League of Towns Talks Island Explorer and Transportation Carrie Jones Sep 23, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Havana. MOUNT DESERT ISLAND REGION—Several members of the League of Towns, September 23, said that they were concerned about the effectiveness of the newly opened Acadia Gateway Center in encouraging people to leave their cars in Trenton and take the free Island Explorer bus to … Continue reading All Buses Head to Bar Harbor . . .
Northeast Harbor Fleet Hosts Worlds This Week Carrie Jones Sep 07, 2025 NORTHEAST HARBOR—The International One Design (IOD) is the heart and soul of the Northeast Harbor Fleet community—classic, gorgeous historic. When a group of them head out to race, sails aloft, ropes pulled or lax, depending, they soar across the water. They are the kind of sailboat that make people swoon. There will likely … Continue reading When Art Meets Wind: Northeast Harbor’s IODs Set Sail for the World Championship
Aug 03, 2025 By Julia Tilton of the Maine Monitor MAINE—John Chisholm has been interested in sharks as long as he can remember. Growing up in Plymouth, Mass. in the 1970s, he spent a lot of time searching for great whites on his dad’s commercial fishing boat. An adjunct scientist at the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, Chisholm wasn’t the first in his … Continue reading Should Mainers Be Concerned by Shark Sightings?
Shaun Farrar Jul 03, 2025 Share NORTHEAST HARBOR—Exuding the confidence and self-assuredness of someone who has done this before, the Asticou Hotel’s owner Tim Harrington said that the inn will be open, with guests in their rooms, by mid-July. “What should be a two- to three-year project our (team) got done in under a year,” Harrington said. The original plan was to hit the end of June, … Continue reading Asticou Hotel to Open Mid-July
Tremont’s Backside Blast: A Weekend of Laughter, Music, and Community Carrie Jones & Shaun Farrar Jun 28, 2025 Share TREMONT—At Tremont’s Backside Blast it doesn’t really matter if the pollock is a tiny bit more oily during one race across Archie’s Lobster’s back lot than another because someone maybe forgot to re-slick it with baby oil. It doesn’t really matter if your team doesn’t win … Continue reading It’s a Pretty Big Blast
Carrie Jones Jun 26, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. BAR HARBOR—Two local restaurants received awards from Wine Spectator. With the announcement, Havana Restaurant in Bar Harbor continues to rack up the awards. Havana was once again named to Wine Spectator’s 2025 Restaurant Awards list. It had received the award last year as well. Havana received the Best of Award of Excellence … Continue reading Havana and Balance Rock Receive Wine Spectator Awards.
There was no Sir Rendering at the sand belt races Carrie Jones Oct 14, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. TOWN HILL—Allison Sasner headed inside to do the brackets for the belt sander races at the Atlantic Brewing Company on Sunday while in the beer garden, Bryce Lambert amped up the crowd of spectators lined up to … Continue reading Beware of Dragons! And Maybe Justin Bieber as Racers Got Gritty This Weekend
