BAR HARBOR — A former town manager of five other Maine towns, who resigned from his last job earlier this year to move to Washington, D.C., has been picked to become Bar Harbor’s top municipal administrator. In a prepared statement released last week, Bar Harbor officials announced they decided to hire Cornell F. Knight as […]
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Whale watchers help spot entangled whale
BAR HARBOR — A group of Bar Harbor whale watchers has taken the Save The Whales slogan to heart. The group of 200 whale watchers helped save a humpback whale that was entangled in fishing gear near the entrance to the Bay of Fundy on June 10. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports the […]
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Whale watchers help save entangled humpback
BAR HARBOR — A group of Bar Harbor whale watchers has taken the Save The Whales slogan to heart. The group of 200 whale watchers helped save a humpback whale that was entangled in fishing gear near the entrance to the Bay of Fundy on June 10. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports the […]
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Report shows Acadia National Park lost visitors, Maine lost $16 million in shutdown
BAR HARBOR — A report issued Monday by the National Park Service said Acadia National Park lost almost 200,000 visits and $16 million in visitor spending from the 16-day federal government shutdown in October 2013. Across the country, the report said, national parks experienced an overall decline of 7.8 million visitors compared with 2012. The […]
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Bar Harbor police chief fired
BAR HARBOR — After being on paid administrative leave since Oct. 1, Nate Young was terminated Wednesday afternoon after having served as the local police chief for more than 20 years. In a prepared statement, Town Manager Dana Reed said Wednesday that Young’s firing comes at the end of an investigation recently completed by Jon […]
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Acadia rangers rescue injured ice skater
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Park rangers and Bar Harbor emergency response personnel rescued a man from Eagle Lake Friday morning after he broke his leg while ice skating. The 56-year-old Bar Harbor resident was skating near the southern end of the lake, more than a mile away from Route 233, when the accident occurred around […]
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Bar Harbor saw record number of cruise ship visits this season
BAR HARBOR — Last week, as the ships Crystal Symphony and Seven Seas Navigator glided out of Frenchman Bay, the local 2013 cruise ship season came to a close with a new record for Maine’s busiest cruise ship port. According to Charlie Phippen, Bar Harbor’s harbormaster, the seaside town had 126 cruise ship visits this […]
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Jackson Lab to use $8.2 million grant to study sperm and egg cells
BAR HARBOR — The Jackson Laboratory is getting an $8.2 million grant to study how sperm cells and eggs develop genetically unique profiles as they are formed. Dr. Ken Paigen, who served as Jackson Lab’s director from 1989 to 2002, is heading up the team of researchers that will pursue the five-year research project, lab […]
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Bar Harbor businesses stay busy despite Acadia National Park closure, but hotels suffer
BAR HARBOR — Eleven days into the closure of Acadia National Park, the local business community is becoming more anxious about what sort of impact a longer-term federal government shutdown might have on the area’s tourism industry. According to a national group that advocates for national parks and their employees, the closure of the federal […]
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Remains of Korean War soldier finally returned home, laid to rest
BAR HARBOR — The sharp crack of gunfire echoed Saturday at Ledgelawn Cemetery as a military honor guard helped to finally put a long-missing Korean War serviceman to rest. “It has been a long time coming, 62 years,” The Rev. Scott Mower said at the graveside service for Army Cpl. Robert Tait. “The death of […]