Bar Harbor - On Tuesday, October 22, 2019, Healthy Acadia will host, “A Mindful Dinner” at Sweet Pea’s Café, 854 State Highway 3, in Bar Harbor. Attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy a thoughtfully-prepared, four-course meal, featuring seasonal, locally-sourced ingredients, while also learning about and experiencing how mindfulness can...
HANCOCK COUNTY – National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is taking place on Saturday, October 26, 2019, from 9:00am to 1:00pm, at the Ellsworth Chamber of Commerce located at 163 High Street. The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office will host a Drug Take-Back event in collaboration with Ellsworth Police Department, Healthy Acadia and...
PORTLAND & ELLSWORTH — The Downeast Innovation Fund of the Maine Community Foundation is accepting grant applications. Part of MaineCF’s strategic focus on entrepreneurship and innovation, the fund supports nonprofit organizations that provide programs to improve or increase entrepreneurship and innovation in business and the local economies of Hancock and...
BAR HARBOR—Approximately 1,200 women in Maine are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. In an effort to provide women with the best diagnostic tools available, the Breast Center at Mount Desert Island Hospital is now offering patients the 3D mammogram, a more advanced mammography exam. While 2D mammography takes a...
Ellsworth - At each change of season there are new reminders of loved ones lost and past times shared. As we head toward fall here in Maine individuals may experience grief related to the loss of a loved one, which can create emptiness and difficulty enjoying the opportunities of the...
WINTER HARBOR- Schoodic Institute Director of Education Research Emeritus Bill Zoellick received the 2019 Acadia Partners Award. The staff of Acadia National Park selected Zoellick for his vision and dedication in the development of Schoodic Institute, the nonprofit science and education organization that works with the National Park Service to lead...
BAR HARBOR –Acadia National Park has dedicated a monument in honor of Karl A. Jacobson who was killed in the line of duty in 1938 at Acadia National Park. The monument is located at the Schoodic Woods Ranger Station in the Schoodic District of Acadia National Park. On Friday November 11,...
PORTLAND & ELLSWORTH – Entrepreneurs and innovators take center stage at the Maine Community Foundation’s annual Invest in Maine Summit on November 13, 3:00-7:30 p.m., at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. “Maine is an incredibly entrepreneurial and innovative place,” says MaineCF President and CEO Steve Rowe. “This summit is an...
Bar Harbor– Jennifer Seekins, has joined Bar Harbor Bank & Trust as Senior Vice President, Treasury Services Sales Manager. Initially working from the Bank’s Hampden, Maine office, Ms. Seekins will lead the Treasury Services Group in providing commercial banking customers with Cash Management and Merchant Services solutions to help them...
BAR HARBOR—As part of an increased effort to treat opioid addiction, Mount Desert Island Hospital is now offering buprenorphine induction for patients in withdrawal in its Emergency Room. Last year, there were 354 deaths due to drug overdose in Maine alone, with more than 68,000 deaths reported nationally. “We want to...