TREMONT — Right now, there are an estimated two million ghost traps in the Gulf of Maine, with tens of thousands more lost annually. Many end up as balls of rusty wire on area shorelines.

BAR HARBOR —Ben Walls shot his lowest career high school score – a 37 – as the medalist in Wednesday’s golf match against 3-0 Ellsworth.

TREMONT — At the helm of his newly purchased 17-foot lobster boat, 10-year-old Jason Ward looks almost grown up.

WATERVILLE — The Mount Desert Island Trojans were walloped 28-3 by the Purple Panthers in Saturday’s season opener in Waterville.

BAR HARBOR — Nearly 150,000 cruise ship passengers and crew could descend upon Bar Harbor in the next two months, with visits scheduled almost every day between Wednesday, Sept. 7 and Wednesday, Oct. 26.

MOUNT DESERT — One fraction of a second was the difference between first and second place this year at the 34th annual Northeast Harbor 5-mile road race and family fun walk. The event was a benefit for the Northeast Harbor Ambulance Service.

BAR HARBOR — As the Mount Desert Island High School varsity volleyball team gears up for the season Coach Todd Brophy hopes to impart the importance of academic and athletic success to his team.

BAR HARBOR — “It’s like playing Russian roulette,” said Bar Harbor harbormaster Charlie Phippen, regarding preparations for Irene, the hurricane-turned-tropical storm that rocked Mount Desert Island on Aug. 28.

MOUNT DESERT — Hugging a huge, mermaid-adorned trophy, the crew of Gambler is all grins. Gambler’s sailors – John Henry, Tyler Steel, David Coplon, Rob Van Alen, and Tim Nagel – won the August and July series trophies after sweeping the International One Design (IOD) races held by the Northeast Harbor Fleet this summer.

MOUNT DESERT — Mike Cook in Flirt won the last Northeast Harbor Fleet pursuit race of the season through dense fog and a southerly breeze of 5 to 8 knots.