Description: Article about the planning board meeting where the Somesville Fire Company getting land on Route 102 and Mullen Hill Rd for the new fire station was discussed. John Williams Boatyard was allowed to extend quarry cuts for boat storage, Discussion on the development of the Ripple Pond Tract. Previously archived as object Id 011.FIC.67.2
Description: Article about the history of the Somesville Fire Co from 1939-1989. Covers the start of the fire company, fires in Somesville, Fire of 1947, new fire station, Previously archived as object Id 011.FIC.67.2
Description: Photocopy of single sheet including genealogical information on various Higgins family members. Also includes typewritten list on reverse of children of Isaac C. Higgins and Mary Esther Murphy Higgins.
Description: From the Ellsworth American August 5, 1982. This is an excerpt from the book Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast: Penobscot and blue Hill Bays. Talks about the earliest name of the island, who John Robinson was, other people who claimed the island. geneology of the Tinkers, commercial activity on Tinker Island.
Description: Article on three pieces of paper about Mount Desert Island History; Native American History, small outer islands, Sutton's Island, Joseph Moore, Joseph Lancaster, Isaac Richardson, William and Joseph Moore, John Gilley
Description: Article about the Thompson Island Cemetary history. Lists some of the graves in the cemetary, stones removed before October 28, 1985, where the grave stones were first located, what remains of the cemetary. Previously archived as 011.FIC.71.6
Description: Article and poem about the town of Mount Desert rejecting the allowing of cars within the town limits. Previously archived as 011.FIC.71.8
Description: Bar Harbor Times article about a local high school students doing research into into the history of Mount Desert Island and some of the changes which have taken place over the years. Also current plans to reopen historic senic views in Acadia National Park.
Description: Bar Harbor Times article about a lecture comparing historic buildings in Southwest Harbor then and now. Discusses the survey of buildings of historical architectural significance identified.
Maureen Williams, writing for Bangor Daily News; LaRue Spiker for Ellsworth American
Collection:
LaRue Spiker Collection
Description: Articles on two pages each reporting on the possible acquisition of a Bar Harbor estate owned by William Wolff by an medical research enterprise, Ivest Medical Research Foundation. This former Sears estate was the birthplace of Nelson A. Rockefeller. Previously archived as 012.FIC.046.3
Description: Article wirtten by LaRue Spiker about lobsters and the lobster fishing industry for the Bar Harbor Times. Previously archived as 012.FIC.022.1
Description: Grinding ice sheet molds MDI geography. The articles deal with the geologic processes which formed Mt. Desert Island, the granite intrusions of the Island, and the claciation periods which shaped the geography of Mt. Desert Island. A portion of Part I of the series appears to be missing. Previously archived as Object Id 012.FIC.029.3
Description: Article about various light houses and their history found in the surronding waters of Mount Desert Island Previously archived as 012.FIC.039.1