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

ELLSWORTH — Legislation that would restrict the size of open-pen salmon farms, and a new coalition advocating limits, are two recent responses to the American Aquafarms proposal for a large-scale

ELLSWORTH — Legislation that would restrict the size of open-pen salmon farms, and a new coalition advocating limits, are two recent responses to the American Aquafarms proposal for a large-scale

Current regulations don’t have adequate safeguards, the newly formed Maine Finfish Alliance says. It proposes stocking limits at marine finfish farms, including the net-pen salmon farm proposed by American Aquafarms.

Visitation in Acadia has jumped 70% in the last 10 years, bringing with it the need for more employees to help make sure park operations run as smoothly as possible.

A bed-and-breakfast inn on Mount Desert Island in Maine is being transformed into housing for seasonal employees at Acadia National Park thanks to Friends of Acadia.

Friends of Acadia bought the Kingsleigh Inn on Main Street to house 10 seasonal Acadia employees.

ACADIA NAT’L PARK — Nickerson & O’Day of Brewer has been awarded the contract to build a new maintenance complex at Acadia and demolish the old one, and the National

SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Friends of Acadia, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting projects and initiatives aimed at preserving and protecting Acadia National Park, plans to purchase the Kingsleigh Inn in Southwest

ACADIA NAT’L PARK — Nickerson & ODay of Brewer has been awarded the contract to build a new maintenance complex at Acadia and demolish the old one, and the National