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Approximately 130 Bar Harbor Voters Pass $30.6M Budget at Annual Town Meeting

School budget easily passes as well Carrie Jones Jun 03, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Edward Jones Financial Advisor: Elise N. Frank. BAR HARBOR—Approximately 130 voters approved the town’s budget at town meeting at the Conners Emerson Gymnasium, Tuesday night. Elected moderator Katherine Emery paid homage to long-serving moderator Bill Ferm at the beginning of the meeting. “Thank you, Bill. This … Continue reading Approximately 130 Bar Harbor Voters Pass $30.6M Budget at Annual Town Meeting

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Warrant Committee Almost Agrees With Council Budget Recommendations MDI YMCA and Island Explorer Discussed
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Warrant Committee Almost Agrees With Council Budget Recommendations

MDI YMCA and Island Explorer Discussed Carrie Jones Mar 25, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. BAR HARBOR—One $15,000 difference between the town council and warrant committee budget recommendations caused the warrant committee to not officially recommend the town council’s budget, 10-3, Monday night. The voters will approve or amend the budget at the town’s June 3 … Continue reading Warrant Committee Almost Agrees With Council Budget Recommendations

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Bar Harbor Town Council Moves Budget Forward After Multiple MDI YMCA Votes Friedmann's Local Option Sales Tax Heads to Public Hearing March 12
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Bar Harbor Town Council Moves Budget Forward After Multiple MDI YMCA Votes

Friedmann’s Local Option Sales Tax Heads to Public Hearing March 12; list of other sponsored legislation Carrie Jones Mar 08, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Andy’s Home Improvement Inc. BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Town Council tentatively accepted the budget that would begin in July 2026, but first it went through a series of votes that focused on how much to fund … Continue reading Bar Harbor Town Council Moves Budget Forward After Multiple MDI YMCA Votes

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Bar Harbor Faces Budget With Less Cruise Ships: Parking Fees to the Rescue? Warrant Committee Presents Recommendations to the Town Council
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Bar Harbor Faces Budget With Less Cruise Ships: Parking Fees to the Rescue?

Warrant Committee Presents Recommendations to the Town Council Carrie Jones Feb 26, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. BAR HARBOR—The town’s warrant committee, town council, and school committee members last night showed that they are all very much in line with the recommendations for a budget that will steer the town’s revenues and expenses for the next fiscal … Continue reading Bar Harbor Faces Budget With Less Cruise Ships: Parking Fees to the Rescue?

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Residents Worry They’ll Be Taxed Out of Bar Harbor Homes

Town Council Recommends Budget With Manager’s Tweaks CARRIE JONES MAR 20, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Two men stood before the Bar Harbor Town Council Monday night and one after the other pled for tax relief. They were the only people to speak at the public hearing. The Council unanimously adopted Town Manager James Smith’s suggestions, which tweak the 20% increase in appropriations this year down to … Continue reading Residents Worry They’ll Be Taxed Out of Bar Harbor Homes

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An Already Exhausted Bar Harbor Town Budget Could Be About to Take a Huge Hit

SHAUN FARRAR JAN 8, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR––In a town, like Bar Harbor, with limited revenue streams, cruise ship revenue is amongst the largest contributors. In fact, Bar Harbor has only four revenue line items that have earned, or are projected to earn, as of August 21, 2023, close to or above $1 million a year post COVID-19. Those line items are listed below. ·      Tax … Continue reading An Already Exhausted Bar Harbor Town Budget Could Be About to Take a Huge Hit

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Want to Change Something About the Town’s Budget?

You Can’t Do It From in Front of Your Screen, You Need to Attend Town Meeting SHAUN FARRAR JUN 1, 2023 BAR HARBOR––Bar Harbor’s annual town meeting is only days away and will be held at the Conners Emerson School gymnasium on June 6, at 6 p.m. Town meeting is an important function as part of our town governance as it is the venue where voters … Continue reading Want to Change Something About the Town’s Budget?

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FY 2024 Budget Tentatively Adopted By Council

Over $1.4 million cut, tax increase at 9.5% Carrie Jones BAR HARBOR—The council unanimously approved tentatively adopting the Fiscal Year 2024 budget and scheduling it for a March 21, 2023 public hearing. The Town Council, staff, and Warrant Committee have so far whittled the expected tax increase caused by the proposed Fiscal Year 2024 budget from 17 or 18% to a 9.5% increase. “The proposed … Continue reading FY 2024 Budget Tentatively Adopted By Council

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Warrant Committee Hopes NonProfits Will Pitch In For School Construction

Warrant Committee and Town Council Meet Tonight To Talk Budget Carrie Jones BAR HARBOR—The Warrant Committee met Monday night to wade through the budget recommendations that it will give to the Town Council this evening. The Bar Harbor Warrant Committee’s subcommittees gathered information about each of its assigned budget areas. The chairs of each went through suggested motions with the committee as a whole. A … Continue reading Warrant Committee Hopes NonProfits Will Pitch In For School Construction

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With Binders Open and No Fanfare, Warrant Subcommittees Soldier On

Last Warrant Budget Subcommittee Meeting Before Next Week’s Meetings Focuses on Governance Carrie Jones BAR HARBOR— Four Warrant Committee members and two town staff gathered around the oblong table under the harsh lights of a third-floor conference room in the Bar Harbor municipal building Wednesday night, binders open in front of them, papers and numbers and explanations relaying page after page of data. And in … Continue reading With Binders Open and No Fanfare, Warrant Subcommittees Soldier On

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