Events for May 17, 2016

The Beech Hill School’s (in Otis) “Destination Imagination” team has qualified to participate in the once in a lifetime Global Finals in Knoxville, Tennessee taking place May 25th through the 28th!  But in order to do so, they need to raise 15 THOUSAND DOLLARS to pay for registration fees & all travel expenses.  If you […]

The Ellsworth Public Library's middle school Bibliophile Read-a-Force group is holding their annual May a Read-A-Thon at the library on Friday, May 27th.  This year, instead of taking monetary pledges, the students have decided to read for non-perishable food donations, which will be split between Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry and the Emmaus Center.  Your non-perishable food donations may […]

Island Connections is having a golf tournament called “Driving for Rides” on Tuesday, May 17, from 1 to 7:30 pm at Kebo Valley Golf Club in Bar Harbor.  This tournament benefits Island Connections’ mission to provide free transportation and other services to seniors and people with disabilities from Mount Desert Island and the surrounding islands. […]

People with Parkinson’s disease and their caregivers are invited to attend a meeting of the Hancock County Parkinson’s Support Group on Tuesday, May 17, at 2 p.m. at the Moore Community Center in Ellsworth.  The guest speaker and presenter is Machelle Latteyn, physical fitness trainer, yoga instructor and life coach. The group will practice some […]

MDI Hospital is welcoming Esther Davis, CNM as a new nurse midwife on Tuesday, May 17, from 4 to 6:30 pm.  Tour the Lisa Stewart Women’s Health Center at 330 Main Street in Bar Harbor from 4 to 5pm.  A reception will follow at Havana Restaurant form 5 to 6:30 pm.  Beverages and appetizers will […]

On May 17, a panel, including Tom Perkins of DHHS licensing, will be available to answer questions about providing child care at 6:30 pm in the Sumner Memorial High School library in Sullivan. Flexible child care has been identified as a local barrier for workers and the Schoodic Area Chamber of Commerce hopes to provide […]

The Jesup and Cadillac Mountain Sports are teaming up to host a yearlong speaker series at the library that will focus on all things adventure, outdoors and related. The next talk in the series will be by retired Maine Game Warden John Ford, author of “Suddenly, the Cider Didn’t Taste So Good.” The talk is […]

Storytellers will talk about discoveries they’ve made in an around Acadia National Park in a program titled “Hear, Here! An Evening of Science and Story – Tales from Acadia National Park and Beyond.” The program is scheduled for Tuesday, May 17, at 7:30 pm in College of the Atlantic’s Gates Community Center in Bar Harbor.  […]