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Obituaries | mdislander.com - Mount Desert Islander
WEBMichael Wayne Deveau. Michael Wayne Deveau, 60, better known as Big Mike of Bar Harbor, Maine, passed away on Aug. 14, 2024, at EMMC in Bangor, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on July 18, 1964, in Bar Harbor, Maine.
Landscape of Change prepares for sea level rise
WEBAug 28, 2024 — Between 2000 and 2020, sea levels in Bar Harbor rose twice as fast (0.18 inches or 4.5 millimeters per year) as during the previous 50 years (0.09 inches or 2.3 millimeters per year). Higher sea levels, of course, means that when storms come, they come higher. And when there is a storm on a king …
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WEBMinimum wage increase announced. Updated Sep 25, 2024. AUGUSTA — The minimum wage in Maine will increase from $14.15 per hour to $14.65 effective January 1, 2025, according to a Maine Department of Labor press release. News.
Artist to give visual tour of Acadia | Community | mdislander.com
WEBAug 19, 2024 — SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Take a visual tour of Acadia National Park through the eyes of a painter, during the lecture “Painting Acadia with Judy Taylor” on Tuesday, Aug. 27 at 5:30 p.m. at the Southwest Harbor Public Library. See some of the spectacular views, quiet light, active harbors and the …
Birch Bay voted best place to work in Maine - mdislander.com
WEBAug 29, 2024 — HULLS COVE — Birch Bay Retirement Village, a nonprofit retirement community established in 2001, was named as one of the 2024 Best Places to Work in Maine. “This recognition is a testament to the culture that we have supported. A place where teamwork, compassion, kindness and trust are felt every day,” said Robert Hemenway, executive ...
Talk highlights first recorded visitors to Mount Desert Island
WEBJun 28, 2024 — SALSBURY COVE — The island’s first recorded summer visitors are the focus of a July 11 talk at Garland Farm and on Zoom at 4 p.m. The Beatrix Farrand Society welcomes photographer and publisher John Bigelow Taylor for a discussion about the Tracy family and their friends’ 1855 visit to Mount Desert Island. Notable among their friends was ...
High school budget of $14.49 million approved by board
WEBFeb 13, 2024 — BAR HARBOR — A budget for next year of $14.49 million for Mount Desert Island High School was approved by the high school board Monday night. The budget is $960,973 higher than the current year’s budget, an increase of 7.1 percent. Salaries will total $7.44 million, or just over half of the entire budget. Tuition of $13,000, which is paid ...
Southwest Harbor approves new solid waste contract
WEBJun 12, 2024 — SOUTHWEST HARBOR — The Select Board unanimously approved and signed the updated Eastern Maine Recycling (EMR) solid waste contract at their meeting Tuesday night, meaning residents of Southwest Harbor will not be forced to start paying for waste disposal beginning July 1. The approved contract will …
Bob Marley: Unexpected fun! | Entertainment | mdislander.com
WEBAug 7, 2023 — Loose limbed and lanky, with a repertoire of loopy facial expressions that rival Jim Carey’s, Marley commanded the entire Criterion stage, and at times backstage, keeping the sold-out audience in stitches with his riffs on marriage, family, food, trips to Shaw’s grocery store, life and death in Downeast Maine and, of course, fart jokes ...