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Never to early to plan for spring!
New lawn installation and existing lawn repair. Brick paver walkways and patios, hydro-seeding, retaining walls and more. 667-5808
E. Skip Grindle & Sons
Permafloat float drums and Ride-on PWC docks
Easy on and off foam filled floating or fixed docks. 47 sizes available. 15 year Manufacturer's Warranty.
Superior Docks
Striving to serve our customers better while advancing with the latest technology!
We're installing a bulk plant so we can buy products at the best prices and pass those savings on to you!
Acadia Fuel, LLC
Fine Foods & Organic Products & ART?
Yes! We have the best selection of organic foods, fresh produce, wine and.... We have the finest art gallery in town! Come check us out!
John Edwards Market
Rototilling- Rebuilding Flower Gardens - Landscaping -
Chipping- Lot Sweeping
Mulch/loom delivery and Small Excavation Services. Call 667-3890 or 479-0440
Snyder's Chipping
Ever Wish you had Xray vision? We Do!
We will scan your home with our thermal imager. Find hidden areas of Heating Loss, Moisture Penetrations, Infestation and Water Leaks. Save hundreds of dollars on heating & repairs.
R.L.White & Son
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — The board of selectmen here doesn’t want to take no for an answer.
ELLSWORTH — A Superior Court justice got tough with two men who violated probation while giving a third man a break regarding his deferred disposition.
ELLSWORTH — While elver fishermen are licking their chops over the promise of another season of high prices and strong landings, Maine’s shrimp fishermen are licking their wounds.
BAR HARBOR — There is no need to search far and wide for a new school superintendent when the right person for the job is already here, the Mount Desert Island Regional School System (MDIRSS) board decided Monday night.
BAR HARBOR — Friends of Acadia will host its 14th Annual Earth Day Roadside Clean-up on Saturday, April 27, from 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. FOA invites individuals and businesses to participate in this community event. The group will be coordinating pick-up along state highways on MDI and in the towns of Ellsworth, Lamoine and Trenton.
BAR HARBOR — A new $12,000 scoreboard bearing the name of the family that is donating it will soon be installed at the baseball/soccer field at Mount Desert Island High School.
AUGUSTA — Four years ago, when the University of Maine System was cutting programs to save money, officials were criticized for not making up the shortfall by taking money from system reserves.
BAR HARBOR — A citizen-led proposal to extend the Town Hill business zone up the north side of Route 102 to the head of the island will be taken up by town councilors next month for possible inclusion on the November town meeting warrant.
BAR HARBOR — A zoning change that would ease land use restrictions for the Jesup Memorial Library, the YWCA MDI and St. Savior’s Episcopal Church cleared the planning board April 17 and will move before the town council next month for possible inclusion on the fall town meeting warrant.