TREMONT — Officials of the state’s Department of Transportation will explain plans for proposed additional structures to the Bass Harbor Ferry Terminal at a meeting Feb. 26 at the Tremont town office. Not expected to begin until 2020, the $765,000 project includes the installation of a south side dolphin, a walkway and a wave fence. …
SWAN’S ISLAND — When longtime fisherman Jason Joyce decided to start Swan’s Island Oyster Farm two years ago, he knew there was risk involved, but there has been help along the way. With the guidance of Island Institute’s Aquaculture Business Development (ABD) program, Joyce and his cousin, Josh Joyce, decided to diversify their income by …
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Coast Guard stations throughout New England and the rest of the country are continuing to operate during the partial government shutdown even though funding is limited or unavailable. “The Coast Guard, as a whole, is still working,” said Petty Officer Third Class Zachary Hupp out of the First District External Affairs Office …
TRENTON — On Monday, Oct. 22, Colton Sanborn closed down Timberland Acres RV Park for the season and closed on the sale of the 33-year-old business. “It was a double closing,” he said about his purchase. After working two seasons at the RV park, located at 57 Bar Harbor Road in Trenton, Sanborn, 23, decided …
MOUNT DESERT — When photographer Rogier van Bakel said thank you to local first responders for saving his daughter’s life, he did it with thousands of words. A wedding photographer for the last 12 years, van Bakel took a different approach when capturing about 40 firefighters from three different Mount Desert Island volunteer departments. “It’s …
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — State inspectors who descended on Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound, where the owner is experimenting with using marijuana to calm her major menu item, found no violations during recent visits. But that might just be because the meat of marijuana-sedated lobsters has yet to be served to the public. In the last week, …
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — A lobster named Roscoe was the first to experience a technique lobster pound owner Charlotte Gill is hoping will lead to a more humane way of executing lobsters. In an experiment to test the effect of cannabis on lobsters, Roscoe the lobster was placed for a few minutes in a covered box …
TRENTON — The driver of a cement truck that fell on its side Monday morning on Oak Point Road suffered only minor injuries, officials said. The accident closed the road for part of the day. A Sargent Materials truck nearly full to capacity turned on its side on Oak Point Road, just beyond the intersection …
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Racing a sailboat, especially a gaff-rigged one, requires some wind. If there’s not much wind, you need some serious strategy. Thirteen Friendship sloops were on the starting line Saturday for the annual Southwest Harbor Rendezvous and Race. Scott Martin, who took over from Miff Lauriat this year as commodore of this little …
TREMONT — Sun-baked racers looked as red as the cooked version of their daily catch once prizes were doled out at the 8th Annual Bass Harbor Lobster Boat Races on Sunday. Cameron Crawford’s 1,000-plus horsepower Wild Wild West was the winner in the diesel free-for-all category and the overall “Fastest Lobster Boat” competition, but didn’t …
TREMONT — Sign up early to get into the eighth annual Lobster Boat Races in Bass Harbor on Sunday, but try not to be too upset about your prize. “The slowest boat here could end up with the best prize,” said race coordinator and fisherman Wayne “Cooly” Rich. “We do it a bit differently.” Registration …
TREMONT — Peter Brown didn’t always commune with antique cars. For many years, it was a side business within his Portland-based repair garage that set a new course for his life. “I made quite a niche for myself,” Brown said in a phone interview from The Forks, where he also is a river guide. “I’m …
