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The Jesup Memorial Library will host a kick-off party for Jesup's capital campaign on the library's side lawn rain or shine on Saturday, June 18, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, featuring a concert by Bee Parks and the Hornets.
Voters will be asked to appropriate an additional $743,740 from the town’s reserves to fund the Main Street sidewalk project, which, due to rising costs, is now more expensive than anticipated.
The time for aspiring candidates to submit nomination papers for school and municipal positions has drawn to a close.
New school system structure proposed BAR HARBOR — As currently structured, the Mount Desert Island Regional School System is cumbersome, inefficient and an absolute bear to manage, according to a committee of school board members. Of course, school administrators and board members have known that for years. But now the committee has recommended a specific alternative – the Regional School Unit (RSU) model. Nearly everything about the way the individual schools currently operate would remain the same. In each town, the school principal would propose and the elected school co...