Eric Stiles News Today

MOUNT DESERT — Will Acadia National Park give the town of Mount Desert 3,000 square feet of land and get nothing in return?

ACADIA NAT’L PARK — Friends of Acadia (FOA) held a ceremonial groundbreaking on Tuesday for construction of housing for eight of Acadia’s seasonal employees on a parcel of land at

ACADIA NAT’L PARK — Nearly 300 volunteers showed their love for Acadia at the 33rd annual Take Pride in Acadia Day last Saturday.

A 4-acre parcel of land along Jordan Pond Road in Acadia National Park has been purchased by Friends of Acadia for future housing for seasonal park employees.

Affordable housing on MDI has been increasingly hard to find as demand and housing costs on the island have escalated.

MOUNT DESERT — Friends of Acadia is hedging its bets with a Plan B for the location of its annual fundraising gala next August.

The park has eyed the parcel for employee housing development since the 1960s. In total, Acadia and its partners need 125 to 150 beds to support employees.

TRENTON — On May 22, the Maine Department of Transportation joined with local, state, and federal partners from both the public and private sectors to celebrate the beginning of construction on the new Acadia Gateway Center in Trenton. This project...

The project has been nearly two decades in the making, and it's part of a broad plan to expand bus service, remove cars from the road and ease traffic in and around Acadia National Park.

The Island Explorer has helped visitors and folks Downeast get around town during the summer season.