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MOUNT DESERT ISLAND — For lobsterman Jared Gove, it was a usual Friday in January, as he and his two-man crew edged his fishing boat against the Stonington fish pier.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR — The harbor here is one of Maine’s top 10 ports with an ex-vessel or boat price of $20.7 million in 2021. Home to three town docks, the

All articles pass at Southwest Harbor Town Meeting  Residents stand in line to sign in on Saturday at Southwest Harbor’s annual Town Meeting. More than 100 registered voters attended the meeting that lasted two hours. ISLANDER PHOTO BY SARAH HINCKLEY SOUTHWEST HARBOR  — The firehouse, with doors wide open, was packed with people, safely distanced from one another, for the annual Town Meeting on Saturday. Voters approved every article on the warrant, most with very little discussion.  Even Article 43, a request to apply for a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant, passed with no vo...

Town Meeting takes place in Southwest Harbor this Saturday SOUTHWEST HARBOR—This Saturday at 10 a.m., the annual Town Meeting is being held at the fire station on Main Street. On Tuesday, June 8, the town elections will also take place there.   In the open floor portion of the meeting, residents will vote on 43 articles, including those for the town and school budget, area nonprofits and one asking if the town should pursue federal grant funds for two projects in town.  Voters are being asked to approve a school budget of $4,220,474, a $200,000 increase over last year’s budget. ...

New harbormaster addresses broken float problem SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Ever since a post was put on social media regarding Styrofoam polluting the beach at Manset Dock, upset people have been letting Southwest Harbor’s new harbormaster, Jesse Gilley, hear about it. Some have even called him on his personal cell phone late at night. Four floats owned by three different people who have property on Greening Island are the culprits. The floats were victims of a perfect set of storms that rendered them unusable. The last of these broken floats was towed to the Manset Dock on May 12. “The floats ha...