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Every Bag, a Name: Every Flame, a Memory The Carol Dyer Luminaria Returns

The Carol Dyer Luminaria Returns Carrie Jones Aug 10, 2025 This year, cancer and death hit just a bit too close for us timing wise to do a good piece on the YWCA’s Carol Dyer Luminaria, but we didn’t want to let it go by without marking it. It’s important. Remembering and advocating and loving are always important. We hope you’ll forgive us this reprint … Continue reading Every Bag, a Name: Every Flame, a Memory The Carol Dyer Luminaria Returns

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Rock for Chuck Bar Harbor's grooviest, stylish, tough-as-nails pretty boy needs your support
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Rock for Chuck

Bar Harbor’s grooviest, stylish, tough-as-nails pretty boy needs your support Carrie Jones Apr 14, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Edward Jones Financial Advisor: Elise N. Frank. BAR HARBOR—Chuck Colbert has spent a lifetime making bands sound the best they can, ripping through his own tunes and spiraling the notes out into the world, and rushing to the rescue when people on … Continue reading Rock for Chuck

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Ken Mitchell Kept It Together So We All Didn't Fall Apart Beloved Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Police Officer Dies
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Ken Mitchell Kept It Together So We All Didn’t Fall Apart

Beloved Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Police Officer Dies Carrie Jones Oct 25, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Andy’s Home Improvement Inc. TRENTON—Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Police Officer Kenneth Mitchell died early Thursday morning. He’d been fighting cancer for years. His passing was officially announced on the departments’ Facebook page on Thursday. “It is with extreme sadness that we announce … Continue reading Ken Mitchell Kept It Together So We All Didn’t Fall Apart

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Trenton Fire Department Hosts Cancer Screenings Select Board Enters Negotiations for Sale of Town-Owned Land
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Trenton Fire Department Hosts Cancer Screenings

Select Board Enters Negotiations for Sale of Town-Owned Land Shaun Farrar Oct 23, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Bank. TRENTON—The leading cause of death for firefighters is cancer. Firefighters in the United States have a 9% increase in the risk of getting cancer and a 14% greater risk of dying from cancer than the general population according to two large studies … Continue reading Trenton Fire Department Hosts Cancer Screenings

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Illuminating Love

The YWCA’s 23rd Annual Carol Dyer Memorial Luminaria Evening CARRIE JONES AUG 02, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. BAR HARBOR—On a Saturday night in August, 2023, as the sun’s light faded and the moon rose, volunteers organized by the MDI YWCA walked through the paths on the Village Green, backs bent, lighters in hand, illuminating one … Continue reading Illuminating Love

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Candles Lit, Loved Ones Honored at Carol Dyer Memorial

In Brief: Ferry and visitation numbers, right whales, fire equipment CARRIE JONES AUG 13, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—On Saturday night, as the sun’s light faded and the moon rose, volunteers organized by the MDI YWCA walked through the paths on the Village Green, backs bent, lighter in hand, illuminating one white paper bag after another. On each bag was a name. Each bag represented a … Continue reading Candles Lit, Loved Ones Honored at Carol Dyer Memorial

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