Learn to find serenity during uncertain times Zoom--As we all head into winter and the holiday season with the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are still feeling anxious about how to carry on in the months ahead. Traveling and gathering restrictions may curtail our plans to be with...
Castine is a great place for holiday shopping this year with vibrant and varied stores downtown and a Shop Local Castine Contest. The Castine Historical Society is joining the excitement with their own Holiday Pop-Up Shop located in Compass Rose Books at 3 Main Street. The Holiday Pop-Up Shop will be...
BAR HARBOR, MAINE – The Park Loop Road will close to motor vehicles for the season, with the exception of the two-mile section from the Sand Beach Entrance Station to Otter Cliff Road and access to the Jordan Pond area. Snowmobiles are permitted on the closed sections of the Park...
BAR HARBOR—Bar Harbor Bank & Trust is demonstrating outstanding support for the Mount Desert Island community with a $37,400 grant to support MDI Hospital’s COVID-19 testing initiative, developed in concert with the Downeast COVID-19 Task Force. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust’s grant is targeted to benefit the Mount Desert Island...
ELLSWORTH, Maine: Heart of Ellsworth is focusing their holiday celebration efforts into lighting up downtown Ellsworth thanks to financial support from First National Bank and First National Wealth Management. This year, 36 of Main Street’s iconic lamp posts will twinkle in an environmentally sound way with new commercial-grade, encased LED...
- During this season of giving, NextStep encourages residents of Washington and Hancock Counties to consider helping families who are using services. “Gift Cards in any amount would be helpful,” said Jasmine Bradley, Shelter Advocate. “Cards for stores that serve our local area, such as Hannaford, Wal-Mart, Dollar Tree, Family...
The Poinsettia Ball is the premier annual holiday event and charity fundraiser for Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital and the Ellsworth area, typically with over 425 business and community leaders and members coming together to celebrate the holiday and support their hospital. Over $1,000,000 has been raised from the Poinsettia...
PORTLAND & ELLSWORTH—The Maine Community Foundation has elected Lili Pew of Seal Harbor to its Board of Directors. Pew has worked for The Knowles Company real estate agency in Northeast Harbor since 2007. She retired from a corporate career with the U.S. Olympic Committee in Colorado and The Narragansett Group in...
ELLSWORTH – The NextStep Domestic Violence Project has been selected as an award recipient of the 2020 Domestic Violence Shelter grant from The Mary Kay Foundation. The $20,000 grant is in support of the meaningful work that NextStep does in Hancock and Washington Counties to eliminate domestic violence by providing...
Enjoy the first of its kind family event in Ellsworth Ellsworth--The Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center is happy to announce their first Annual Festival Of Lights. They will be offering an opportunity for the community to gather safely outside following COVID guidelines, to enjoy a night of surprise and wonder...