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Halloween Parade Offers a Joyful Moment Before a School’s Big Move. Ghostbusters, Dancing Librarians, and a Very Determined Little Parade-Goer as Conners Emerson Brings The Treats to Bar Harbor.
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Halloween Parade Offers a Joyful Moment Before a School’s Big Move.

Ghostbusters, Dancing Librarians, and a Very Determined Little Parade-Goer as Conners Emerson Brings The Treats to Bar Harbor. Carrie Jones just now The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Bar Harbor Music Festival. BAR HARBOR—Cameras flashed. Phones recorded. People on the sidewalks rocked out as the Conners Emerson School band played “Ghostbusters” as they marched down the streets of Bar Harbor. Kids smiled. … Continue reading Halloween Parade Offers a Joyful Moment Before a School’s Big Move.

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After Losing Their Mother to Cancer, a Bar Harbor Family Works to Help Others. What began with an idea Ed Douglas dreamed up in 2022 has become an annual fundraiser for local cancer support and Wings of Eden, an envisioned end-of-life care home.
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After Losing Their Mother to Cancer, a Bar Harbor Family Works to Help Others.

What began with an idea Ed Douglas dreamed up in 2022 has become an annual fundraiser for local cancer support and Wings of Eden, an envisioned end-of-life care home. Carrie Jones just now The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Coastal Kayaking Tours and Acadia Bike. BAR HARBOR—As you entered Mainely Meat on Dreamwood Hill Sunday, a poster taped onto the wood by the … Continue reading After Losing Their Mother to Cancer, a Bar Harbor Family Works to Help Others.

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Sanding on the Side of Strange. The Belt Sanders Are Real. The Monsters? Debatable. At Atlantic Brewing in Town Hill, belt-sander races, cryptids, barbecue, and a whole lot of joy mark the turn toward fall.
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Sanding on the Side of Strange. The Belt Sanders Are Real. The Monsters? Debatable.

At Atlantic Brewing in Town Hill, belt-sander races, cryptids, barbecue, and a whole lot of joy mark the turn toward fall. Carrie Jones just now The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. BAR HARBOR — Two belt sanders sat at the starting line, plugged into orange extension cords, while the crowd gathered with beers, cellphones, and a few creatures that might … Continue reading Sanding on the Side of Strange. The Belt Sanders Are Real. The Monsters? Debatable.

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Mary Parker Would Have Liked the Dogs. Island Connections’ annual Run, Walk, Wag 5K is less about racing than showing up, having fun, and remembering a woman who spent her life helping others.
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Mary Parker Would Have Liked the Dogs.

Island Connections’ annual Run, Walk, Wag 5K is less about racing than showing up, having fun, and remembering a woman who spent her life helping others. Carrie Jones just now The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. BAR HARBOR—There are dogs at Mary Parker’s race. A lot of them. Mary would have liked that. Mary liked dogs. She liked people. She … Continue reading Mary Parker Would Have Liked the Dogs.

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At Reef Point, Farrand’s Legacy Finds a New Public Path At Beatrix Farrand’s former estate in Bar Harbor, a landscape designer is using surviving stones, bulbs, and fragments of the original garden to create something new that keeps the past visible.
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At Reef Point, Farrand’s Legacy Finds a New Public Path

At Beatrix Farrand’s former estate in Bar Harbor, a landscape designer is using surviving stones, bulbs, and fragments of the original garden to create something new that keeps the past visible. Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar just now The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Birch Bay Retirement Village. “We must keep time with Nature,” Beatrix Farrand wrote, “and follow her forms of expression in different places … Continue reading At Reef Point, Farrand’s Legacy Finds a New Public Path

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14 99+ She Bakes; She Remembers; She Builds. For DeLaney Bracy, every whoopie pie is part business venture, part family tradition, and part love letter to the grandmother who taught her to bake.
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She Bakes; She Remembers; She Builds.

For DeLaney Bracy, every whoopie pie is part business venture, part family tradition, and part love letter to the grandmother who taught her to bake. Carrie Jones just now The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Geddy’s. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—When DeLaney Bracy first decided she wanted to sell baked goods, she wasn’t sure exactly what she wanted to make. Cookies were everywhere. Cakes were difficult to … Continue reading She Bakes; She Remembers; She Builds.

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14 99+ Colin Woodard Asked What Holds a Country Together. Acadia Senior College Has Its Own Answer. At this year's Clunan Lecture, Woodard spoke of stories that connect Americans. The lecture itself was part of another story — the legacy of two people whose idea became a lasting MDI institution.
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Colin Woodard Asked What Holds a Country Together. Acadia Senior College Has Its Own Answer.

At this year’s Clunan Lecture, Woodard spoke of stories that connect Americans. The lecture itself was part of another story — the legacy of two people whose idea became a lasting MDI institution. Carrie Jones Sep 23, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Viridian Law. BAR HARBOR—There is a quote that Acadia Senior College sometimes uses in its programs. “Sometimes, a strong institution … Continue reading Colin Woodard Asked What Holds a Country Together. Acadia Senior College Has Its Own Answer.

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From Santa to S’mores, a Witham Family Hotel's Charitable Christmas Tradition Brings Holiday Magic to Nearly 1,000 in Bar Harbor. How a Maine Hotel Has Turned Giving Into an Annual Holiday Celebration.
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From Santa to S’mores, a Witham Family Hotel’s Charitable Christmas Tradition Brings Holiday Magic to Nearly 1,000 in Bar Harbor.

How a Maine Hotel Has Turned Giving Into an Annual Holiday Celebration. Carrie Jones Dec 14, 2025 BAR HARBOR—The lights came first, then the ornaments, then the sound of children laughing as parents lingered near craft tables, many realizing—perhaps all at once—that they had stepped into a tradition that had quietly become part of their family’s winter. “This is a really beautiful thing,” one woman … Continue reading From Santa to S’mores, a Witham Family Hotel’s Charitable Christmas Tradition Brings Holiday Magic to Nearly 1,000 in Bar Harbor.

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Behind Bar Harbor’s Holiday Glow: Volunteers, Laughter, and a Very Stubborn Tree Holiday Preparations Bring MDI Together as Volunteers Deck the Island
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Behind Bar Harbor’s Holiday Glow: Volunteers, Laughter, and a Very Stubborn Tree

Holiday Preparations Bring MDI Together as Volunteers Deck the Island Carrie Jones Dec 04, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Psychiatry. BAR HARBOR—Jonathan Robles worked Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. He’ll probably do the same tonight. He’s okay with it. That’s because it’s for the holidays and the community. “It’s been a week,” Robles said, smiling, as he stood outside … Continue reading Behind Bar Harbor’s Holiday Glow: Volunteers, Laughter, and a Very Stubborn Tree

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Why This Homey Meal Is a Yearly Lifeline for Community Connection YWCA of MDI Cooks Community Thanksgiving Dinner
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Why This Homey Meal Is a Yearly Lifeline for Community Connection

YWCA of MDI Cooks Community Thanksgiving Dinner Carrie Jones Nov 26, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. BAR HARBOR—No one is quite sure how long the YWCA of MDI has been cooking a community Thanksgiving dinner. “It’s been years,” Jackie Davidson, executive director said in 2024 as the smells of turkey and gravy wafted through the entire brick building and out … Continue reading Why This Homey Meal Is a Yearly Lifeline for Community Connection

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