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State temporarily shuts down Trenton daycare for string of safety violations

by Sabrina Martin 6 hours agoAugust 28, 2026

The daycare accounted for more than 27% of Hancock County’s total safety violations among childcare providers between 2021 and 2024.

Volunteers haul soil up Acadia’s summits to restore plants trampled by visitors

by Sabrina Martin 17 hours agoAugust 27, 2026

Maine Maritime Academy cuts oceanography and expands into nuclear tech

by Elizabeth Walztoni August 27, 2026August 27, 2026

MDI rallies behind lobsterman whose boat sank off Bass Harbor on Saturday

by Sabrina Martin August 24, 2026August 24, 2026

Police and Courts

Firefighters rescue cat and save home in Hancock County

by Christopher Burns August 24, 2026August 24, 2026

Police and Courts

Former MDI high schooler claims sex discrimination in expanded Title IX lawsuit

by Sabrina Martin August 22, 2026August 22, 2026

Rumor of ICE crackdown on Maine farms highlights fears for legal workers

by Elizabeth Walztoni August 22, 2026August 22, 2026

A dead whale covered in shark bites keeps washing up on Maine islands

by Elizabeth Walztoni August 21, 2026August 21, 2026

Police and Courts

Jackson Lab denies knowledge of former employee’s sexual harassment claims

by Sabrina Martin August 20, 2026August 20, 2026

Bucksport councilor won’t seek reelection

by Chris Debeck, River Observer August 20, 2026August 20, 2026

Maine logging family proposes 11 residential lots in Ellsworth

by Sabrina Martin August 20, 2026August 20, 2026

Bar Harbor hotelier backs town’s extended freeze on lodging developments

by Sabrina Martin August 18, 2026August 18, 2026

Maine’s top court denies appeal of controversial Bar Harbor aquaculture lease

by Elizabeth Walztoni August 18, 2026August 19, 2026

$13.4M job to close troubled Bucksport landfill starts years after state order

by Elizabeth Walztoni August 18, 2026August 17, 2026

A few of the roughly 150 shipwrecks in the waters around Acadia National Park

by Sabrina Martin August 18, 2026August 18, 2026

General manager departs WERU after 27 years of leading Blue Hill radio station

by Aron Farrar, The Weekly Packet August 15, 2026August 15, 2026

Acadia tourists keep building rock cairns faster than stewards can dismantle them

by Carrie Jones, Bar Harbor Story August 15, 2026August 15, 2026

Bucksport eyes new developer for long-vacant lot where project failed to materialize

by Elizabeth Walztoni August 15, 2026August 14, 2026

White shark spotted feeding on seal off MDI

by Carrie Jones, Bar Harbor Story August 14, 2026August 14, 2026

Maine Maritime Academy’s new $330M ship arrived with dozens of problems

by Elizabeth Walztoni August 14, 2026August 14, 2026