Southwest Harbor News Archives

The Village at Ocean's End, Southwest Harbor's largest subdivision, got its final approval from the planning board last Thursday.

Sherwood Carr has enjoyed taking care of old cemeteries since his grandmother took him every year as a child to graveyards to clean off family stones.

Another $2,000 needs to be raised to bring Bar Harbor's new sculpture by Turkish artist Songul Telek home.

A sunny Saturday afternoon and a very low tide motivated the Grierson clan to go clamming over the weekend.

After a special selectmen's meeting to discuss the pros and cons of farming out the town's dispatch service to the Hancock County RCC, selectmen are left to ponder two things.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : No change has been made regarding the School Board's decision to allow a child whose mother teaches at the high school to enter Pemetic Elementary School as a tuition student.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : Harbor House is planning several new classes for its winter/holiday Health and Fitness session From Nov.

BAR HARBOR : Three local childrena s organizations recently benefited from funds raised in The Firsta s 18th Annual Golf Tournament, which took place on Sept.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : First the moratorium petition presented by 148 residents two weeks ago was rejected by selectmen in a 5-0 vote, at their meeting Tuesday night.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : More than 100 people showed up at the Common Good CafA© in Seawall Saturday night to enjoy and evening of good food and good entertainment by the volunteer staff and friends of the organization which has been providing healthy soups, salads and other fare and a place to eat it seven days a week throughout most of the summer.

Near the mouth of Frenchman Bay, miles from the mainland, sits a green island surrounded mostly by the open sea.

A homemade sign advertises the offerings from the Marshall Wharf Brewery of Belfast Saturday at the 14th annual Oktoberfest sponsored by the Southwest Harbor-Tremont Chamber of Commerce.

The Coast Guard ended its search Thursday, Oct. 8, for a Freeport man after his body washed ashore near Bar Harbor, at around 10:40 a.m. The body of Jon Myers was found inside the area in which rescue crews were searching.

TOWN HILL : NASA wants to establish a moonbase within the next 10 to 15 years, and two MDI men could help make it happen.

A report of a boater missing Tuesday afternoon in Frenchman Bay prompted the Coast Guard and other emergency response agencies to comb the waters off Mount Desert Island in search of the man.

MOUNT DESERT : Aaron Dawicki, 40, of Bar Harbor was arrested for OUI on Sept. 21. He also was summoned for possession of a usable amount of marijuana and sale/use of drug paraphernalia.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : "It was like seeing our vision come to life, and then some," says Larry Stettner, reflecting on the special seniors event "Soup and Sinatra" he and chef Bill Morrison and other volunteers organized at the Common Good CafA© last week.

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