PORTLAND — The oldest member of the Rockefeller family is giving a gift as part of his 100th birthday celebration: 1,000 acres of land including streams, trails and carriage roads abutting Acadia National Park. David Rockefeller, the retired CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank and grandson of oil tycoon John Rockefeller Sr., is transferring family property at […]
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Acadia park visitors spent $221.8 million in 2013
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Along with an increase in visits to the park in 2014, there also was an increase in visitor spending in surrounding communities, according to a National Park Service report. Visitors to the only national park in Maine spent $221.8 million during their visits last year, which is $30 million more than […]
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Acadia’s Thunder Hole to close for two months
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — One of the park’s most popular attractions, which usually is accessible year-round, will be closed to visitors for the next two months while work crews make repairs to the site, according to park officials. Thunder Hole, where people can walk down to the ocean’s edge and risk getting soaked as they […]
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Hiker flown to EMMC after slipping on rocks on MDI
BAR HARBOR — Park rangers were called to assist a woman who slipped and fell on wet rocks at Acadia National Park on Saturday morning and was flown by LifeFlight to Bangor. According to Ranger Will Overton, the Massachusetts woman was hiking with friends and photographing in the Otter Cove area between 7 and 8 […]
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Scientists: Climate change pushing shift in Acadia vegetation
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Out with the orchids, in with the deadly nightshade. The profile of plants found in Acadia National Park has been shifting over the past century, with some species declining and others on the rise, and researchers believe climate change is mainly to blame. Some of the plants that are becoming more […]
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Man injured in 60-foot fall from cliff in Acadia
BAR HARBOR (AP) — Maine officials say a 22-year-old man was seriously injured when he fell 60 feet while climbing a cliff at Acadia National Park. Park authorities said the man was free climbing without ropes or a helmet when he fell off the south wall of Champlain Mountain near the Precipice Trail on Sunday […]
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Man falls 30 feet after losing footing during photo op on Cadillac Mountain
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — A California man has been taken by helicopter to a Bangor hospital after losing his footing Wednesday while posing for a photo near the top of Cadillac Mountain, according to park rangers. It is the fifth rescue by Acadia rangers of an injured or lost hiker in the past three days, […]
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Report: National Park Service visitors spent $8.5 million less in Maine in 2013
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Visitors to Maine’s only national park are estimated to have generated $191.5 million for the state’s economy last year, according to the federal agency that runs the park. A new National Park Service report also indicates spending by visitors to Acadia and to the Saint Croix Island National Historic Site in […]
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Drones banned from Acadia and other national parks
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — If you’re planning a trip to Maine’s only national park and think you might order drone deliveries of batteries or bug spray during your visit, you’ll have to reconsider. Late last week, the director of the National Park Service sent out a memo instructing all park superintendents to ban the use […]
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Acadia rangers find man’s body below bridge in park
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Rangers are investigating the death of a Bar Harbor man whose body was found Sunday in a brook underneath a bridge. The body of Christian Emigh-Doyle, who was in his 20s, was found in Duck Brook late Sunday afternoon by hikers, Ranger Bill Weidner said Tuesday. The body was in the […]