🌱 Dance Discovery Week | 5th-12th Grade and 11 more events

What's up Hancock! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and hot, with a high of 91 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Clouds and sun; hot and humid, temps: high: 92, low: 68.
• Saturday: Not as warm; a p.m. t-storm, with a high of 81 and low of 66 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• Dance Discovery Week | 5th-12th Grade
  Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park Chamber of Commerce 1345-A State Highway 102 Bar Harbor, ME 04609
  9:00 am
• Figure Drawing
  Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park Chamber of Commerce ArtWaves 1345a State Hwy 102 Bar Harbor, ME 04609
  12:00 pm
• Flames of Acadia
  Acadia National Park Fabbri Picnic Area Parking Lot
  2:00 pm
• Flight of Swallows Wine-tasting Fundraiser
  Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park Chamber of Commerce The Neighborhood House 1 Kimball Road Northeast Harbor
  5:30 pm
• Twilight Crawl →
  Frances B. Wood Preserve - Frenchman Bay Conservancy, Old Country Rd, Gouldsboro
  6:30 pm

Friday August 7

• Observe to Conserve: Learning iNaturalist in Acadia →
  Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park Chamber of Commerce Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park, 9 Atterbury Cir., Winter Harbor, ME 04693
  1:00 pm
• Guild Fine Craft Show: Mount Desert Island
  Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park Chamber of Commerce College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden Street, Bar Harbor
  5:00 pm
• Mount Desert Island Guild fine craft show →
  College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden St, Bar Harbor
  5:00 pm
• Pop-Up Craft Cafe
  Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park Chamber of Commerce 1345-A State Highway 102 Bar Harbor, ME 04609
  5:15 pm

Saturday August 8

• Taking the Oy out of Oils
  Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park Chamber of Commerce 1345-A State Highway 102 Bar Harbor, ME 04609
  9:00 am
• Mamma Mania - ABBA Tribute - Bar Harbor
  Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park Chamber of Commerce 1932 Criterion Theatre
  8:00 pm

Sunday August 9

• BAR HARBOR MAINE Criterion Theatre →
  1932 Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage St, Bar Harbor
  7:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• O'Reilly Auto Parts posted a job opening for Assistant Store Manager in Ellsworth. Apply here.
• KBP Brands posted a job opening for KFC Team Member in Ellsworth. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hancock here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Ellsworth

• Ellsworth ‘Portraits of Change' exhibit honors 12 Maine women (mainebiz.biz)
• Ellsworth Planning Board proposes RV park, neighbors (foxbangor.com)
• Refrigerator Malfunction Triggers RV Fire at Downeast Campground (wgan.com)

Bar Harbor

• How Bar Harbor Residents Can Get Free Weekly Parking (wjbq.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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