ACADIA NAT’L PARK — Early numbers might not presage Acadia visitation for the rest of 2023, but there were significantly more visits in the first two months of this year than in the same period last year.
GOULDSBORO — Local lobsterman Jacob Knowles has recently bought and is in the process of refurbishing a complex of rental cottages in Prospect Harbor. Knowles purchased the property formerly known as Albee’s Shorehouse Cottages in January, an…
Acadia National Park is seeking to lease properties within 30 miles of the town of Bar Harbor to house employees. The park is authorized to enter into a lease from mid-April through mid-November.
A group doing business as Addison + Partners is proposing a campground near the shores of Crockett Cove with a dozen “park model RV” units as well as five large tents and a shared bath house along with walking trails.
ACADIA NAT’L PARK — Nickerson & O’Day of Brewer has been awarded the contract to build a new maintenance complex at Acadia and demolish the old one, and the National Park Service is providing $32.7 million for the project.
LAMOINE — The Planning Board at its Feb. 6 meeting reviewed the application for the proposed campground by Clear Sky Resorts for a second time, and found it to be incomplete. The application was first heard by the Planning Board on Jan. 2, an…
ACADIA NAT’L PARK — The spring opening of the Cadillac Summit Road will be delayed by about a month for the completion of a culvert replacement and roadway repaving project. The summit road normally opens April 15. This year, it is tentatively scheduled to open May 11, but it could be a litt…
There are several reasons why the park has started having trouble in recent years hiring people to fill summer seasonal positions, Superintendent Kevin Schneider told the Acadia Advisory Commission.
LAMOINE — An application for a 90-site “dome glamping camp” with an onsite restaurant, pool, spa, wedding venue and employee housing was brought before the Planning Board at its meeting on Jan. 2. The applicant is CPEX, LLC, and the development would be part of Clear Sky Resorts, a glamping …
ELLSWORTH — Legislation designating Hancock and Washington counties as the Downeast Maine National Heritage Area was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden Dec. 29.
ACADIA NAT’L PARK — The spring opening of the Cadillac Summit Road will be delayed by about a month for the completion of a culvert replacement and roadway repaving project. The summit road normally opens April 15. This year, it is tentativel…
There are several reasons why the park has started having trouble in recent years hiring people to fill summer seasonal positions, Superintendent Kevin Schneider told the Acadia Advisory Commission.
LAMOINE — An application for a 90-site “dome glamping camp” with an onsite restaurant, pool, spa, wedding venue and employee housing was brought before the Planning Board at its meeting on Jan. 2. The applicant is CPEX, LLC, and the developme…
ELLSWORTH — Legislation designating Hancock and Washington counties as the Downeast Maine National Heritage Area was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden Dec. 29.
Paul Murphy, executive director of Downeast Transportation, which operates the Island Explorer system, told the Mount Desert Islander, “L.L. Bean has shown once again that they understand that good citizenship is good for business. They enabl…
