Tag: bar harbor story

Uncategorized

Use it or Potentially Lose It: Harbor Committee May Look To Recommend Changes to Mooring Rules

Ells Pier Repairs May Be Done Monday CARRIE JONES APR 12, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The town may begin to look into changing its mooring rules and the ordinance that governs them. Harbormaster Chris Wharff told Harbor Committee members on Monday that he’d like to look into potentially putting in a provision that would allow the town to reassign mooring space to those who are consistently … Continue reading Use it or Potentially Lose It: Harbor Committee May Look To Recommend Changes to Mooring Rules

Unknown's avatarcarriejonesbooksLeave a comment
Uncategorized

Lynne Williams Will Not Run Again

House District 14 Seat Race Open CARRIE JONES MAR 22, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The race for House District 14  (Bar Harbor, Cranberry Isles, Lamoine, Mount Desert) will be wide open this year as Lynne Williams (D) has announced that she will not run again for the seat. Williams had been serving her second term in the Maine House of Representatives. Williams, a Bar Harbor attorney, will begin … Continue reading Lynne Williams Will Not Run Again

Unknown's avatarcarriejonesbooksLeave a comment
Uncategorized

Irish Hearts Will be Happy at Ivy Manor This Weekend

Top o’ the Weekend To You! CARRIE JONES MAR 14, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Did you know that St. Patrick was born in Britain? Or that there weren’t any snakes in Ireland, allegedly, for him to cast off its shore? Or that leprechaun comes from the word lobaircin, which means “small-bodied fellow?” No worries. In Bar Harbor, you don’t even have to be of Irish descent … Continue reading Irish Hearts Will be Happy at Ivy Manor This Weekend

Unknown's avatarcarriejonesbooksLeave a comment
acadia national park, Events

Nobody Was In Hot Water at New Year’s Day Polar Plunge

Annual event lures dozens into the Atlantic CARRIE JONES JAN 2, 2024 Share SAND BEACH—Here’s how it happens: People congregate in an area. They say hello. They shiver, maybe. They talk to each other, maybe, or just contemplate what they are about to do. Some sit on towels. Some stay standing. A moment passes. Another. Then, they start stripping off their clothes until they’re no … Continue reading Nobody Was In Hot Water at New Year’s Day Polar Plunge

Unknown's avatarcarriejonesbooksLeave a comment
Uncategorized

Bar Harbor After Dark: Existing in the liminal spaces

Feature CARRIE JONES JUL 29, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—The troubadour with his guitar case positions himself on the edge of the sidewalk by the bars and t-shirt shops, hoping for tourists or new lovers with a dollar or two in cash, giving out songs for free, really, as people meander by. The sun is setting in Bar Harbor and in the half hour before dark, … Continue reading Bar Harbor After Dark: Existing in the liminal spaces

Unknown's avatarcarriejonesbooksLeave a comment
Uncategorized

The List: How Much Property in Bar Harbor Is Tax Exempt?

We’ve compiled the data Shaun Farrar BAR HARBOR—Budget season always seems to spur conversations about nonprofits and the potential property taxes that they do not pay. Nonprofits have the legal option not to pay property taxes unless the property is used for certain purposes. It is not an automatic process and applications must be completed to gain the exempt status. Here is the State of Maine … Continue reading The List: How Much Property in Bar Harbor Is Tax Exempt?

Unknown's avatarcarriejonesbooksLeave a comment
Uncategorized

Local Mom Collecting Pledges to Build a Fence Around Town Hill Playground

Reaches goal of $5k this weekend TOWN HILL—Some local parents are doing what they can to make the Town Hill Playground a little bit safer. “Town Hill Playground is nestled between two active parking lots and is less than 100 yards from busy ME-102. Without near-constant vigilance, a child could be seconds away from major injury. By building a fence, we can prevent an accident … Continue reading Local Mom Collecting Pledges to Build a Fence Around Town Hill Playground

Unknown's avatarcarriejonesbooksLeave a comment
Uncategorized

Two Hundred Boxes Stuffed in Turkeypalooza

Bar Harbor Congregational Church’s Basketpalooza Sees Church Transform Into Temporary, Festive Food Warehouse BAR HARBOR—It’s not every day that you go to church, find a pew, an sit down to worship with a box of Stove Top Stuffing as your seat mate. That’s exactly what happened in Bar Harbor Sunday morning. Just after the 11 a.m. as the last resonates of “Go Now in Peace” … Continue reading Two Hundred Boxes Stuffed in Turkeypalooza

Unknown's avatarcarriejonesbooksLeave a comment
Uncategorized

What Is The Essence of Conners Emerson?

Second Community Forum Begins to Craft Design Statement for Potential School Project BAR HARBOR—Teachers working in a closet, safety concerns, aging and breaking (or broken) boilers, the Conners Emerson building project team for the K-8 school presented a potential timeline for recreating the aging school buildings and asked the people attending a presentation on site at the school and via Zoom to help create a … Continue reading What Is The Essence of Conners Emerson?

Unknown's avatarcarriejonesbooksLeave a comment
Uncategorized

Report Says Owner-Occupied Houses Out of Reach for Many in Bar Harbor

Mortgage rates increasing does not help prospective homeowners BAR HARBOR—So far in Bar Harbor’s comprehensive plan process, part of the committee’s focus has been on housing. Two recent documents lend data to those concerns. Both the plan’s October executive summary and its report on existing conditions go into great detail about housing. Median home sales in Bar Harbor increased to $520,00 from $311,500 in 2018. … Continue reading Report Says Owner-Occupied Houses Out of Reach for Many in Bar Harbor

Unknown's avatarcarriejonesbooksLeave a comment