BAR HARBOR — Olympia Snowe, Maine’s longtime U.S. senator, former Congressman and former first lady left office in January, but she’s back before the public with her book “Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress.”

TREMONT — Waterfront Fine Arts, a new waterfront gallery with a collective perspective will open on June 28 in Bernard.

Daniel R. Daigneault, president and chief executive officer of The First Bancorp, holding company for The First, N.A., recently announced that David B. Soule Jr. has been elected to serve as chairman of the board for both the company and the bank.

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.

BLUE HILL — Kneisel Hall children’s concerts are back at the library this summer.

BAR HARBOR — Summer parking rules are in effect in downtown Bar Harbor.

BAR HARBOR — The Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce will hold a breakfast meeting, “Eggs and Issues: The Future of Maine Tourism,” from 7:30-9 a.m. Friday, June 21, at the Atlantic Oceanside Hotel and Conference Center on Eden Street.

EXETER, N.H. — Marjorie Allbrooks Tarry, 86, died peacefully May 19, 2013, in Exeter, N.H.