![The winning adult entry in the Bar Harbor Historical Society Gingerbread House competition was created by Kristen Hutchins of Southwest Harbor. It featured symbols from all the world's great religions and interior lights. ISLANDER PHOTO BY EARL BRECHLIN]()
The winning adult entry in the Bar Harbor Historical Society Gingerbread House competition was created by Kristen Hutchins of Southwest Harbor. It featured symbols from all the world’s great religions and interior lights. ISLANDER PHOTO BY EARL BRECHLIN![The winner in the children's division of the Bar Harbor Historical Society Gingerbread House competition was an Eagle Lake ice shack made of white chocolate Kit Kats, designed and built by Scarlett Squires. ISLANDER PHOTO BY EARL BRECHLIN]()
The winner in the children’s division of the Bar Harbor Historical Society Gingerbread House competition was an Eagle Lake ice shack made of white chocolate Kit Kats, designed and built by Scarlett Squires. ISLANDER PHOTO BY EARL BRECHLIN![The People’s Choice winner in the Bar Harbor Historical Society Gingerbread House competition was created by the Paulson family. ISLANDER PHOTO BY EARL BRECHLIN]()
The People’s Choice winner in the Bar Harbor Historical Society Gingerbread House competition was created by the Paulson family. ISLANDER PHOTO BY EARL BRECHLIN![THE MOUSE THAT DAN BUILT … Dan Walton paints the bilge of the 36-foot lobster boat Mouse with red lead paint will keep it free of mold and rot spores. Walton and Richard Stanley are rebuilding the original 1972 Bunker and Ellis wooden boat at Newman Marine Brokerage in Southwest Harbor for Walton and wife, Kathe Walton, owner of Newman Marine. PHOTO COURTESY OF KATHE WALTON]()
THE MOUSE THAT DAN BUILT … Dan Walton paints the bilge of the 36-foot lobster boat Mouse with red lead paint will keep it free of mold and rot spores. Walton and Richard Stanley are rebuilding the original 1972 Bunker and Ellis wooden boat at Newman Marine Brokerage in Southwest Harbor for Walton and wife, Kathe Walton, owner of Newman Marine. PHOTO COURTESY OF KATHE WALTON![SNOW FALLING ON WATERS ... The first snowfall of the season outlines the branches of trees overhanging the Somesville Mill Stream with the bridge, wreath and Old Selectmen's building, built in the 1780s, in the background. PHOTO COURTESY OF WILLAM B. BUCHANAN]()
SNOW FALLING ON WATERS … The first snowfall of the season outlines the branches of trees overhanging the Somesville Mill Stream with the bridge, wreath and Old Selectmen’s building, built in the 1780s, in the background. PHOTO COURTESY OF WILLAM B. BUCHANAN![SPIRIT OF GIVING … Volunteer Sue Blaisdell, right, helps youngsters address To/From tags on gifts for family members Saturday in Bar Harbor at the YWCA’s annual Children’s Christmas Bazaar. ISLANDER PHOTO BY LIZ GRAVES]()
SPIRIT OF GIVING … Volunteer Sue Blaisdell, right, helps youngsters address To/From tags on gifts for family members Saturday in Bar Harbor at the YWCA’s annual Children’s Christmas Bazaar. ISLANDER PHOTO BY LIZ GRAVES![HO, HO, HO … Santa took some time from his busy schedule Friday to visit Southwest Harbor. After arriving on a fire truck and lighting the town’s Christmas tree, the man in red helped light a bonfire in the post office lot and visited the Common Good Café before heading to Harbor House for photos. ISLANDER PHOTO BY MARK GOOD]()
HO, HO, HO … Santa took some time from his busy schedule Friday to visit Southwest Harbor. After arriving on a fire truck and lighting the town’s Christmas tree, the man in red helped light a bonfire in the post office lot and visited the Common Good Café before heading to Harbor House for photos. ISLANDER PHOTO BY MARK GOOD![CHRISTMAS CREPES … The Tremont Consolidated School hosted a breakfast with Santa on Saturday with the proceeds benefitting the sixth- and seventh-grade French class trip to Quebec. Along with a breakfast of crepes, sausage and fruit, the event featured a visit from Santa and the opportunity for young people to make holiday ornaments. ISLANDER PHOTO BY MARK GOOD]()
CHRISTMAS CREPES … The Tremont Consolidated School hosted a breakfast with Santa on Saturday with the proceeds benefitting the sixth- and seventh-grade French class trip to Quebec. Along with a breakfast of crepes, sausage and fruit, the event featured a visit from Santa and the opportunity for young people to make holiday ornaments. ISLANDER PHOTO BY MARK GOOD![SOLD THE STORE … Laurie Forrest is in her last few weeks behind the counter of the Hull’s Cove General Store, where she has worked for most of the last 27 years. She is selling the business, and property owner Wyman Tapley is selling the land, to new owners Jason and Joe Ventry. The store will close Dec. 24 for some renovations. It will reopen the second week of January. ISLANDER PHOTO BY LIZ GRAVES]()
SOLD THE STORE … Laurie Forrest is in her last few weeks behind the counter of the Hull’s Cove General Store, where she has worked for most of the last 27 years. She is selling the business, and property owner Wyman Tapley is selling the land, to new owners Jason and Joe Ventry. The store will close Dec. 24 for some renovations. It will reopen the second week of January. ISLANDER PHOTO BY LIZ GRAVES
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