On March 24, voters will head to the polls to decide on two infrastructure initiatives. One is a major overhaul of the town’s ...

Following recommendations from the Harbor Committee, the Select Board voted unanimously to apply for more than $2 million in ...

The board then scheduled the workshop that will be held on March 17, at 6 p.m. at the Southwest Harbor Firehouse, followed by ...

At a meeting on Monday, March 9, the full MDIRSS board voted unanimously to approve the calendar for the next school year at Conners Emerson, which features ...

Maine’s commercial fishery ended 2025 down more than $100 million from the year before. The collective industry landed 169 million pounds of seafood, a steep drop from the nearly 205 ...

As part of an ongoing effort to get students out of the classroom and into the world, fourth graders at the Tremont School spent an hour volunteering ...

Coffee Matter and Cafe This Way are both part of this new pilot program, titled ReuseME, that will explore the feasibility of scaling reusable food packaging systems in coastal Maine ...

Over the past year, the group, dubbed “the Southwest Standers,” has grown from a regular attendance of 20 to 30 people to almost 70 every Saturday between 11 a.m. and ...

With all nomination papers for elected officials turned in to the town office, a four-way race for two seats on the select board has developed.

The Jackson Laboratory announced a $1 million commitment from the Worthington Scholarship Foundation to establish the Worthington–JAX Biomedical Fellows Scholarship, a new initiative designed to expan ...

A proposed increase to water fees will be the subject of a public hearing March 19, at 5 p.m. at the Southwest Harbor Fire Station. If approved, ...

Due to frost thawing under the roads around town, the following roads have been posted for "No heavy traffic" until April 30.