While farming and harvesting edible seaweeds like sugar kelp and dulse is on the rise in Maine, the commercial harvest of ...

MACHIAS — Machias Savings Bank is now accepting applications for a new Workforce Development Grant to fund projects that ...

BAR HARBOR — It’s that time. Time to rake the leaves, stack the firewood, put the gardens to bed. While many Mainers are at ...

Tracy's Karate recently held its 114th tournament at Bucksport High School, drawing martial artists from across the state and ...

Officer Harrington arrested Mark R. Merrill Jr., 36, of Ellsworth on Nov. 4 on a charge of operating under the influence of ...

The curtain has dropped on the high school fall sports season for many local teams and athletes, but several Mount Desert ...

Take a break from the hectic holiday pace and learn how the practice of mindfulness, gratitude and simple relaxation ...

Maine Seacoast Mission’s corporate sponsors and donors help support the Mission's work on unbridged islands and in the ...

SOUTHWEST HARBOR — The Harbor House Community Center is hosting a spaghetti dinner fundraiser for the Backpack Program for ...

The Mount Desert Islander prints a day early Thanksgiving week and newsstand copies will be available Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 26. Local subscribers should receive their papers on Wednesday. The deadli ...

With regret,” is how Select Board Chairperson John Macauley said the board would accept the resignation of the town’s deputy clerk, Jennifer McWain Buchanan. The five-member board unanimously voted ...

What happens when a small-town bank president retires after years of focusing on dollars and cents? For Bill Weir, it meant ...