ACADIA NATIONAL PARK – Acadia officials have received word this week about the park’s preliminary 2008 budget figures, and all signs indicate the park will have at least $500,000 more than it had last year, according to a top Acadia official. Len Bobinchok said Wednesday… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK – It was easy to see Tuesday why George B. Dorr, Charles W. Eliot and others felt it was important to preserve the beauty and public accessibility of Mount Desert Island. The sun was shining, a cool ocean breeze blew beneath a… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK – Pork? What pork? Other states may lay claim to government-funded bacon like Alaska’s infamous “bridge to nowhere,” but in Maine, park officials are quietly trying to put Acadia on a diet. Again. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK – Fireflies flashed, comets flared and bats flew Wednesday night as a group of visitors used all their senses to experience another, starlit side of the park. Though the five participants in the ranger-led program “Knowing the Night” traveled only two miles… Read More
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK – Park officials on Tuesday announced $500,000 in budget cuts that will reduce staff and services at the park this summer and warned visitors to brace themselves for “dramatic cuts” next year if park funding doesn’t improve soon. “As hard as the… Read More
Thunder Hole: A series of ramps will allow visitors to get to the viewing station without climbing stairs. The stone steps will be renovated, using concrete to provide better traction. Design has been done and the project is going out to bid. Work should be completed by 2002. Read More