'Danny' to bring big wind and surf to Seacoast Aug 29, 2009
"The strongest winds are expected to occur this afternoon and tonight, he said. Then overnight, all the nasty weather will head out to sea and Sunday is expected to be pleasant.As for the coastal waters, he said, "I'm afraid your surf is going to be rough again this weekend," referring to last weekend's high surf that caused at least one death at Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. And although the storm leaves overnight tonight, the waves will still be high Sunday, he said.York, Maine,... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Danny expected to bring high winds, rough surf Aug 29, 2009
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Visitors were warned of waves Aug 25, 2009
The Coast Guard rescued Peter Axlerod and Pelletier about an hour later, and they were taken by ambulance to Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor. Peter Axlerod was later airlifted to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. (Boston Globe)
SWEPT AWAY... Aug 24, 2009
Hurricane Bills storm surge struck with fierce and terrifying power Sunday on the shore of Mount Desert Island when the raging water lashed up and crashed on sightseers near Thunder Hole, sweeping three out into the turbulent sea ... Along the shore, park officials and members of Mount Desert Island Search and Rescue scanned the frothing water with binoculars to look for others who might have still been in the water. (The Drudge Report)
10 ways to cool off Aug 9, 2009
The Labrador Current just brushes Mount Desert Island, bringing some bracing waters from the Canadian Arctic. The ocean temperature rarely rises above 55 degrees, and that s measured in Bar Harbor. (Boston Globe)
Wellesley Girl Scouts journey to Arcadia Jul 24, 2009
Twelve middle school Girl Scouts and four leaders camped for seven days and six nights (June 26 through July 2) at the Seawall Campground, on the southern tip of Mount Desert Island. A video on Acadia in the Visitors Center said it perfectly: Even though there is no one famous sight like the Old Faithful geyser at Yellowstone, there are many special wonders in Acadia s 47 square miles of parkland. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Lobster in the rough Jul 19, 2009
Everyone knows Thurston s Lobster Pound (Steamboat Wharf Road, Bernard, 207-244-7600, ) is the best lobster spot on Mount Desert Island ... For the real deal, take the Bass Harbor Cruises lunch cruise to tiny Frenchboro, on Long Island, eight miles off Mount Desert Island, in Blue Hill Bay, for lunch at Lunt s Dockside Deli (207-334-2902). (Boston Globe)
Survey: Kauai world's 4th best island Jul 14, 2009
No. 5 Mount Desert Island, Maine. No. 6 Maui. (Pacific Business News, HI)
Sleep by the sea Jun 27, 2009
Farther north, on Mount Desert Island, the 19th-century Claremont Hotel offers a wraparound porch and a lawn thats perfect for playing croquet. Click for slideshow. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Maine fishermen pre-sell cuts of their catch Jun 27, 2009
Shrimp fishermen in Stonington and on Mount Desert Island tried it last winter, and a mussel harvester in Brunswick and a lobsterman in Falmouth are now giving it a try. In Massachusetts, 750 shareholders signed up this spring to buy fish in advance from Gloucester fishermen. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
National Parks Offer Cool Summer Nights Jun 2, 2009
While Acadia visitors flock to Mount Desert Island, we suggest you park on the mainland at Stonington and hop the mail boat or sea kayak out to Isle au Haut. This 5,400-acre island is half private and half park land with a quiet little town fit inside. (KERO 23, CA)
Rough and tumble or smooth as glass, there's water for your paddle Apr 12, 2009
Acadia, Maine Put in at Seal Cove, on the southwestern edge of Mount Desert Island, in sun or fog and enjoy the relative solitude of Blue Hill Bay. "You don't have the motels and restaurants and cruise ships that you get on the other side of the island, over near Bar Harbor," said Robert Shaw, of Maine State Sea Kayak. (Boston Globe)
Evolution Of Limbs Linked With That Of Gills Mar 25, 2009
The research is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on March 23, 2009, by Andrew Gillis and Neil Shubin of the University of Chicago, and Randall Dahn of Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory. "In fact, the skeleton of any appendage off the body of an animal is probably patterned by the developmental genetic program that we have traced back to formation of gills in sharks," said Andrew Gillis, lead author of the paper and a graduate student in the Department of... (Science Daily)
