Dick Broom

MOUNT DESERT — Tony Smith, former director of public works, is challenging Select Board incumbent Martha Dudman for a seat on the board in the May 6 election.

MOUNT DESERT – Is workforce housing a pejorative term?

BAR HARBOR — Riley Donahue of Southwest Harbor, a senior at Mount Desert Island High School, has been selected to receive the school’s 2024 Principal’s Award.

MOUNT DESERT — The Planning Board at its March 27 meeting was set to revisit its March 2022 denial of a quarrying license to Harold MacQuinn Inc. and Freshwater Stone.

MOUNT DESERT — The 47 households in Mount Desert that don’t have access to high-speed internet service will get it under an agreement among the town, the county and Spectrum communication services.

BAR HARBOR – The Bar Harbor Food Pantry has bought the building that until this year housed Mama DiMatteo’s restaurant, a downtown fixture for decades.

MOUNT DESERT — It is less than a mile from Mount Desert Island High School to the northernmost waters of Somes Sound. Is it possible that PFAS, commonly known as “forever chemicals” because they can remain potent in the environment indefinitely, have migrated from the school’s wastewater holding ponds to the Sound?

MOUNT DESERT — A house at 108 Stanley Mountain Road in Mount Desert was destroyed by fire Monday, and another one on the same road sustained exterior fire damage. Glenn

Martha Dudman and Tony Smith are both seeing election to the Selectboard in Mount Desert.

Park visitors pull off to the side of the road to take in the view.