Fire Department Open Houses, Cruise Ship Talks, Stress Management

A lot of briefs and press releases are below Carrie Jones Sep 29, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Gary Friedmann for State Representative. SOUTHWEST HARBOR FIRE DEPARTMENT OPEN HOUSE! SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Have you ever wished you could check out a fire truck? Would you like to spray a fire hose? Have you ever had the chance to look inside the compartments of … Continue reading Fire Department Open Houses, Cruise Ship Talks, Stress Management

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What’s Keeping MDI From Affordable, Available Homes?

Carrie Jones Sep 27, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Bank. BAR HARBOR—A collaborative report detailing the issue of finding affordable, available homes on Mount Desert Island has hit the internet and it’s saying what a lot of people have been talking about, too: housing issues are complex. Those issues aren’t easy fixes, but that doesn’t mean that trying to … Continue reading What’s Keeping MDI From Affordable, Available Homes?

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Wasted Food: Going After a Massive Problem One Compost Bin at a Time

Food Waste Impacts Towns’ Budgets and Air Carrie Jones Sep 26, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Food scraps. Yard waste. Combined, the items are about 40 percent of what Maine homes throw away. Those scraps, those twigs, the random lettuce that wilts and isn’t eaten, the moldy bread or cheese? It adds up and many local people and groups are trying to find ways to reduce the … Continue reading Wasted Food: Going After a Massive Problem One Compost Bin at a Time

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schools

Why is building and renovating schools so expensive?

Maine Department of Education data of state-funded major construction projects shows how costs have grown in recent years. By Lana Cohen of the Maine Monitor BAR HARBOR—The price tag on a new elementary school in Bar Harbor is $63 million. An Auburn high school completed in 2023 came in at $122 million. And at the ballot box this fall, Cape Elizabeth voters will consider a $94.7 million … Continue reading Why is building and renovating schools so expensive?

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Council Approves School Fundraising Funding

Planning Department Focuses on Bar Harbor Street Safety & Needs Your Input Carrie Jones Sep 23, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. BAR HARBOR—A quick Bar Harbor Town Council meeting on Tuesday night focused on fundraising for the Conners-Emerson School reconstruction, an update on the town’s transfer station, and quick updates on other projects, as well as a consent … Continue reading Council Approves School Fundraising Funding

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What Is Bill Belichick Doing Between Coaching Jobs

Visiting Bar Harbor! Shaun Farrar Sep 23, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Famous people visit Bar Harbor frequently. Sometimes they are seen and sometimes they aren’t. Sometimes they are everyone’s idol and sometimes they aren’t. No matter how you currently feel about Bill Belichick; if you are a New England Patriots fan, chances are that you loved him at one time or another. Apparently, between coaching jobs, … Continue reading What Is Bill Belichick Doing Between Coaching Jobs

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Events

Music Harbor Brings Music, Joy, and A Lot More During Marathon Weekend

And according to science, it’s bringing some emotion, too Carrie Jones Sep 21, 2024 BAR HARBOR—The posts started showing up on one social media account after another: an image of Mount Desert Island and in the middle? A guitar fretboard. “Music Harbor” was all it read. What exactly did the image mean? What was Music Harbor? And why was this image suddenly showing up everywhere? … Continue reading Music Harbor Brings Music, Joy, and A Lot More During Marathon Weekend

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Mount Desert Man Arrested for Burglary and Criminal Mischief

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Mount Desert Man Survives Motorcycle Crash but Receives Multiple Charges

Police logs Shaun Farrar Sep 17, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Bank. BAR HARBOR—On September 14 at approximately 5:06 p.m., Bar Harbor Police and Fire Departments responded to a reported motorcycle and car crash on Route 3 in Hulls Cove in the area of Ocean Avenue. Jesse MacDonald, 22, of Mount Desert was operating a 2020 Yamaha motorcycle and heading … Continue reading Mount Desert Man Survives Motorcycle Crash but Receives Multiple Charges

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MDI Man Chosen as New School Resource Officer

Starting School Year Off With a Win Shaun Farrar Sep 17, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. BAR HARBOR—On August 27, a local man started going to classes where he’d introduce himself to students and teachers and tell them what his role in the school is and what it isn’t. That role wasn’t as a teacher or a … Continue reading MDI Man Chosen as New School Resource Officer

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These MDI Sisters Don’t Stop Giving Back

MDI Hospital Celebrates its volunteers, employees and community partners Carrie Jones Sep 15, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—Two MDI sisters have spent 150 hours this year volunteering at the MDI Hospital. One hundred and fifty hours. But they aren’t counting. It’s part of who they are: talking, connecting, giving, worrying, making a difference in one interaction … Continue reading These MDI Sisters Don’t Stop Giving Back

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