The drills allow for first responders to get hands-on training in a controlled setting, so all units are ready to jump into ...

BAR HARBOR, Maine (WABI) - Mount Desert Island public safety agencies will be holding an island-wide mass casualty exercise ...

For decades, the hospital has delivered children on the island. The closure would mean expecting parents must drive further to get care.

BAR HARBOR -- Mount Desert Island residents are being targeted by phone scammers. Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island police ...

Osprey pairs that nest on Versant Power’s Lamoine and Mount Desert Island nesting platforms have returned and are available ...

An island-wide mass casualty exercise will be conducted on Saturday, April 19, from 9 a.m. through 1 p.m. at Mount Desert ...

The Asticou was purchased in 2023 for close to $7 million by Maine-based hotelier Tim Harrington of Atlantic Hospitality and ...

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (MDIFW) recently announced a substantial poaching bust on Mount Desert ...

First responders were at Mount Desert High School on Saturday, but they weren't there for a real emergency; they were there preparing for the possibility of one.

While under quarantine, all ash tree material, not including wood chips, should remain on the island, the Maine Forest Service says. The Maine Forest Service expanded its emerald ash quarantine ...