Acadia’s famous Carriage Roads are still open to visitors, but ‘critical support’ for the park has been impacted by the federal government shutdown, one group says.

A new diner with a 1950s theme will open in Bucksport on Oct. 7. Sweet Cheeks Diner opens its doors at 6 am.

The invasive emerald ash borer is now just a few miles away from the Blue Hill Peninsula. One percent of the trees are expected to survive—and will be the key to repopulation efforts, scientists say.

The Penobscot Zoning Board of Appeals has sent plans for year-round rental housing at the site of a former nursing home back to the town’s planning board.

A gathering for the Opiate-Free Island Partnership allowed numerous people to share their stories of recovery and hope.

An electric scooter is being eyed as a possible source of a fire at a Blue Hill residence. The fire displaced two people.

Maine farmers told their stories of the impacts of “forever chemicals” at a screening of the documentary film “Sludge.”

Camden National Bank employees fanned out to volunteer across Maine and New Hampshire in celebration of the bank’s 150th anniversary.

A key loan for the 48-acre Fox Hollow property in Deer Isle has been repaid, thanks to a $300,000 grant from the Anahata Foundation.

Several local farmers and food makers from the Blue Hill Peninsula and Deer Isle attended this year’s Common Ground Fair.

Brian and Abril Sherwell plan to open a recreational marijuana dispensary in Blue Hill. The move will require approval from Blue Hill voters.

A new online calculator helps homeowners estimate their increased tax costs if towns take control of the dam at Toddy Pond.

The film Sludge chronicles the effects of PFAS on farmland. The film will be screened in Bucksport and Stonington.

The road between Brooklin and Blue Hill, which was completyely closed for weeks, is now open with one lane.

Keeping up with tariffs on imported goods is “exhausting” says one local business owner. "“You think you’re done with one and then there’s another one, and another, and it’s on and on.”

New pools along Mill Creek in Penobscot are expected to aid in the annual alewife migration into Pierce’s Pond.