ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week It's our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved.

ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week.

It’s our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved.

Carrie Jones

Oct 27, 2025

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Every week we document the Mount Desert Island region’s government and school meetings that we know of. Please let us know if we’ve missed something.

Also, sometimes things on the town and school calendars are cancelled or rescheduled, so make sure to doublecheck before you head over!

This is especially true if no agenda has been posted. Sometimes agendas are posted later in the week and are not available at our Monday press time. And sometimes (because Southwest Harbor’s website has corruption issues) we can’t safely download an agenda.

Again, if there are no agendas posted for an event, please verify with the town that it is occurring. We don’t want you heading over for no reason, but we do want everyone to know that:

  1. They can head over.
  2. What’s going on in their town government or at school board meetings.

All meetings are open to the public. If there is an executive session, that part of the meeting is not open.

When things change and we know (agendas are uploaded, meetings are cancelled), we will do our best to update the article as well.

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BAR HARBOR:


OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

According to Bar Harbor’s website, “Meetings that are broadcast live can be viewed at home by watching Cable Access Channel 7 or 1303 (Spectrum Cable only) and online at Town Hall Streams.”

Agenda for the Climate Emergency Task Force meeting scheduled on October 27, 2025, detailing items such as attendance, public comments, and updates.

CRANBERRY ISLES:


No meetings posted online.


MOUNT DESERT:


No meetings posted online.


SOUTHWEST HARBOR:


Save the date for Southwest Harbor’s first community listening session! Monday, October 27th from 5:30 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. at the Southwest Harbor Library. Scroll down to learn more! More information here.

Agenda for the Select Board meeting of Southwest Harbor, scheduled for October 28, 2025, outlining the call to order, roll call, adoption of agenda, an executive session on legal matters, and adjournment.
Agenda for the Select Board meeting of Southwest Harbor, detailing call to order, roll call, adoption of agenda, and executive session topics, dated October 28, 2025.
Agenda for the Select Board Meeting of Southwest Harbor, detailing the call to order, roll call, adoption of agenda, approval of minutes, public hearing, and regular business items.
Agenda for the Southwest Harbor Select Board meeting on October 28, 2025, detailing topics including department presentations, storm damage project procedures, winter pricing bids, and meeting schedules.

SWAN’S ISLAND:


The Select Board meets on the first and third Thursdays of the month at 4 p.m. at the Town Office. 6 p.m. meetings will resume in the spring. No agendas currently online, but there is a meeting this week.


TREMONT:


Agenda for the Tremont Planning Board meeting scheduled for October 28, 2025, including items such as roll call, adoption of the agenda, and other business.

TRENTON:


Agenda for the Board of Selectmen meeting scheduled on October 28, 2025, including topics such as visitor remarks, approval of previous minutes, old and new business, and information on joining the meeting via Zoom.

HANCOCK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:


Commissioners’ Regular meetings are held the first Tuesday of every month at 8:30 a.m.


SCHOOL MEETINGS:


Agenda for the Mount Desert Island Regional High School Board of Trustees Meeting on October 27, 2025, outlining key topics and schedule.
Agenda for the Swan's Island School Board of Directors meeting scheduled for October 28, 2025, detailing the topics to be discussed.

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