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A Town of Many Villages
Mount
Desert
is a town of many villages. Running east to west through the middle
half of Mount Desert Island, the town of Mount Desert has more nooks
and crannies than the Asticou Inn.
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Shutterbug Special
Tourists
stop to take a photo of the Thaddeus Shepley Somes Memorial
Bridge in Somesville. The bridge is the subject of many
photography sessions.
Staff Photo by Allyson Brehm
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Yesterday |
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Dear Old Golden Rule Days
Any teacher will
tell you that a fall field trip is the key to beating the
back-to-school blues. It’s no
coincidence, then, that when autumn rolls around, curators of the
Sound School House Museum in Somesville start readying this favorite
elementary school destination.
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The Librarian Was Also a Cop
Robert Pyle, the
friendly librarian, has a large, snowy beard and a pipe in his
mouth. He has lived in
Northeast
Harbor
since he was 17.
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Acadia Repertory Turns 30
A weathered,
driftwood sign on Route 102 marks the Acadia Repertory Theatre’s
summer home. The original sign,
painted 30 years ago by the wife of the theater’s founder at her
kitchen table, now hangs in the box office.
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Union Church of Northeast Harbor: A Noble Past and an Uncertain
Future
Ask locals how to
get anywhere north of town and the answer usually includes a
reference to the library or the Union Church.
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A Fine Inn, a Garden of
“Naturalness”
With one of the
best views of Northeast Harbor, the Asticou Inn has been a Mount
Desert tradition since 1883.
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Work |
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Auto-Biography: Haynes Garage
Blink and you’ll
miss the Haynes family garage in Northeast Harbor. But locals and
summer people in town don’t miss the shop when their engines are
hurting.
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Acreage:
25,699
Villages: Hall Quarry, Northeast Harbor, Otter
Creek, Pretty Marsh, Seal Harbor, Somesville.
Population, 2000: 2,109
Population, 1990: 1,899
Population 19 years old and younger, 2000: 464
Median age: 43.6
School: Mount Desert Elementary School
Libraries: Northeast Harbor Library, Seal Harbor
Library, Somesville Library
Churches: Congregational 3, Episcopal 1, Roman
Catholic 1
Town meeting: First Tuesday of March
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They
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“Life for many of
 us
is now lived in many villages”
—Pastor Mac Bigelow
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1789 –
Town of Mount Desert incorporated on Feb.
16. At this time, it included the entire island and surrounding offshore
islands.
1796
– Town divided into two towns on Feb 22.
Mount Desert in the south and in the north, and Eden that would
eventually be renamed Bar Harbor.
1821
– First post office established in
Somesville.
1837
– The Freeman Congregational Church built on the Pretty Marsh line.
1838 –
Third division of the town of Mount Desert when Bartlett’s Island,
Hardwood and Robinson’s (now called Tinker’s) were set off and called
Seaville. In 1859, this was repealed with Bartlett’s going to the town
of Mount Desert and the others to Tremont.
1848 –
Fourth division of town creating Tremont.
1876 –
The Congregational Church of Somesville
organized.
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