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2 days ago | 
mdislander.com | Rebecca Alley
TREMONT — Just steps outside of the Tremont Consolidated School lies a salt marsh — a coastal ecosystem that naturally helps protect against flooding, provides water filtration and sequesters carbon. It’s at risk, however, like many salt marshes, due to rising sea levels that threaten and degrade the ecosystems.
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2 days ago | 
mdislander.com | Rebecca Alley
BAR HARBOR — Mount Desert Island Regional School System Superintendent Mike Zboray discussed the impacts from potential statewide legislation at the district’s May 12 meeting, including what could happen if the people’s veto currently circulating for the state’s recently passed budget is approved. The people’s veto is a Republican-led effort to overturn the $11.3 billion state budget that was passed with a simple Democratic majority in the legislature on March 20.
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1 week ago | 
mdislander.com | Rebecca Alley
MOUNT DESERT — Voters approved all 75 warrant articles at The Neighborhood House during the open portion of the town’s annual meeting on May 6, which was moderated by Jerry Miller. A handful of warrant articles garnered some in-depth conversation by voters, including a warrant article to approve a $600,000 bond to renovate two town-owned tennis and pickleball courts.
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1 week ago | 
mdislander.com | Rebecca Alley
NORTHEAST HARBOR — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments in the appeal of the Heel Way subdivision, a six-unit workforce housing subdivision application submitted by Mount Desert 365 to be located in Northeast Harbor. The project was approved by the Mount Desert Planning Board in 2023 and has been met with legal action from several residents. Grady Burns, Esq.
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2 weeks ago | 
mdislander.com | Rebecca Alley
MOUNT DESERT — After setting out to reduce the use of single-use plastic at the end of last year at Mount Desert Elementary School, fourth and fifth graders have accomplished that goal. Led by teachers Shannon Westphal and Heather Graves, students worked with Principal Heather Dorr and Head Cook Tasha Higgins to implement changes throughout the entire school.
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2 weeks ago | 
mdislander.com | Rebecca Alley
MOUNT DESERT — Voters will head to the polls on May 5 to vote in uncontested municipal elections before the open portion of the annual town meeting resumes on May 6 at 6 p.m. at The Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor. A meal will be provided by The Community Café leading up to the meeting at 5 p.m.For the Selectboard, Wendy Littlefield, who is the board’s current vice chair, is running for reelection.
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2 weeks ago | 
ellsworthamerican.com | Rebecca Alley
BAR HARBOR — David Doane of Bucksport has been a vocal advocate for legislation and research for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as ALS, since he was diagnosed with the disease in 2018. Unlike some ALS patients, Doane’s symptoms progressed relatively slowly at their onset. He spoke with The American back in 2021 about his work to help others battling the disease, which affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord and leads to difficulty walking, moving, speaking and breathing.
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3 weeks ago | 
mdislander.com | Rebecca Alley
BAR HARBOR — David Doane of Bucksport has been a vocal advocate for legislation and research for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as ALS, since he was diagnosed with the rare disease in 2018.
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3 weeks ago | 
mdislander.com | Rebecca Alley
MOUNT DESERT — Elected officials from municipalities that make up the League of Towns gathered at The Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor last week to continue developing a regional action plan for dealing with issues that face Mount Desert Island and the surrounding area. The League is a collaboration of local municipal governments and includes Ellsworth, Lamoine, Trenton, Tremont, Southwest Harbor, Mount Desert, Bar Harbor, Swan’s Island and the Cranberry Isles.
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3 weeks ago | 
mdislander.com | Rebecca Alley
MOUNT DESERT — The newly reimagined Asticou Hotel contiues to move closer to opening for the season. The Selectboard voted to approve a special amusement permit for hotel, with the condition that the permit may only be used during the business’s posted hours of 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., after members of the public shared they would like some guidelines imposed to help with potential noise from the business.
