Fireworks are going off all over the island.

As far as the real kind go – an attempt to ban them in Tremont failed at town meeting this week, making the Quietside town the only place on Mount Desert Island where it’s legal to set off fireworks.

Fireworks of a different kind went off on the steps of the Bar Harbor Municipal Building when folks rallied in support of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution designed to remove big money from politics. They urged Bar Harbor town councilors to adopt a resolution to that effect. Find out – did they, or didn’t they?

The founders of a new community theater hope to light an artistic fire that will sweep across MDI and throughout Hancock County. Their Harborside Shakespeare Company got started with a bang at the Jesup Memorial Library last weekend.

Sidewalks are a hot topic this week, too – with bids being accepted in one town to renovate badly deteriorated sidewalks, and funds going to the voters for approval at town meeting in another.

And Bar Harbor may spark a few heated responses from nonprofit groups by asking for monetary donations in lieu of the taxes that those groups don’t have to pay.

All that along with advertisements for 93 job openings, great real estate listings, more arts, sports, commentary and maritime news in this week’s Mount Desert Islander.