Mount Desert nonprofit seeks climate ambassadors

The statewide Climate Ambassadors program begins Thursday, March 9.

Rockefeller home on Mount Desert Island to be razed

A billionaire is tearing down David Rockefeller Sr.’s home on Mount Desert Island to make way for something new.

Union library to host outdoors, travel writer via Zoom

Rural sewage plants hit by ransomware attacks in Maine

No money was paid and no customer data was compromised, officials say.

Maine man who spoke of ‘zombies’ in shooting is sentenced to prison

The Mount Desert man pleaded guilty to firing a gun at a New Hampshire shopping plaza.

Maine man who fired gun was having mental health issues, witness says

The man accused of firing a gun in a shopping plaza parking lot in New Hampshire told a witness that he believed that 'droids' and 'drones' were trying to get him.

Bar Harbor hospital, Maine CDC partner to respond to potential virus spreaders from other states

Mount Desert Island Hospital estimates that more than 35 coronavirus-infected people from out of state were in the area.

Bar Harbor hospital says at least 35 potential COVID-19 spreaders from other states have been in area

Out-of-state visitors took tests at home but didn’t learn they tested positive until they were in Maine and possibly interacting with others.

Bar Harbor hospital sounds warning on undetected COVID-infected visitors

With long testing delays in other states, some learn they tested positive after starting vacations in Maine.

With Maine tourism season here, growing number of out-of-state visitors are testing positive

Figures updated by the Maine CDC hours after the Press Herald reported that only outdated numbers were available show a near quadrupling in the pace of new cases in the last 11 days of June.