Mount Desert

If you happen to run into any of the police officers in Ellsworth, Bar Harbor or Mount Desert you might notice that they're not their usual clean cut selves. In fact, by now, they're probably getting a little hairy! The full moon in November is November 19th, but that has nothing to do with it!

The deadline to sign up for a Thanksgiving Basket from the MDI Thanksgiving Basket Project is November 13th. Here's how to sign up and items that organizers are gratefully accepting to make a happier Thanksgiving for those in need

It's time to go through the medicine cabinet, your kitchen cabinet, wherever you keep your prescriptions and gather up anything that you are no longer are using or expired and bring them to the National Prescription Drug Take-Back events happening in Hancock County on Saturday, October 23rd.

Here are the Staff Vaccination Rates for Schools in Hancock County as reported to the Department of Education for September 30, 2021 compared to August 31st

Halloween is Sunday, October 31st, and there will be lots of ghouls and goblins out and about. We have compiled a list of Downeast Trunk and Treat locations where families can go as well as Haunted House/Terror Trail locations.

Here are the latest (as of October 18th) COVID vaccination rates for each individual school within the AOS 91 district, as well as the percentage of students and staff participating in pool testing and the number of positive COVID cases by school

The Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor and the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce are combining to bring trick or treating to you once again in 2021 via the Halloween Treat Truck! Here's the route and details

Acadia Youth Sports will hold a placement day this Sunday, October 17th at the Trenton Elementary School in Trenton, for everyone interested in playing fall/winter travel basketball.

It was 46 degrees in Bar Harbor and 44 degrees in Ellsworth this morning at 6 a.m. the last day of Summer 2021! Check out the photos from the Downeast Tower Cams in Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Bass Harbor, Northeast Harbor and Ellsworth just after 6 a.m. Tuesday, September 21st.

A beautiful start to the last Monday of the Summer of 2021! While there was bright sunshine, the temperatures ranged from a low of 46 in Ellsworth to the mid 50's on the Island.