AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS COME TO THE RESCUE FOR POLICE

Fire Chief Retracts Request for Additional Fire Fighters to Cover Town Hill Carrie Jones BAR HARBOR—The police department will now have a mental health liaison thanks to the use of American Rescue Plan Act funds. The $1.9 trillion package was enacted of March 2021 with the intent of combatting the impacts of COVID-19. Bar Harbor received some of that aid. On Tuesday, the Bar Harbor Town Council … Continue reading AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS COME TO THE RESCUE FOR POLICE

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Community Narcan Presentations Saving Lives

Local bartender’s quick access gets someone breathing again BAR HARBOR—Since October multiple local citizens have saved other people’s lives because they took less than an hour to learn how to save someone’s life. Last week a local Bar Harbor bartender administered Narcan to a patron. According to Bar Harbor Deputy Fire Chief John Lennon, the quick response and handy Narcan likely saved a life. It’s … Continue reading Community Narcan Presentations Saving Lives

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Hands Wash Hands

Community Comes Together As Over 1,000 Still Without Power and Structure Fire Destroys Norway Drive Home MOUNT DESERT ISLAND AND BAR HARBOR—A fire destroyed a single-family home at 488 Norway Drive early Monday morning with the Bar Harbor Fire Department responding just before 2 a.m.. The home was unoccupied. There have been no reported injuries and the origin and cause are under investigation. Bar Harbor … Continue reading Hands Wash Hands

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Portside Grill Fire and the Beauty of the Bar Harbor Community

I wrote this a few years ago, but it remains one of my most endearing and enduring images of this beautiful town. It’s about how we are such a community. Always. Normally, I love my town a lot. It’s a tiny tourist-focused town in Downeast Maine on the coast. Every year hundreds of thousands of people flock here, checking out the mountains and the … Continue reading Portside Grill Fire and the Beauty of the Bar Harbor Community

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