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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

Nov 17, 2025

Graphic featuring the title 'BAR HARBOR STORY ON THE AGENDA' in bold blue letters on a light background with green speech bubbles, indicating upcoming town and school meetings.

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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.

A colorful calendar layout displaying upcoming local government and school meetings for each day of the week, with highlighted important notes and times.

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 Bar Harbor Town Council meeting on November 18, 2025, detailing the meeting structure and topics for discussion.
A document detailing the agenda for the Bar Harbor Town Council meeting on November 18, 2025, including ordinances for final reading and public hearing.
A flyer for a Sustainable Tourism Management Visioning Workshop hosted by the Town of Bar Harbor, detailing the agenda, location (MDI Biological Laboratory), and time (November 19, 2025, from 1:30 to 4:30 PM).

CRANBERRY ISLES:

No meetings listed online.

MOUNT DESERT:

Agenda for a Selectboard regular meeting in Mount Desert scheduled for November 17, 2025, detailing meeting time, location, and topics for discussion.
Selectboard meeting agenda for November 17, 2025, detailing new business, public comment, and treasurer's warrants.
Zoom meeting agenda for the Selectboard meeting on November 17, 2025, including meeting ID and password details.

RSS Community Forum: Mount Desert: Wednesday, November 19, 6:00-8:00 PM at the Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor

SOUTHWEST HARBOR:

A document listing the agenda for the Southwest Harbor Planning Board meeting scheduled for November 18, 2025, including items such as roll call, agenda approval, and old business discussions.

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 Select Board meeting at Tremont Town Office on November 17, 2025, detailing items such as roll call, approval of minutes, committee appointments, and regular business discussions.
A printed agenda for the Tremont Select Board meeting on November 17, 2025, detailing town manager's report, suggestions for the next meeting, and scheduling for the next regular meeting.

RSS Community Forum: Thursday, November 20, 6:00-8:00 PM at the Tremont School Gym

TRENTON:

HANCOCK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:

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

SCHOOL MEETINGS:

Agenda for the Bar Harbor School Committee meeting scheduled for November 17, 2025, detailing items such as call to order, approval of minutes, public comment, discussion items, and next meeting date.
Agenda for Mount Desert Island Regional High School Regular School Board Meeting scheduled for November 17, 2025, at 5:00 PM, outlining topics such as call to order, approval of previous minutes, public comment, and future agenda items.
Agenda for the Mount Desert Island Regional School System Regular Board Meeting scheduled for November 17, 2025, including items such as public comment, approval of minutes, reports, discussion items, and future meetings.
A Zoom meeting agenda for the Frenchboro School Committee, scheduled for November 18, 2025. It includes items like call to order, approval of minutes, reports, and discussion topics.
Agenda for the Trenton School Committee meeting scheduled for November 18, 2025, including topics such as Principal's Report and Preliminary Budget.

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