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Planning Board Hears Data Related to Bar Harbor’s Lodging Freeze Lodging prompted the loss of 17 dwelling units since 2007
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Planning Board Hears Data Related to Bar Harbor’s Lodging Freeze

Lodging prompted the loss of 17 dwelling units since 2007 Carrie Jones Sep 09, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Wealth Management. BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Planning Board, charged with reviewing data and making recommendations in regards to the town’s moratorium on multiple lodging uses, heard a draft report on the data analysis presented by the town’s planning department in a … Continue reading Planning Board Hears Data Related to Bar Harbor’s Lodging Freeze

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Bar Harbor Planning Board Chair Worries Delay in Moratorium Presentation Takes Time Away from Board's Housing Work
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Bar Harbor Planning Board Chair Worries Delay in Moratorium Presentation Takes Time Away from Board’s Housing Work

The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Thrive Juice Bar & Kitchen. BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Planning Board Chair Millard Dority, August 6, expressed frustration that the board has not yet had a presentation about the town’s infrastructure capacity in relation to the ongoing lodging moratorium and worried that it’s delaying their ability to focus on ways to look for more housing opportunities for … Continue reading Bar Harbor Planning Board Chair Worries Delay in Moratorium Presentation Takes Time Away from Board’s Housing Work

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Hospital's Traffic Plan Changes Will Go to Planning Staff
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Hospital’s Traffic Plan Changes Will Go to Planning Staff

Carrie Jones Apr 30, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. BAR HARBOR—During a quick morning special meeting last week, the Bar Harbor Planning Board reviewed a request from Mount Desert Island Hospital for what the town calls a minor site plan review at its 10 Wayman Lane property in downtown Bar Harbor. The meeting lasting approximately 10 … Continue reading Hospital’s Traffic Plan Changes Will Go to Planning Staff

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Planning Board Approves Mount Desert Island Hospital Expansion $42 Million Project
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Planning Board Approves Mount Desert Island Hospital Expansion

$42 Million Project Carrie Jones Mar 06, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. BAR HARBOR—The $42 million expansion of the Mount Desert Island Hospital is a go. The hospital hopes to break ground on the 42,600-square foot expansion this year. “The hospital is almost 130 years old and she has served this community,” well for those years, CEO Christina Maguire told … Continue reading Planning Board Approves Mount Desert Island Hospital Expansion

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Planning Board Takes on Moratorium Work
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Planning Board Takes on Moratorium Work

First workshop focuses mostly on preliminary data Carrie Jones Mar 03, 20 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Bank. BAR HARBOR—Now that the town council has enacted a 180-day moratorium on lodging uses, the volunteer Bar Harbor Planning Board is tasked with looking at the land use aspects of the work. “The council approved extending the moratorium for another 180 days. … Continue reading Planning Board Takes on Moratorium Work

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Do Residential Sprinkler Requirements Run Counter To Affordable Housing? Acadia Corp Warehouse Expansion Approved, Potential LUO Amendments Discussed, Chair Advocates for Kindness
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Do Residential Sprinkler Requirements Run Counter To Affordable Housing?

Acadia Corp Warehouse Expansion Approved, Potential LUO Amendments Discussed, Chair Advocates for Kindness Carrie Jones Dec 05, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. BAR HARBOR—Life safety and affordable homes don’t always go easily hand in hand. The tension between those needs came up during the public comments of the Bar Harbor Planning Board’s final meeting of 2024 last week. … Continue reading Do Residential Sprinkler Requirements Run Counter To Affordable Housing?

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Planning Board Begins to Tackle Offensive Language Hamilton Station, Acadia Corp Warehouse Expansion, Merging Districts all Discussed at October Meeting
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Planning Board Begins to Tackle Offensive Language

Hamilton Station, Acadia Corp Warehouse Expansion, Merging Districts all Discussed at October Meeting Carrie Jones Nov 04, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by YES ON 4 For a Balanced Solution. BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Planning Board began reviewing multiple potential changes to the land use ordinance that could occur at the June 10, 2025 town meeting. The first potential change discussed was offensive … Continue reading Planning Board Begins to Tackle Offensive Language

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Bar Harbor’s Iconic Water Company Building Might Eventually Find a New Home

Planning Board Moves Cruise Ship and Transient Accommodation Potential Changes, JAX Expansion to Public Hearings CARRIE JONES JUL 06, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Every once in a while something big moves through Bar Harbor. It might be an MRI building. It might be a tree heading toward the other part of the island. It might be a home. In the future, it might be the iconic … Continue reading Bar Harbor’s Iconic Water Company Building Might Eventually Find a New Home

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Could Employee Living Quarters and Shared Accommodations Expansion Help Ease Bar Harbor’s Housing Woes?

CARRIE JONES JUN 8, 2023 BAR HARBOR—According to studies created this year as part of the comprehensive planning process, Bar Harbor is going to need a lot of new dwellings by 2033 and it doesn’t have a lot of space to put them. At a February 3 Planning Board meeting, Glenon Friedmann, representing Bar Harbor Farm at 115 Gilbert Farm Road in the Town Hill … Continue reading Could Employee Living Quarters and Shared Accommodations Expansion Help Ease Bar Harbor’s Housing Woes?

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Kebo Street Seasonal Workers’ Housing Project Goes Before Planning Board

Bar Harbor housing statistics and commuting facts BAR HARBOR— Gable roofs. Asphalt shingles. Greenified street spaces. That’s the vision for the proposed shared accommodations for the Witham Family Limited Partnership’s seasonal employees on Kebo Street in what might have been the first shared accommodation dwelling of its size in recent history, which could potentially alleviate a bit of stress for Bar Harbor’s housing pool. Town … Continue reading Kebo Street Seasonal Workers’ Housing Project Goes Before Planning Board

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