Rachel L. Crater Jul 27, 2025 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICY We 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. The beliefs, opinions, and viewpoints expressed by the writers of letters to the editor and included here do not necessarily reflect the beliefs, opinions, and viewpoints or official policies of The … Continue reading Letter From A Reader
New Group Brings Young Professionals Together! Carrie Jones Mar 15, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce has started a new committee focused on young professionals between 21-40. The effort is meant to help young professionals grow, have fun, and connect, according to Jonathan Robles, the Chamber’s events and marketing manager. “Our goal is to bring together young professionals on the island in … Continue reading Trivia, Networking, and Karaoke?
Village Holiday Details CARRIE JONES NOV 17, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—Mary grew up in Trenton. She and her two children live there now. School wasn’t easy for her because of depression and anxiety and surgery after surgery. “I had to learn to grow up quickly,” she writes on the Bar Harbor Food Pantry site. She became a mom at nineteen and started working between two … Continue reading Working Together To Feed Family: Chamber Chooses Food Pantry to Benefit From Buoy Tree
Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce Hires New Leader Carrie Jones BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce has a new executive director it announced in a press release Monday. Everal “Ben” Eaton will replace Alf Anderson, who resigned from his position in December. He’d been there for seven years. Like Anderson, Eaton worked his way up and through positions at a chamber of commerce in Pennsylvania. … Continue reading Captain Chamber Is On His Way
Puppets, reindeer, gingerbread houses, and solstice dominate upcoming holiday events BAR HARBOR—Santa Claus came to town last night as the jolly old elf visited the green and read “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” from the town’s cupola to a gaggle of enthused listeners. Santa also helped light the town’s tree at the same location Friday night. The poem, written in the early 1800s by either … Continue reading Santa Arrives In Bar Harbor
Buoys still available. BAR HARBOR—There’s a new kind of tree up in Bar Harbor’s downtown this year. It’s not a Christmas tree or a holiday tree. It’s not a newly planted oak or pine or birch. It’s a tree made of wood and chicken wire and dozens of individually painted lobster buoys. It’s a tree that signifies support for the lobstering community throughout Maine. That … Continue reading Bar Harbor’s Lobster Tree Brings Support To Fishery
