Bar Harbor Hosts First Wedding Expo to Boost Businesses Off Season.

Wedding Expo Highlights Bar Harbor as Destination Wedding Location. Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar Mar 09, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Psychiatry. BAR HARBOR—The ballroom at the Atlantic Oceanside Hotel & Event Center is often filled with the sounds of clinking glasses, laughter, and wedding jitters, but on Saturday, the sounds were a bit different and a bit more preparatory as the Bar … Continue reading Bar Harbor Hosts First Wedding Expo to Boost Businesses Off Season.

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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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Rest Stops? Not for These Competitors

Bar Harbor’s Bed Racers Went Full Throttle, Saturday Carrie Jones Nov 09, 2025 BAR HARBOR—It’s not every day a piece of toast runs through Bar Harbor next to a waffle and an avocado, all pushing a bed on wheels. Or every day that four carless drivers, all geared up and in uniforms, zip down that same street. Or ever day that Scooby Dooby Doo (and … Continue reading Rest Stops? Not for These Competitors

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“What starts here, changes the state”

Small business week, first cruise ship arrives, PeekyToe Provisions and Rodick Street Business Updates CARRIE JONES MAY 06, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—When Bo Jennings was working for the University of Texas’ basketball team, he noticed the university’s motto: What starts here, changes the world. “The same could be said about Bar Harbor,” the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce board president told the crowd at the organization’s … Continue reading “What starts here, changes the state”

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Acadia Youth Sports Takes Bed Race Title

CARRIE JONES NOV 11, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—Nobody was resting on the job at the Bar Harbor Bed Races had plenty of excitement Saturday morning with lost wheels, face plants, and missed stops as bed racing teams of four (plus one screaming rider) competed for the honor of the fastest bed runners of 2023. Crowds gathered on the sidewalk on Cottage Street. People leaned out … Continue reading Acadia Youth Sports Takes Bed Race Title

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Popper and Testa Honored at Chamber Annual Meeting

New board members announced as well as other award winners CARRIE JONES NOV 2, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—Need someone to announce the bed races? Chris Popper is your man. Desperate for someone to play Santa? Again. Chris Popper is who you’re looking for, and if it’s for the good of the community? He’ll probably say yes to the request. It’s hard to find someone more … Continue reading Popper and Testa Honored at Chamber Annual Meeting

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Bar Harbor Fourth Of July Celebrations

It’s what’s happening in Bar Harbor on the Fourth of July CARRIE JONES JUN 30, 2023 BAR HARBOR—This Tuesday will mark one of the biggest community events in Bar Harbor where locals, summer residents, and visitors converge to celebrate the commemoration of American’s independence, look for lobsters, maybe eat a couple of lobsters or pancakes, and also enjoy a parade that meanders, marches, prances, rolls, … Continue reading Bar Harbor Fourth Of July Celebrations

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Updated: Town Strips Chamber of Wayfinding Funds

Attendees pass slightly revised budget at three-hour town meeting CARRIE JONES JUN 7, 2023 BAR HARBOR—About 175 Bar Harbor town voters and more than a dozen others gathered on a dreary Tuesday night for town meeting at the Conners Emerson gymnasium. The meeting focused on the municipal and school budgets with the main controversy focusing around the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce’s wayfinding funds, which … Continue reading Updated: Town Strips Chamber of Wayfinding Funds

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Chamber’s Search for New Director May Have End in Sight

Nineteen applied to fill position vacated by Alf Anderson BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce has been actively searching for a replacement for Executive Director Alf Anderson and hopes that the organization may have the right candidate in the middle of February. According to Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors President Bo Jennings, “I keep telling candidates, ‘we aren’t in a rush … Continue reading Chamber’s Search for New Director May Have End in Sight

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Town Council and Friends Honor Alf Anderson

Chamber Director Says Goodbye to Bar Harbor BAR HARBOR—At Jack Russell’s Steakhouse last Tuesday afternoon, Alf Anderson stood in the center of a room full of people: tall, quiet, smiling, thinking, and listening. For seven years the Bar Harbor Chamber’s Executive Director has done the same thing. Sometimes he sat. Sometimes he stood. Sometimes he walked around the streets of Bar Harbor. Sometimes he organized … Continue reading Town Council and Friends Honor Alf Anderson

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