Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound in Southwest Harbor has been trying to sedate the crustaceans with marijuana smoke to make their deaths less traumatic.
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Owner of Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel, 4 other Maine dailies to buy 2 Hancock County weeklies
Rockland businessman Reade Brower to acquire the Ellsworth American and Mount Desert Islander from longtime owner Alan Baker.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Teenager charged with threat to shoot up Mount Desert Island school
Police say the former student posted the threat on social media that the shooting would happen Monday.
Posted inSea Change, Source
Mount Desert Island – a small place with some big environmental goals
The Climate to Thrive group, formed in part to make the island energy-independent by 2030, is thriving.
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David Rockefeller’s Maine summer home sells for $19 million
The company that handled the sale of Rockefeller’s home on Mount Desert Island would not identify the buyer.
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Saco man killed in Mount Desert crash Sunday
The SUV he was driving slid on ice into oncoming traffic on Route 102, police say.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Outdoors, Politics
Maine congressional delegation unites in opposing potential tripling of Acadia entry fee
Maine’s two U.S. senators send a letter to the Department of the Interior asking it to consider alternatives, and U.S. Reps. Chellie Pingree and Bruce Poliquin also raise concerns.
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Acadia-area groups raise concerns about possible tripling of park entrance fee
The park service says revenue raised by a price hike at 17 national parks – Acadia’s would go from $25 to $70 – would be used to reduce a backlog of maintenance and infrastructure projects.
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Since 2006, visitation at Acadia has gone up a whopping 55%
Could that mean we are loving the park to death?