BAR HARBOR — Thanks to the partial government shutdown, Acadia National Park is closed. But try telling that to the crowds of people — tourists and locals alike — who took advantage of Saturday’s beautiful weather to bike on the carriage trails and hike the park’s mountains anyway. “It’s perfect weather, and there’s a zillion […]
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Acadia visitors among the 1st impacted by shutdown
BAR HARBOR (AP) — Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers were furloughed Tuesday because of the federal government’s partial shutdown, while visitors to Maine’s Acadia National Park expressed disappointment that the shutdown had forced the park to close its gates during foliage season. The national park that draws more than 2 million visitors each year was blocking […]
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Bar Harbor airport gets $1.5M federal grant
TRENTON (AP) — Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport is getting a more than $1.5 million federal grant to be begin construction of a new taxiway. The grant from the U.S. Transportation Department was announced Tuesday in a joint statement from Maine U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King. Collins is the ranking member of the Senate […]
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Acadia visitors to count migratory raptors
BAR HARBOR (AP) — Acadia National Park is beginning its 19th annual Hawk Watch season on top of Cadillac Mountain. Beginning Monday, park rangers and volunteers will help visitors find and identify falcons, hawks, ospreys, eagles and other birds of prey as they pass by overhead while migrating to destinations to the south. Weather permitting, […]
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Cruise ship industry spending on the rise in Maine
BAR HARBOR — The tide of the cruise ship industry’s impact on the economy continues to rise in Maine, according to a cruise industry trade group. Cruise ship companies that include Maine ports in their itineraries collectively contributed $46 million in direct spending in the state in 2012, according to information released last week by […]
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3 Maine organizations get humanities grants
PORTLAND (AP) — The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded more than $400,000 in grants to three Maine organizations. The Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor is getting $220,000 and the Monhegan Historical and Cultural Museum Association is receiving about $25,000, both for projects that aim to sustain cultural heritage collections. The Maine Humanities Council […]