Mount Desert Island

This undated photo provided by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources shows an adult emerald ash borer. Maine forestry officials gave expanded quarantine zones to try to prevent the spread of three invasive forest pests that pose threats to the state's timber industry. The pests include the emerald ash borer, hemlock woolly adelgid and European larch canker.

Environment and Outdoors

The invasive emerald ash borer discovered on Mount Desert Island

Carol Bousquet

State officials ask private landowners to check their ash trees for beetle damage.

Early-rising visitors to Acadia National Park await the sunrise on the summit of Cadillac Mountain, Sunday, May 16, 2021, near Bar Harbor, Maine. Gov. Janet Mills is is eliminating most outdoor distancing requirements imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic as the tourism season begins to kick into gear. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Business and Economy

For Acadia employees, it's nearly impossible to find an affordable place to live near the park

Nicole Ogrysko

A booming vacation rental and real estate market on Mount Desert Island is partially responsible for staffing shortages at the park this summer.

This Aug. 21, 2016, photo shows the luxury cruise ship Crystal Serenity anchored just outside Nome, Alaska. The ship made a port call as it became the largest cruise ship to ever go through the Northwest Passage, en route to New York City.

Maine

Second Town on Mount Desert Island Temporarily Bans Cruise Ships

The western side of Mount Desert Island is closer to becoming a cruise-ship-free zone after more than a hundred Southwest Harbor residents unanimously…

Dancing at the Mill: Two Centuries of Life on Mount Desert Island

In 1761 Abraham Somes sailed to Mt. Desert Island and settled in a sheltered harbor at the head of Somes Sound. This film celebrates the generations who…

Politics

Bar Harbor Voters to Decide Whether to Lift 80-Year-Old Deer Hunting Ban

Jennifer Mitchell

BAR HARBOR, Maine - On Nov. 4, residents of Bar Harbor will go to the polls to decide whether to overturn an 80-year-old ban on deer hunting. A task force…