There is still time for qualifying veterans to take advantage of a free preventative dental hygiene services at the UMA-Bangor Dental Hygiene Clinic.  However, this program ends December 9.   The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) and eight participating clinics, including the UMA Dental Hygiene Clinic in Bangor, are providing dental...

Ellsworth, Maine – As of January 2021, there are more than 3.8 million women with a history of breast cancer in the U.S. This includes women currently being treated and women who have finished treatment. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to help increase attention and support of...

Bar Harbor, Maine – Bar Harbor Bank & Trust has announced that $15,000 was raised for the Mount Desert Island Hospital during the 28th Annual David R. Harding Memorial Golf Tournament. The event is a tribute to longtime member and chairman of the board of Bar Harbor Bankshares, David R....

ELLSWORTH, MAINE – Something wicked this way comes...

Birch Bay Retirement Village and Mount Desert Island Hospital are hosting a Trail of Treats on Sunday, October 31, 2021 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm, at Birch Bay Retirement Village’s Inn, 25 Village Inn Road, Hulls Cove.  This is a spook-tacular location with a view of Frenchman’s Bay.  Well-spaced tables...

Blue Hill, Maine (October 15, 2021) – Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital recently launched the Next Century of Care: Keeping Our Promise campaign to raise funds for an extraordinary campus modernization project.  Construction for the new hospital is scheduled to begin in spring of 2022, also the 100th anniversary for...

Since 1990, the organization has honored women who have made an outstanding contribution to improving opportunities for all Maine women.   The Maine Women’s Hall of Fame is seeking nominations from organizations, businesses, or individuals of women who meet the following criteria: their achievements have had a significant statewide impact, those achievements...

Please join us on Thursday, November 4, 2021, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., via Zoom for, "Being Present - Letting Go and The Power of the Pause," with Barbara Sinclair, PhD. The free online event is the eight installment in Healthy Acadia’s Monthly Mindfulness series.   In this mindfulness workshop, Sinclair...

Field games, backyard croquet, face painting, food – something for everyone   Saturday, October 23, 10 am – 2 pm   Ellsworth -  In partnership with Legend Athletics and the Woodlawn Croquet Club, we are staging a day of games and activities.  There will be races, challenges, team events, and backyard croquet as well...

Healthy Acadia will offer Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) for interested individuals ages 16 years and older. The two-day course will be offered October 19-20, 2021, at the Church of God, 53 Christian Ridge Rd, Ellsworth. A course will be offered in Machias, November 3-4, 2021, at University of...