Mount Desert

On Saturday June 1st, the Ellsworth Police Department and Bar Harbor/Mount Desert Island Police Departments will be hosting a gun give-back from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

With a parade, reading of "On Flander's Field", the Gettysburg Address, a recitation of those from Mount Desert who lost their lives in service to our country to a community cookout, the Northeast Harbor 2024 Memorial Day Observance had something for everyone. Check out the photos

You're invited to attend the Memorial Day Parade, American Legion Ceremonies at Joseph T. Musetti Veterans Park (Marina) and Community Cookout at the Marina on May 27th. Here's the schedule and photos from 2022.

3386 MDI Residents were waking up without power Friday morning, April 12th, according to the Versant Power Outage and Restoration page.

Federal Emergency Management Agency personnel will be conducting outreach for MDI Residents that experienced financial losses to their primary residence as a result of the January 10-13th storms.

Tonight, Friday April 5th, there will be a combined Band Concert at 7 p.m. at the Mount Desert Island High School.

We are supposed to get walloped on Thursday, April 4th with anywhere from 6 to 11 inches of heavy wet snow, and as a result, the Neighborhood House has made the decision to move their Community Cafe from Thursday, April 4th to April 11th.

Students at Ellsworth and MDI Schools will enjoy a half-day of school on Monday, April 8th, the day that most of Maine will experience a near-total solar eclipse.

The good news is that fiber optic cable is coming to Bar Harbor and Mount Desert. The bad news is that there will be a period of time when Fidium Fiber trucks will be working along the roadside beginning as early as March 22nd.

Downeast Maine residents should be expecting big winds on Wednesday, January 10th because of Winter Storm Finn. How big? Check out the graphics and story