And Other Bar Harbor Valentine Stories Carrie Jones Feb 14, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—Whenever you google “Bar Harbor,” in historical records, you’re bound to get some random and occasionally hilarious hits. This is especially true if you add the word “love” to the search terms. The results aren’t always a Valentine’s Day sort of story. Sometimes the quirky aspects of the history come into the … Continue reading Scantily Clad Lobsters
But They Will Be Back Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar Oct 23, 2024 BAR HARBOR—The bells in their green tower at St. Saviour’s Church in Bar Harbor have rung through the decades, through World War II, and epidemics, but this Wednesday, they were pulled off the iconic tower and taken away—not for good, just for repairs. The bells are going to the Sunderlin Foundry in Ruther … Continue reading Bar Harbor’s Historic Bells Came Down Today
Carrie Jones Oct 02, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. BAR HARBOR—In an expansive mansion on West Street in Bar Harbor, secrets are aired and rumors debunked. Some of those secrets involve old maps of places like Bear Brook, which is near the Jackson Laboratory. Some of those secrets involve past heroes in the community who wore headsets and relayed … Continue reading There’s a Place in Bar Harbor Where Secrets and Truths Are Meant to Be Revealed
GUEST CONTRIBUTOR: Bill Horner DEC 29, 2023 This post was contributed by Bill Horner and the MDI Historical Society. BAR HARBOR—Of the many traditions and rituals of growing up in Maine, perhaps that which for me attains the highest level of sublimity is Baked-Bean Saturday and its fine public manifestation, the baked bean supper. Mind you, I did not say “dinner,” but rather “supper,” or … Continue reading IN PRAISE OF BAKED BEAN SUPPERS
“Awful and sublime” lightning and fireballs terrorized MDI residents MOUNT DESERT ISLAND— It was February 26, 170 years ago, just after sundown, that the world of Mount Desert Island became quite quiet, a lull right before a 20-minute lightning storm that pummeled the island, striking dozens of people and creating a weather mystery that the people of the time just couldn’t fathom. Masts were torn off … Continue reading The Purple Fire Snowstorm Brought Horror to Bar Harbor and MDI
