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$19.6M High School Budget Passes After Questions From Some Residents Process draws more questions from crowd than past years
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$19.6M High School Budget Passes After Questions From Some Residents

Process draws more questions from crowd than past years Shaun Farrar Apr 06, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Choco-Latté Café. MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—The MDI High School budget passed largely without drama April 1, but the audience signaled a shift. More residents unaffiliated with the school system showed up, some warning that rising town and school costs are outpacing what people on fixed … Continue reading $19.6M High School Budget Passes After Questions From Some Residents

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MDI High School Budget Vote April 1: What Residents Need to Know. Public Meeting Will Decide $19.6M MDI High School Budget.
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MDI High School Budget Vote April 1: What Residents Need to Know.

Public Meeting Will Decide $19.6M MDI High School Budget. Shaun Farrar Mar 31, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Bank. MOUNT DESERT ISLAND REGION—Local school budgets make up a large portion of the town budgets for all four towns on Mount Desert Island. Every year, these budgets are proposed and then scrutinized by warrant committees and select boards/councils before being approved … Continue reading MDI High School Budget Vote April 1: What Residents Need to Know.

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Split Trenton Budget Committee Approves Town Budget For Town Meeting. Proposed budget comes in at just under $8 million with $6 million needing to be raised.
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Split Trenton Budget Committee Approves Town Budget For Town Meeting.

Proposed budget comes in at just under $8 million with $6 million needing to be raised. Shaun Farrar Mar 19, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Edward Jones Financial Advisor: Elise N. Frank. TRENTON—After a quick Trenton Select Board meeting on March 17, the Trenton Budget Committee met to discuss and vote on the town’s overall budget. The vote was majority in favor … Continue reading Split Trenton Budget Committee Approves Town Budget For Town Meeting.

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Trenton’s School Spending Plan Could Add $74 to Every $100K of Property Value. How Trenton Plans to Expand Pre-K and Special Education Services.
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Trenton’s School Spending Plan Could Add $74 to Every $100K of Property Value.

How Trenton Plans to Expand Pre-K and Special Education Services. Shaun Farrar Mar 14, 2026 TRENTON— Trenton Elementary School Principal Crystal DaGraca presented the school’s proposed fiscal year 2026/27 budget to the town’s Budget Committee and Select Board, March 3. The proposed budget increases the town appropriation by $341,220 or 6.66% bringing the total town appropriation to $5,467,648, up from $5,126,428. This equates to a … Continue reading Trenton’s School Spending Plan Could Add $74 to Every $100K of Property Value.

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Split Bar Harbor Vote Proposes Redirecting Some School Capital Improvement Funds to Tax Relief
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Split Bar Harbor Vote Proposes Redirecting Some School Capital Improvement Funds to Tax Relief

Carrie Jones Mar 13, 2026 BAR HARBOR—The public hearing for the Bar Harbor budget on March 12 led to zero comments and there was no discussion of any of the Warrant Committee’s suggestions, nor were any of those suggestions taken. However, the Town Council did tweak and reduce the budget by taking money out of some of the Conners Emerson capital improvement plan (CIP) budget … Continue reading Split Bar Harbor Vote Proposes Redirecting Some School Capital Improvement Funds to Tax Relief

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Tremont Select Board Aims for 0% Increase in Property Taxes Needed to Fund Municipal Budget Fire department hoping for new public safety building and new pickup truck
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Tremont Select Board Aims for 0% Increase in Property Taxes Needed to Fund Municipal Budget

Fire department hoping for new public safety building and new pickup truck Shaun Farrar Mar 09, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. TREMONT—For the second year in a row, the Tremont Volunteer Fire Department again asked the Tremont Select Board for a new pickup truck for the fire department at its March 2 meeting. That request was quickly put on hold … Continue reading Tremont Select Board Aims for 0% Increase in Property Taxes Needed to Fund Municipal Budget

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Fourth of July Happenings on MDI July 3 and July 5 events, too!
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Bar Harbor Officials Divided Over Fourth of July and Other Community Events Funding

Island Explorer, YMCA Funding Survive Budget Recommendations Carrie Jones Feb 26, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Havana. BAR HARBOR—Round One of the Bar Harbor budget process is pretty much complete and it saw the town’s warrant committee split on recommending to not fund the Fourth of July, two other Chamber-run events, and propose not funding three new town positions. On February 24, … Continue reading Bar Harbor Officials Divided Over Fourth of July and Other Community Events Funding

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Nearly Two Decades in the Making, Southwest Harbor's Garage Project May Be Coming Soon Planning Board finds application complete. Special election is March 24.
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Nearly Two Decades in the Making, Southwest Harbor’s Garage Project May Be Coming Soon

Planning Board finds application complete. Special election is March 24. Carrie Jones Feb 19, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Psychiatry. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—The Southwest Harbor Planning Board gave a preliminary review of the town’s new public works garage on February 17 and found the project’s application complete. The garage is expected to cost approximately $2,455,890. Voters have already approved the garage. “The … Continue reading Nearly Two Decades in the Making, Southwest Harbor’s Garage Project May Be Coming Soon

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After a Decade of Flat Rates, Bar Harbor Confronts the True Cost of Water Residents Warn of Impact on Housing Affordability, Change Still Must Be Approved by State PUC
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After a Decade of Flat Rates, Bar Harbor Confronts the True Cost of Water

Residents Warn of Impact on Housing Affordability, Change Still Must Be Approved by State PUC Carrie Jones Feb 19, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Havana. BAR HARBOR—Bar Harbor residents, nonprofits, and businesses who use town water are one step closer to paying more for that service after a split-town council approved a new rate structure. The change comes after a decade of … Continue reading After a Decade of Flat Rates, Bar Harbor Confronts the True Cost of Water

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“A Dangerous Precedent”: Mount Desert Discussing Using Reserve Funds for Budget Upcoming panel set for changes to Mount Desert's recycling program.
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“A Dangerous Precedent”: Mount Desert Discussing Using Reserve Funds for Budget

Upcoming panel set for changes to Mount Desert’s recycling program. Carrie Jones Feb 06, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Edward Jones Financial Advisor: Elise N. Frank. MOUNT DESERT—The town’s new Finance Director Nancy Parsons and new Town Manager Alex Kimball said Monday that though the town is going to use a bit of its fund balance to cover budget deficits, this cannot … Continue reading “A Dangerous Precedent”: Mount Desert Discussing Using Reserve Funds for Budget

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