Holidays Galleries

Reed Family hosts Thanksgiving Dinner : Thanksgiving Day was rather subdued in downtown Southwest Harbor with one exception - the Quietside Café on Main Street, where more than 80 people took advantage of a free holiday dinner hosted by the Reed family. This is the 10th year that Ralph and Frances Reed and their daughters, Ebony and Marlena, have prepared turkey and all the fixings for the Mount Desert Island community. Photos by Mark Good

Reed Family hosts Thanksgiving Dinner

Thanksgiving Day was rather subdued in downtown Southwest Harbor with ...

Updated: Dec 01, 2009 10:29am PST

A Victorian Christmas at Woodlawn :

A Victorian Christmas at Woodlawn

Updated: Nov 24, 2009 8:30am PST

Old Valentines :

Old Valentines

Updated: Feb 05, 2009 8:12am PST

Christmas Ornamets :

Christmas Ornamets

Updated: Dec 22, 2008 7:08am PST

Downtown Ellsworth Family Festival :

Downtown Ellsworth Family Festival

Updated: Dec 16, 2008 5:51am PST

Peninsula School Holiday Concert :

Peninsula School Holiday Concert

Updated: Dec 12, 2008 1:22pm PST

Poinsettia Ball 2008 : Some 515 merrymakers turned out Saturday night for the 17th annual edition of the Poinsettia Ball. Sponsored by R.H. Foster Energy and Machias savings Bank, the ball at the Holiday Inn raised $50,000 for the F. Eugene Dixon Jr. Emergency Center at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital. After a fine dinner prepared by Chipper's Restaurant, guests danced, sang "The Twelve Days of Christmas" and danced some more.—STAFF PHOTOS BY STEPHEN FAY AND TOM STARNO

Poinsettia Ball 2008

Some 515 merrymakers turned out Saturday night for the 17th annual edi ...

Updated: Dec 08, 2008 11:40am PST

Joy of Reading 2008 :

Joy of Reading 2008

Updated: Dec 08, 2008 10:59am PST

Joy Of Reading : Hundreds of young readers and their parents streamed through the front office The Ellsworth American Saturday after the Downtown Christmas Parade to pick up a free book courtesy of The American and Simon and Schuster Publishing Co.

Joy Of Reading

Hundreds of young readers and their parents streamed through the front ...

Updated: Dec 08, 2008 10:52am PST

Downtown Ellsworth Holiday Parade 2008 : Thousands of onlookers turned out for the annual downtown Christmas parade on Saturday, which was made extra festive by the steady snowfall.—STAFF PHOTOS BY STEPHEN FAY AND JENNIFER OSBORN

Downtown Ellsworth Holiday Parade 2008

Thousands of onlookers turned out for the annual downtown Christmas pa ...

Updated: Dec 08, 2008 8:45am PST

Quietside Thanksgiving :

Quietside Thanksgiving

Updated: Dec 05, 2008 8:34am PST

Handbell Concert : It was standing room only at the Ellsworth Public Library Wednesday evening for the Acadia Handbell Choir concert. The musicians performed holiday songs for about 30 minutes then took questions from the audience.—STAFF PHOTOS BY JENNIFER OSBORN

Handbell Concert

It was standing room only at the Ellsworth Public Library Wednesday ev ...

Updated: Dec 05, 2008 5:21am PST

Holiday House Tour in Sedgewick :

Holiday House Tour in Sedgewick

Updated: Nov 26, 2008 10:17am PST

MDIslander "Draw Mom" Pictures :

MDIslander "Draw Mom" Pictures

Updated: May 19, 2008 6:29am PST

Ellsworth American "Draw Mom" Pictures :

Ellsworth American "Draw Mom" Pictures

Updated: May 12, 2008 1:48pm PST

The Christmas Goose is Cooked : The Crocker House Country Inn's annual Dickens Dinner was a hit this year with a record 42 guests in attendance.— OKA HUTCHINS PHOTOS

The Christmas Goose is Cooked

The Crocker House Country Inn's annual Dickens Dinner was a hit this y ...

Updated: Jan 10, 2008 10:22am PST

Grandparent Lunch : Third-graders at the Bryant E. Moore School in Ellsworth were invited to bring a grandparent or “special person” to lunch on Wednesday, Dec. 19.—CYNDI WOOD PHOTOS

Grandparent Lunch

Third-graders at the Bryant E. Moore School in Ellsworth were invited ...

Updated: Dec 28, 2007 3:36am PST

Holiday Celebrations on MDI 2007 : Santa and his many helpers were in high gear around Mount Desert Island recently as villages and organizations held their annual Christmas Holiday events.

Holiday Celebrations on MDI 2007

Santa and his many helpers were in high gear around Mount Desert Islan ...

Updated: Dec 24, 2007 6:32am PST

Beech Hill School Gingerbread Houses : Kindergartners at the Beech Hill School in Otis got a frosting-coated taste of the holiday spirit Thursday, December 13 when they decorated gingerbread houses in their classroom.

Beech Hill School Gingerbread Houses

Kindergartners at the Beech Hill School in Otis got a frosting-coated ...

Updated: Dec 13, 2007 11:48am PST

Holiday Weekend Fun In Bucksport And Ellsworth : Downtown Ellsworth was alive with the season on December 9th as Main Street was closed to vehicles so musicians, singers, dancers, karate kids and fir eater and an inviting assortment of food vendors entertained, inspired and nourished Christmas shoppers. Bucksport's Spirit of the Holidays also helped ring in the season on December 8th.

Holiday Weekend Fun In Bucksport And Ellsworth

Downtown Ellsworth was alive with the season on December 9th as Main S ...

Updated: Dec 13, 2007 7:38am PST

Downtown Christmas Parade : Hundreds of onlookers braved the cold and lined Main Street Saturday morning to watch the annual Downtown Christmas Parade...a long and varied collection of floats, veterans, bands, marching units, livestock, Masons on wheels and firetrucks. As tradition goes, the parade ended with Santa.

Downtown Christmas Parade

Hundreds of onlookers braved the cold and lined Main Street Saturday m ...

Updated: Dec 03, 2007 12:02pm PST

Halloween : This complete Halloween gallery includes photos from EHS Spook Day, the YMCA Halloween Parade, Halloween visitors to The Ellsworth American offices, and other holiday scenes.

Halloween

This complete Halloween gallery includes photos from EHS Spook Day, th ...

Updated: Nov 16, 2007 1:01pm PST

Thanksgiving : Kindergartners at the Charles C. Knowlton School dressed up as pilgrims Thursday to celebrate Thanksgiving with a feast of homemade pumpkin pie, apple squares and cider.

Thanksgiving

Kindergartners at the Charles C. Knowlton School dressed up as pilgrim ...

Updated: Nov 16, 2007 12:12pm PST

Veteran's Day : Maine Maritime Academy students, faculty and staff participated in a Veterans Day Observance last Friday in front of Leavitt Hall. Members of the Downeast Chapter of the American Merchant Marine Veteran’s Association were at the ceremony.

Veteran's Day

Maine Maritime Academy students, faculty and staff participated in a V ...

Updated: Nov 16, 2007 7:22am PST

Veteran's Day : Surry School Observes Veteran's Day - Local veterans visited the school Friday to help the students observe Veterans Day. A sign in the Surry Elementary School gym carried a simple message: "Thank You Veterans."

Veteran's Day

Surry School Observes Veteran's Day - Local veterans visited the schoo ...

Updated: Nov 14, 2007 12:04pm PST