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Carriage road closures set

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…

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Friday, May 24, 2013 at 3:18 pm

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National Trails Day events set

ACADIA NAT’L PARK — The public is invited to celebrate National Trails Day with Friends of Acadia and Acadia National Park on Saturday, June 1.

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Friday, May 24, 2013 at 11:44 am

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Trails day events planned in area

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…

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Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 10:39 am

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Woman rescued in Acadia National Park

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — A woman from Canada who suffered a severely broken ankle while hiking on Cadillac Mountain on Sunday was carried to safety…

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 9:59 am

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Hoyle is SERC artist in residence

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Out of 115 applicants, Swans Island artist Gary Hoyle was among 17 selected to be artists in residence at the Schoodic…

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Monday, May 20, 2013 at 12:52 pm

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Park Loop Road opening Friday

ACADIA NAT’L PARK — On Friday, May 17, the entire Park Loop Road in Acadia National Park will open to vehicles.

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Monday, May 13, 2013 at 11:47 am

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Car free is popular

ACADIA NAT’L PARK — If the 912 people who used the car-free section of the Loop Road last weekend are any indication, the Bike Acadia…

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Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 12:04 pm

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Gift benefits Wild Gardens

LAMOINE — Acclaimed genetic scientist Doug Coleman has traveled all over the world to receive honors for his groundbreaking research. But at an informal celebration…

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Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 3:09 pm

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Cadillac cleanup crew gets to work

ACADIA NAT'L PARK — Volunteers from the Atlantic Oceanside, Bar Harbor Inn, Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce, Acadia Corporation and Friends of Acadia joined forces…

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Friday, May 10, 2013 at 1:22 pm

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New half marathon

BAR HARBOR — A new half marathon organized by the MDI YMCA is scheduled to take participants through parts of Acadia National Park on June…

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Friday, May 10, 2013 at 1:11 pm

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Hiking trail closed for nesting peregrine falcons

ACADIA NAT’L PARK — To protect the nesting effort of the peregrines at Jordan Cliffs, the park on Monday closed the hiking trail there.

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Friday, May 10, 2013 at 11:55 am

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Park to protect plants

ACADIA NAT’L PARK — Park staff, volunteers and ecology students from Antioch of New England are slated to install rope barriers along 500 feet of…

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Thursday, May 09, 2013 at 4:58 pm

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Cadillac Mountain to open on Saturday

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — The auto road to the highest point on the coast of Maine will open for the season on Saturday, one week…

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Monday, May 06, 2013 at 9:48 am

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Cadillac may open earlier than planned

BAR HARBOR — The Cadillac Mountain Road in Acadia National Park may open to car traffic earlier than was originally announced, thanks to an effort…

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Thursday, May 02, 2013 at 10:47 am

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Climber seriously hurt in fall

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — A University of Maine, Orono, student suffered severe head and neck injuries in a climbing accident near the Precipice on Champlain…

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Monday, April 29, 2013 at 1:41 pm

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Schoodic gets grant

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) recently announced that the National Park Foundation has awarded a grant in the…

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Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 11:33 am

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