Portion of Bayside Road in Ellsworth washed out and closed

CARRIE JONES

OCT 8, 2023

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BAR HARBOR—A storm with drenching rains and tropical winds came across the island last night and left many residents and visitors without power, thanks to downed lines and trees.

This morning, Bar Harbor had 157 customers without power (3.41% of approximately 4,600). The rates were much worse in neighboring towns. In Southwest Harbor, 1,915 customers were without power. That’s out of a total of 1,924, which is 99.53% of customers impacted. In Mount Desert 84% of its customers were out (2,229). In Tremont, 99.28% of customers were without power (1,520 out of 1,531). Only two of 535 customers on Swan’s Island and two of the 422 on Cranberry Isles had power.

Restoration times are all currently listed as 10 p.m.

There are high surf advisory signs at multiple places in the park including Schoodic Point and Otter Cove.

The Versant power outage map is here. There is a high surf advisory in effect from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. This means that large breaking waves are expected in the surf zone. Those waves will be between 5 and 12 feet. The National Weather Service’s forecast is here.

The main road through Somesville had multiple trees down and cleanup is continuing Sunday.

ELLSWORTH CLOSURE

Bayside Road in Ellsworth (in the area of 157) is “totally impassable, road has wash washed out,” according to the Ellsworth Police Department

The road is closed from Foster St to Beechland Rd for an undetermined amount of time while crews repair the road.

This story has been updated to include more photos and text.

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