013 season with two exhibitions opening on Thursday, May 23, and running through June 23.
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Out of 115 applicants, Swans Island artist Gary Hoyle was among 17 selected to be artists in residence at the Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC) between May 2013 and June 2014.
GOULDSBORO — Put down the rum and Coke.
BAR HARBOR — Memories of a great friend and former businesswoman here have propelled two downtown shop owners to launch a scholarship dedicated to providing arts experience to women of all ages.
BAR HARBOR — Phoebe Durand McDonnell simply lights up when her hands start strumming the strings. Her full-size harp comes alive with the attention, sending out beautiful streams of sound.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Jeanette A. Stewart of Tucson, Ariz., went to be with the Lord on May 20, 2013.
ORLAND — Rufus Walter Andrews Wanning, 71, died at home May 10, 2013, in Orland of leukemia, with his family around him and the aid of New Hope Hospice. He was born in Boston, Mass., the son of the late Andrews and Patricia Wanning.
BROOKSVILLE — Ivyjean Holloway Mesteller, 96, passed away May 19, 2013, surrounded by loved ones at her home. She was born in Newark, N.J., the daughter and only child of Harry Raymond and Ivy Genevieve (Laird) Holloway.
ELLSWORTH — John Edward McHugh Jr., 70, died May 19, 2013, at an Ellsworth hospital. He was born Jan. 8, 1943, in Boston, Mass., the son of John E. and Elizabeth M. (Conran) McHugh Sr.
BROOKLIN and BARCELONA, SPAIN — Dr. Edward “Ned” Barbour Hayes of Brooklin and Barcelona, Spain, a lover of music, the ocean, the outdoors, life, died of a heart attack at the age of 57, Thursday May 9, 2013, in Barcelona.
LAMOINE — William Henry Parkinson, often called “Parky” or “Bill” of Lamoine, passed on with love and family at his side in his 87th year of life, May 17, 2013. Bill was born April 29, 1926, in Fall River, Mass., son of William Henry and Ida (Savard) Parkinson.
PENOBSCOT — Kathleen Hope Jones, 80, died peacefully in her sleep on Mother’s Day, May 12, 2013, at her home. She was born Aug. 19, 1932, in Oakfield, daughter of George and Margaret (Pratt) Richards.
ELLSWORTH and ESTERO, FLA. — Sherman L. Strout, 83, of Ellsworth and Estero, Fla., passed away Sept. 16, 2012, in Ellsworth. He was born Nov. 12, 1928, in East Machias to the late Hazel (Perkins) Strout and the late Leroy T. Strout. He was the brother of the late Mildred Barton and the late Jack Strout.
BLUE HILL — Joseph H. “Red” Marshall, 91, died peacefully May 15, 2013, at his home. He was born Feb. 24, 1922, in Arlington, Mass., the son of the late Alice Marshall.
LEWISTON — Catherine A. Bauer, 19, of Auburn died Saturday, May 11, 2013, with her loving family at her side, at Central Maine Medical Center, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born July 10, 1993, in Boston, Mass., a daughter of John and Gina (Pallozzi) Bauer.
