Cruise Ship Season (Bar Harbor) - In two weeks Bar Harbor's busiest cruise ship season ever will get under way, well before the summer's high season. The Mt. Desert Islander reports 174-cruise ship visits are scheduled for this summer, up three from last year. The season begins 4-days earlier than last year's first visit and will end on November 7th. Garcia … [Read more...] about Local News – April 5, 2018
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– UMaine at Machias announces new Head of Campus
From the University of Maine at Machias - Machias, Maine — Ask Andrew Egan what he’s most looking forward to in his new job and he lights up. “The students,” he says. “I can’t wait to get to know them.” Effective August 13, Egan will be head of campus at the University of Maine at Machias, and faculty, staff and students are looking forward his arrival. Egan will arrive on … [Read more...] about – UMaine at Machias announces new Head of Campus
Local News – April 4, 2018
Train Bridge (Ellsworth) - If you've driven up Route 1-A in Ellsworth toward Bangor, you've probably noticed an excavator on the railroad bridge over the Union River. Downeast Rail Heritage Preservation Trust is repairing the bridge abutments and the tracks that run over the bridge in hopes that the Scenic Railroad can start using that stretch of tracks this summer. The last … [Read more...] about Local News – April 4, 2018
Local News – April 3, 2018
Warren Fatal (Warren) - An 82-year old Tenant's Harbor woman is dead after her compact car slammed into a tractor trailer truck on Route 1 yesterday. The Knox County Sheriff's Department tells Star 97.7 that Constance Chandler-Ward may have suffered a medical incident before her car went onto the wrong side of the road in Warren, slamming into the rear wheels of the … [Read more...] about Local News – April 3, 2018
Special Children’s Friends
Special Children’s Friends in Ellsworth has WAY outgrown their space. So, to help more kids – they’re growing!! And area businesses are stepping up to help! Every day in April, Star 97.7’s Michael W. Hale gives morning updates about the area business that is that day’s “Friend” FOR Special Children’s Friends!! Find the easy-to-spot, life size cartoon “Friend” cutout in front of … [Read more...] about Special Children’s Friends
