Us is Carrie and Shaun at the Bar Harbor Story

CARRIE JONES

MAR 18, 2024

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Hi! We hope you’ve had a great weekend and your Monday is going well.

We’re writing because Shaun and I have been putting more and more time into the Bar Harbor Story. Every single day, people are emailing us to cover stories in other towns as well as in Bar Harbor, which is lovely.

And we really want to do that. But it takes a bit of time. Right now, our sites receive over 135,000 views every month. We never imagined that would happen. We’re really honored by that. And we want to keep bringing you stories about news and community.

The thing is that we aren’t magically wealthy. So, we have to earn a living. Gasp! We know! Wildness. This is where it gets a tiny bit complicated.

Do not worry! We are not asking you for money. We just want to tell you what we’re thinking about and some possible changes.

We are really committed to making sure that people do not have to pay to see our stories. The major reason we started this in earnest about 18 months ago was because we wanted people to be informed quickly about the news, in a detailed way, in a hopefully unbiased way, and to be able to do so no matter their financial situation.

We both grew up poor. We know how hard things can be, and we believe that everyone deserves to be informed.

Thank you so much for everyone who has voluntarily become a paid subscriber. That means the world to us because you didn’t have to do that and because it lets us breathe a little more easily. It also helps us feel like we’re giving you something you value.

So what’s the change?

Though this is something that we have absolutely no skill set in, we are likely going to start getting sponsorships for some of our stories. This will hopefully allow us to spend more time working on the news and for you in a way that isn’t financially difficult for us.

Most of our readers tell us that they read the Bar Harbor Story because they trust us to get them all the facts and information, to cover meetings in an in-depth manner, and to promote and celebrate the good in our community, not just lean into and sensationalize division. That’s our goal, too.

Thanks for being here with us. Thanks for caring about our community, too. And if you have worries, please send us a message!

Carrie and Shaun

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