When Maine Daycares Stay Quiet About Abuse and Neglect Within Their Walls

Two cases show the difficulty of holding daycares accountable when they are responsible for reporting themselves. Oct 13, 2025 By Alexa Foust of The Maine Monitor. AUGUSTA—On April 2, a teacher at a Brewer child care center picked up a young boy who had crawled away, swung him until his feet were about three feet off the ground and slammed his bottom onto the floor so hard … Continue reading When Maine Daycares Stay Quiet About Abuse and Neglect Within Their Walls

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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 Oct 13, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Psychiatry. 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 … Continue reading ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week.

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Letters From Our Readers

Hannah Phelps, Steve Stroud, Cara Ryan Oct 12, 2025 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICY We always welcome letter submissions to The Bar Harbor Story. For details on our policy, please visit our about page and scroll down or just visit here. As with all newspapers, the beliefs, opinions, and viewpoints expressed by the writers of letters to the editor and included here do not necessarily reflect the beliefs, opinions, … Continue reading Letters From Our Readers

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Carolyn Todd Named Interim Principal in Southwest Harbor

Carrie Jones Oct 11, 2025 SOUTHWEST HARBOR—A familiar face will be heading up the Pemetic Elementary School this year. The school committee unanimously appointed Carolyn Todd as the interim principal earlier this week after Dr. Christine Gray resigned earlier this school year. “I know its a really big job and I will certainly do my best,” Todd told her school board during its Thursday afternoon meeting. The … Continue reading Carolyn Todd Named Interim Principal in Southwest Harbor

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Bill to Support Maine’s Lobster Industry Clears Appropriations Committee And so many other briefs and press releases from the community

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It’s All the Briefs and Press Releases

Carrie Jones Oct 11, 2025 Each week we compile briefs and put them initially only on the website and then send them all on Friday (or Saturday this week). We do that so that: If you click through to a release that interests you, you can read it in its entirety. You can always keep up with all the briefs throughout the week by clicking here. … Continue reading It’s All the Briefs and Press Releases

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In Bar Harbor, Task Force Seeks Balance Between Tourism and Year-Round Life

Carrie Jones Oct 10, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Havana. BAR HARBOR—Bar Harbor wants to make tourism more sustainable, but first it has to figure out exactly what that means. A town task force is working on a plan to balance local life, the environment, and an economy that is partially driven by more than 4 million annual visits to Acadia National … Continue reading In Bar Harbor, Task Force Seeks Balance Between Tourism and Year-Round Life

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Teachers Plead For Southwest School Board to Consider School Resource Officer

Many Tremont School Board Members Worry About Officer With a Gun in School Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar Oct 10, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Maine Seacoast Mission. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Several teachers, the select board chair, and the Tremont town manager all asked the Southwest Harbor School Committee to reconsider its lack of action on a school resource officer (SRO) at the … Continue reading Teachers Plead For Southwest School Board to Consider School Resource Officer

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Two Men Arrested for 2024 Drug Death in Tremont

Carrie Jones Oct 10, 2025 TREMONT—The Hancock County Sheriff’s Department has announced the arrest of two men for a January 13, 2024 death in Tremont. Both David Baker, 60, of Franklin and Nicholas Parlatore, 55, of Tremont, were charged with drug crimes that resulted in deaths. The charges occurred October 7. The arrests occurred the following morning. The sheriff’s department was assisted by the Maine … Continue reading Two Men Arrested for 2024 Drug Death in Tremont

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Tremont Planning Board Chair Resigns

Select Board Schedules Special Meeting Regarding Acquisition of Wagner Property Shaun Farrar Oct 09, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Psychiatry. TREMONT—At its September 6, 2025, meeting Town Manager Jesse Dunbar told the Tremont Select Board that on Monday, September 22, he had received an email from Planning Board Chair Mark Good stating that he intended to resign from the planning board. … Continue reading Tremont Planning Board Chair Resigns

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Mount Desert Treasurer Resigns, New Officer Hired and Planning Board Updates

Carrie Jones Oct 09, 2025 MOUNT DESERT—Mount Desert Finance Director Mae Wyler has resigned from her position to the protests of the town’s selectboard. “It’s been an honor to serve the town. I’m so grateful for the opportunity,” Wyler said. Wyler began in Mount Desert in 2023. Her resignation was accepted October 6. Her resignation is effective as of October 31, 2025. “Acceptance with regret,” … Continue reading Mount Desert Treasurer Resigns, New Officer Hired and Planning Board Updates

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