Bar Harbor

A ferry route from New England to Canada that shut down long before the U.S. border closed during the pandemic expects to start back up soon. The Cat ferry from Maine to Nova Scotia has announced that it plans to provide service between Bar Harbor, Maine, and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, beginning next spring. Barring unforeseen circumstances, the ferry’s return...

A ferry route from Maine to Canada that shut down more than a decade ago will be reopening next spring.

On Sunday, 125 boats were part of a protest on the water over a salmon farm proposed in a bay near Maine’s Acadia National Park. The proposal, currently in a state-level permitting process with both the Maine Department of Marine Resources and Maine Department of Environmental Protection, would allow American Aquafarms, a Norwegian-backed company, to place large commercial salmon-raising operation…

The best small town to visit in the United States is right here in New England, according to a new survey ranking the top 25. Scenic Bar Harbor, Maine, home to a year-round population of less than 6,000 residents, was named the best small town to visit in the country by U.S. & World News Travel Report. Less than 300…

A monthlong streak without coronavirus patients has been broken at Bar Harbor’s Mount Desert Island Hospital as visitors amid the pandemic raise problems for what is usually a bustling tourist region. Three people, including Maine residents and visitors, tested positive there last week, adding to dozens of cases earlier in the summer. The hospital has also been taking calls...

Dozens of coronavirus cases have been brought to the Bar Harbor area by tourists, and testing delays are making cases difficult to track. A cruise ship company wants to begin making calls there as well.

Seasonal ferry service between Maine and Nova Scotia is scheduled to resume this summer. Bay Ferries, the Canadian ferry company, says service is expected to begin by June 26. Company CEO Mark MacDonald says the Cat, a high-speed catamaran, will sail between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Bar Harbor until Labor Day. Crossings will then run six days a week _…

The federal government has awarded about $2.8 million to a Maine science lab for projects that will focus on genetics.

A man who was captured on video hauling the lifeless body of a former high school classmate into the woods was sentenced to 58 years in prison on Wednesday for raping and killing her. Jalique Keene was seen on surveillance video carrying the woman over his shoulder as she kicked her legs and then later carrying her limp body into...

The National Park Service says three people are dead and a fourth injured following a roll-over crash in Acadia National Park in Maine.

Cape Air will soon begin offering year-round service between Boston’s Logan International Airport and Portland International Jetport. The Massachusetts-based airline announced Tuesday it will be offering four daily round-trip flights in mid-September.

Starting this fall, Cape Air will begin offering year-round service between Boston’s Logan International Airport and Portland International Jetport.

An atomic bomb survivor is delivering the commencement address at the College of the Atlantic in Maine.

Last week, many New Englanders were sad to hear about the death of Vector the whale. The female humpback, tracked by scientists for more than 30 years, was found lifeless in Cape Cod Bay..

The Maine Center for Disease control is trying to locate several people who handled a rabid bat with their bare hands last weekend in Bangor.

A cruise ship set to sail Friday to Bermuda from Boston is now being diverted north due to the threat Hurricane Florence poses.

There are few places in the country to get a better look at the night sky than Acadia National Park, and stargazers will meet there to do just that in a few days.

A promising football player is charged with murdering a popular teenager in Bar Harbor, Maine.

A judge has ordered a former football running back held without bail in the killing of a 19-year-old former classmate whose body was found over the weekend in Bar Harbor, Maine.

State police in Maine say a woman’s body was found in the tourist town of Bar Harbor.