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Briefs: Acadia Goes Cashless, Sweet Fern Hosts Rep. Friedmann, Hospital Closing Maternity Wing

Chess, real estate, and many more press releases from this week. Carrie Jones Mar 28, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Andy’s Home Improvement Inc. A Quick Note From Us: Each week, we compile briefs and press releases and event images and share them all in one (sometimes very long) story. Our briefs article is mostly just press releases that we don’t write, … Continue reading Briefs: Acadia Goes Cashless, Sweet Fern Hosts Rep. Friedmann, Hospital Closing Maternity Wing

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Bar Harbor’s Future Takes Shape: Comprehensive Plan Moves Forward

Next stop: Town Council Carrie Jones Feb 04, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. BAR HARBOR—“So, how do we feel?” Bar Harbor’s Comprehensive Plan Committee Vice Chair John Kelly asked the group of volunteers gathered around the tables in the town’s third floor conference room. He took his glasses off and addressed the group, after another 90 … Continue reading Bar Harbor’s Future Takes Shape: Comprehensive Plan Moves Forward

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Briefs: Sidman Denied Intervenor Status in Golden Anchor L.C. Case Against Bar Harbor

Press releases: Alice McDermott Promoted, Lambing Workshop, Acadia Trad!, Tarot Card for the SPCA and much more Carrie Jones Jan 11, 2025 A Quick Note From Us: Each week, we compile briefs and press releases and event images and share them all in one (sometimes very long) story. Our briefs article is mostly just press releases that we don’t write, or claim to write, but just … Continue reading Briefs: Sidman Denied Intervenor Status in Golden Anchor L.C. Case Against Bar Harbor

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Bar Harbor Public Will Have Its Say on Temporary Camping Vehicles and Individual Private Campsites

Planning Board moves multiple proposed changes to public hearing. Carrie Jones Jan 04, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. BAR HARBOR—After the Bar Harbor Planning Board advanced multiple potential land use amendments to public hearing January 2, the town’s rules involving temporary camping vehicles and individual private campsites might be changing. It would no longer allow temporary camping vehicles in … Continue reading Bar Harbor Public Will Have Its Say on Temporary Camping Vehicles and Individual Private Campsites

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Town Hill Housing Project Inching Forward

Two-thirds of Acadia’s workforce can’t afford to buy a home within hour of park Shaun Farrar Dec 18, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. TOWN HILL—Within the last six months, Acadia National Park (ANP) conducted a survey that showed that two-thirds of its year-round workforce can’t afford to buy a home within an hour’s drive of the … Continue reading Town Hill Housing Project Inching Forward

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The Broad Vision for Bar Harbor’s Future

Comprehensive Plan Presented Carrie Jones Nov 24, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Side Street Cafe’s New Year’s Eve Party. BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Comprehensive Plan is over 100 pages long and years in the making. If you include the data and the other reports that helped to create it? The page count tops over 700 pages. It’s been state approved, found … Continue reading The Broad Vision for Bar Harbor’s Future

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Is Bar Harbor Heading Toward a Moratorium?

Town Council takes up potential moratorium Tuesday Carrie Jones Nov 16, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—A potential moratorium on an “activity of concern” goes before the Bar Harbor Town Council this Tuesday. The wording in the packet of materials that’s publicly available before meetings isn’t completely filled out, but it is likely related to recent moratorium discussions about different types of lodging, which has been brought … Continue reading Is Bar Harbor Heading Toward a Moratorium?

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Angela Chamberlain Resigns As Bar Harbor Code Enforcement Officer

Chamberlain Heading to Tremont Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar Nov 15, 2024 BAR HARBOR—After 25 years serving the town of Bar Harbor, Angela Chamberlain, Bar Harbor’s code enforcement officer, is heading to Tremont. Her last day in Bar Harbor will be January 1, 2025. “I have been offered, and accepted, the Code Enforcement Officer position in Tremont,” Chamberlain said. “Today my life looks completely different from how it … Continue reading Angela Chamberlain Resigns As Bar Harbor Code Enforcement Officer

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More Visitations Than The Fourth?

Acadia National Park Breaks Daily Visitation Record Carrie Jones Oct 30, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Gary Friedmann for State Representative. ACADIA NATIONAL PARK—The record-breaking number for visits at Acadia National Park on the October 12 holiday weekend are more than just numbers, according to the park’s Public Affairs Officer Amanda Pollock. They have nuance. They have impact. And they tell … Continue reading More Visitations Than The Fourth?

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Majestic Maine Mansion Hosts Community Day During Season’s Last Hurrah

Bar Harbor Historical Society Welcomes Community, Honors Volunteers Carrie Jones Oct 28, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—This year, the Bar Harbor Historical Society welcomed thousands to learn about the history of Bar Harbor or participate in an event. That season ended with a bang during the society’s Community Day on Saturday, where the society welcomed … Continue reading Majestic Maine Mansion Hosts Community Day During Season’s Last Hurrah

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