Bar Harbor Police Beat : True Stories from the Police Files of Mount Desert Island, Maine - Softcover

Sassaman, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1882611055 ISBN 13: 9781882611058

Publisher: Yardbird Books, 1994

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Book by Sassaman, Richard

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Bar Harbor, more than a rural Maine town, is a brand name recognized everywhere as one of the most famous vacation spots in the U.S. People from all over the world know the place well-they go there, millions of them, every summer. (Forget about getting a parking space anywhere downtown in July or August; that's why we locals walk everywhere during that time of year.)

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From the Author

Bar Harbor, Maine, is the most famous town in Vacationland. Every summer, five or six million people come up the scenic Down East coast to visit us on Mount Desert Island, stirring up a volatile melting pot that includes idiot tourists, rich summer people, poor locals, and normal, everyday folks like you and me.

Because of this mix, the four local police forces in the island towns of Bar Harbor, Mt. Desert, Southwest Harbor, and Tremont, as well as the rangers in nearby Acadia National Park, end up with many strange and wonderful problems, as well as unusual tasks to accomplish.

Each Thursday since 1979, the local Bar Harbor Times has printed a column called Police Beat, which explains exactly what the police did, or were asked to do, the previous week on the island. It is by far the most popular section of the paper, and even legendary in certain circles.

An example from February 28, 1985: Kitten Survives Smelly Swim Police here are still looking for the owner of or a home for a one-year-old kitten that survived a fall into a large settling tank at the Ledgelawn Avenue sewage treatment plant last week. Sewer Department workers discovered the animal, which apparently fell into the tank, crawled out, and then became frozen to a metal catwalk on Friday morning.

By using a portable heater, the men were able to free the kitten and transport it to the Acadia Veterinary Hospital. According to [a] hospital spokeswoman, the short-haired, grey male tiger kitten is doing well. The first thing we did was give it a bath and treat it for a frozen tail and legs. Because of freezing, the kitten's tail had to be amputated, she said. He's real frisky, not afraid of anything, she added.

Bar Harbor Police Beat collects choice items from the first 10 years of this column, 1979-1988, arranged by me with additional commentary. At the turn of the century, I plan a second collection, for the years 1989-1999.

Edition details

• Publisher: Yardbird Books
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1882611055
• ISBN 13: 9781882611058
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 163