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Downeast
Two Maine banks chip in on MDI Hospital’s campus improvement project
Updated: August 14, 2025The donations will help fund improvements to the hospital’s main campus in Bar Harbor, including an expanded emergency department, main entrance and ambulance bay.
Island Housing Trust’s new director brings nonprofit leadership experience
Updated: August 12, 2025Most recently, incoming director Sherry Billings led Hancock County Habitat for Humanity, overseeing construction and repair projects and quadrupling volunteer engagement.
Downeast supplier of marine specimens forges global distribution agreement
August 6, 2025Gulf of Maine Inc., a marine specimen supplier in the Washington County town of Pembroke, is expanding into international distribution and B2B services.
3 Maine towns ranked among nation’s 10 priciest summer destinations
August 5, 2025CheapHotels' top 10 most expensive summer destinations included three spots in Maine and three in Massachusetts.
Golden backs bill that would ease border-protection costs in Eastport
August 4, 2025U.S. Rep. Jared Golden is lending his support to legislation aimed at preventing federal Customs and Border Protection from forcing local ports, including Eastport, to shoulder additional costs and responsibilities.
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Brooklin center to house collections of WoodenBoat founder and its longtime photographer
August 4, 2025The plan is to create a maritime research center at the local library to house Jon Wilson and Benjamin Mendlowitz’s extensive collections: “a hidden goldmine,” said the campaign chair.
Jackson Lab looks to adapt to proposed cuts in NIH funding
July 31, 2025“JAX and most other research institutions will be at best much smaller than they are today, and some won’t exist. You can’t recover from that,” said the head of Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor.
MDI Bio Lab strategizes in uncertain funding and policy landscape
Updated: July 30, 2025The Bar Harbor-based lab is considering cost-cutting, budget rewrites and possible collaborations with other institutions.
For Wright-Ryan Construction, new office is all about location
Updated: July 30, 2025Wright-Ryan Construction opens an office on Mount Desert Island to support a growing workload there and in the Downeast region.
$2M donation funds Bar Harbor bio lab’s first permanent faculty position
Updated: July 22, 2025At Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, establishing endowed faculty positions provides stability to attract and retain scientists, especially in today’s uncertain funding environment.
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