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.
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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

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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.

Weekly schedule for local government and school meetings, including times and specific committees for each day from Monday to Friday.

BAR HARBOR:

Agenda for the Bar Harbor School Committee Meeting held at Emerson Library on October 5, 2026, including call to order, approval of minutes, public comment, reports, action items, and next meeting details.
Agenda for the Parks and Recreation Committee meeting in Bar Harbor on October 5, 2026, detailing meeting call, public comments, approval of minutes, and scheduled events.
Agenda for the Bar Harbor Town Council Permit Meeting, dated October 6, 2026, detailing meeting procedures, approval of minutes, special amusement permits, and remote participation instructions.
Meeting notice for the Bar Harbor Town Council Workshop on October 6, 2026, outlining the agenda, remote participation details, and location information.

There is a Bar Harbor Planning Board meeting scheduled for October 7, at 4 p.m. No agenda has been posted online as of press time.

CRANBERRY ISLES:

Meeting notice for the Cranberry Isles Selectboard, including details about the meeting date, time, location, and agenda items.
Town Manager Transition Committee Agenda with details of a Zoom meeting scheduled for October 6th at 4:30 PM, including agenda items and committee members.

FRENCHBORO:

No meetings on calendar.

MOUNT DESERT:

Agenda for the Town of Mount Desert Selectboard meeting on October 5, 2026, detailing the meeting location, authentication requirements for Zoom participation, and a list of topics including workshops, public hearings, and appointments.
Selectboard meeting agenda for October 5, 2026, detailing unfinished and new business items, informational updates, public comments, and treasurer's warrants.
Agenda for the Town of Mount Desert Board of Assessment Review meeting on October 6, 2026, at 6:00 PM, including meeting location details and Zoom participation instructions.
Agenda for the Mount Desert School Department School Committee Meeting on October 7, 2026, at Mt. Desert Elementary School, including items like call to order, committee member attendance, and public comments.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR:

Agenda for the Town of Southwest Harbor Land Use Ordinance Advisory Group Meeting on October 5, 2026, outlining topics such as reviewing the agenda, discussing soil testing standards, next steps, and adjournment.
Agenda for the Southwest Harbor Conservation Commission meeting scheduled for October 7, 2026, including topics like public comment, approval of minutes, and hazardous tree policy.
Public notice and agenda for the Southwest Harbor Planning Board meeting scheduled for October 6, 2026, detailing meeting location, agenda items, and remote participation information.
Agenda for the Shellfish Conservation Committee Meeting in Southwest Harbor, scheduled for October 5, 2026, detailing items such as roll call, adoption of agenda, and discussions on shellfish licenses and future meetings.
Agenda for the Harbor Committee meeting on October 5th, 2026, including items such as roll call, approval of minutes, harbor management plan, and bylaw review.
Agenda for the Southwest Harbor School Department School Committee Meeting at Pemetic Elementary School on October 8, 2026, outlining items such as call to order, approvals, public comments, reports, discussion and action items, future agenda items, and an executive session.

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

TREMONT:

Agenda for the Select Board Meeting at Tremont Town Office on October 5, 2026, detailing call to order, roll call, adoption of agenda, approval of minutes, and regular business items including updates on deer hunt, wharf fees, winter sand bids, heating oil bid, and town office closure.
Agenda for Tremont Select Board meeting dated October 5, 2026, including a section on executive session rights and adjournment.
Agenda for Tremont School Committee Meeting on October 6, 2026, detailing items such as call to order, approval of minutes, public comment, reports, discussion items, action items, and future meeting information.

TRENTON:

No meetings online.

HANCOCK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:

No meetings online.

MDI HIGH SCHOOL AND AOS MEETINGS:

No meetings online.

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