Mount Desert Fire News Today

TRENTON — A 19-year-old Mount Desert man, Gage K. Johnson, died from injuries sustained in a two-car accident on Jan. 25 in Trenton.

MOUNT DESERT — A Bar Harbor man was pronounced dead at the scene of a one-vehicle motorcycle crash in Mount Desert this morning.

First National Bank recently announced it has made donations totaling $2,800 to 14 emergency medical service organizations in the bank’s market area in response to National EMS Week. In 1974, President Gerald Ford proclaimed EMS Week to celebrate...

First National Bank has made donations totaling $2,800 to fourteen Emergency Medical Service organizations in the bank’s market area in response to National EMS Week 2023. In 1974, President Gerald Ford proclaimed EMS Week to celebrate and recognize...

SOUTHWEST HARBOR — The town’s annual meeting starts at 7 p.m. Monday, May 1, in the Pemetic Elementary School gym.

Former Trojan Ben Wallace was promoted to Fire Lieutenant, with the Mount Desert Fire Department, effective December 15, 2022. Congratulations Ben! Stay safe and we look forward to your continued service to the Island Community!

A case is under investigation in which a motorcycle operator heading north on Ledgelawn Avenue on Friday drove into the back of a Pennsylvania man’s Ford pickup truck, which was parked and unoccupied.

It was not a lack of financial support from the town and its residents that caused the ambulance service to cease operations; it was the growing shortage of volunteers.  

The town of Mount Desert will hold the public forum Thursday, Feb. 10 at 6:30 p.m.