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Bar Harbor Town Council Recommends Town's Comprehensive Plan to Voters Council Chair Urges People to Run For Office
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Bar Harbor Town Council Recommends Town’s Comprehensive Plan to Voters

Council Chair Urges People to Run For Office Carrie Jones Apr 05, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Town Council made quick work of its meeting, Tuesday night, unanimously renewing multiple taxi licenses and voting to recommend that the voters support the town’s comprehensive plan in June. “It’s just very exciting for me,” Town Council Chair Valerie Peacock said of the vote to recommend the … Continue reading Bar Harbor Town Council Recommends Town’s Comprehensive Plan to Voters

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Bar Harbor Faces Budget With Less Cruise Ships: Parking Fees to the Rescue? Warrant Committee Presents Recommendations to the Town Council
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Bar Harbor Faces Budget With Less Cruise Ships: Parking Fees to the Rescue?

Warrant Committee Presents Recommendations to the Town Council Carrie Jones Feb 26, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. BAR HARBOR—The town’s warrant committee, town council, and school committee members last night showed that they are all very much in line with the recommendations for a budget that will steer the town’s revenues and expenses for the next fiscal … Continue reading Bar Harbor Faces Budget With Less Cruise Ships: Parking Fees to the Rescue?

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Town Council Pauses All Lodging Construction for 180 Days Maya Caines Appointed Vice Chair, Comprehensive Plan Moves Ahead
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Town Council Pauses All Lodging Construction for 180 Days

Maya Caines Appointed Vice Chair, Comprehensive Plan Moves Ahead Carrie Jones Feb 05, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Bank. BAR HARBOR—After enacting two 60-day emergency moratoriums, the Bar Harbor Town Council, on February 4, unanimously voted for a 180-day moratorium on lodging. Councilor Joe Minutolo was not present. “I really struggle with this one,” Councilor Randy Sprague said. The … Continue reading Town Council Pauses All Lodging Construction for 180 Days

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AOS 91 Budget of $3.4 Million Voted on by 26 Voters Representing All Eight Towns in the AOS Shaun Farrar Jan 23, 2025 BAR HARBOR—The AOS 91 FY25/26 budget was unanimously approved at the MDI High School library on Wednesday, January 22. A total of 26 registered voters from five of the eight towns that make up the AOS 91 showed up to participate, the vast majority of them being either school board members or school employees. The towns that were represented and the amount of people from each town are below. Bar Harbor – eight representatives, Tremont – six representatives, Mount Desert – five representatives, Southwest Harbor – four representatives, Trenton – three representatives. The towns without any representation were the island towns of Swan’s Island, Frenchboro, and the Cranberry Isles. There are no quorum requirements for the annual AOS budget meeting. Photo: Shaun Farrar/Bar Harbor Story BUDGET MEETING The first order of business was to elect a moderator to preside over the meeting and Jerry Miller, who is co-chairman of the Town of Mount Desert Warrant Committee, was nominated. That nomination was seconded and Miller was elected unopposed. Miller was sworn in and took over the running of the meeting. Selena Dunbar, who is the executive assistant to School Superintendent Mike Zboray, was next nominated to be the secretary for the meeting. That nomination was seconded, and Dunbar was elected. Those in attendance voted in favor of non-residents being able to make public comment during the meeting. Articles one through three, which authorize expenditures for the AOS central office, were then voted on and they all passed unanimously, or at least with no nays as they were verbal votes. They are listed below. Article 1 – To see what sum the AOS will be authorized to expend for special education. AOS School Committee recommends $1,260,735. The FY24/25 amount was $920,586. Article 2 – To see what sum the AOS will be authorized to expend for student and staff support. AOS School Committee recommends $947,670. The FY24/25 amount was $868,675. Article 3 – To see what sum the AOS will be authorized to expend for system administration. AOS School Committee recommends $1,190,852. The FY24/25 amount was $974,795. Photo: Shaun Farrar/Bar Harbor Story Articles 4 through 11 were then voted on and they all passed unanimously, or at least with no nays as they were verbal votes. These articles all carried a zero-sum budget request and were voted on as a matter of procedure. Article 12 summarized the proposed AOS 91 budget and is the sum total of the first three articles. Article 12 – To see what sum the AOS will authorize the AOS School Committee to expend for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026 for the support of the AOS central office budget. The AOS School Committee recommends $3,399,257. The FY24/25 amount was $ 2,764,056. Article 12 was a hand count vote and all 26 voters in attendance voted yes. Article 13 authorized the expenditure of any grants or other receipts for “central office purposes.” Articles 13 – Shall the AOS School Committee be authorized to expend such other sums as may be received from federal or state grants or programs or other sources during the fiscal year for central office purposes provided that such grants, programs or other sources do not require the expenditure of other funds not previously appropriated? Article 13 was also a hand count vote and 25 voters in attendance voted yes. There were no abstentions and no nays. The next budget meeting of this type will be for the high school’s budget and it is scheduled for Wednesday, April 2, at 6 p.m., at the high school. LINKS TO LEARN MORE Proposed AOS 91 Budget And How It Could Affect Your Taxes Proposed AOS 91 Budget And How It Could Affect Your Taxes Shaun Farrar · Jan 20 Read full story Proposed MDI High School Budget And How It Could Affect Your Taxes Proposed MDI High School Budget And How It Could Affect Your Taxes Shaun Farrar · Jan 16 Read full story Bar Harbor Story is a mostly self-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you for being here with us and caring about our community, too! Subscribed Thanks for reading Bar Harbor Story ! This post is public so feel free to share it. Share If you’d like to donate to help support us, you can, but no pressure! Just click here (about how you can give) or here (a direct link), which is the same as the button below. Our mailing address is 98 Ledgelawn Ave., Bar Harbor, Maine, 04609 To support The Story If you’d like to sponsor the Bar Harbor Story, you can! Learn more here.
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AOS 91 Budget of $3.4 Million Voted on by 26 Voters Representing All Eight Towns in the AOS

Shaun Farrar Jan 23, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—The AOS 91 FY25/26 budget was unanimously approved at the MDI High School library on Wednesday, January 22. A total of 26 registered voters from five of the eight towns that make up the AOS 91 showed up to participate, the vast majority of them being either school board members or school employees. The towns that were represented … Continue reading AOS 91 Budget of $3.4 Million Voted on by 26 Voters Representing All Eight Towns in the AOS

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ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week.

It’s our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved. Carrie Jones Jan 06, 2025 Share Every week we document Bar Harbor, MDI, and Trenton government and school meetings that we know of. Please let us know if we’ve missed something. Also, sometimes things are on the town calendars and are cancelled or rescheduled, so make … Continue reading ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week.

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ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week It's our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved.
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ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

It’s our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved. Carrie Jones Dec 16, 2024 Share Every week we document Bar Harbor, MDI, and Trenton government and school meetings that we know of. Please let us know if we’ve missed something. Also, sometimes things are on the town calendars and are cancelled or rescheduled, so make … Continue reading ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

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ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week It's our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved.
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ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

It’s our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved. Carrie Jones Dec 09, 2024 Share Every week we document Bar Harbor, MDI, and Trenton government and school meetings that we know of. Please let us know if we’ve missed something. Also, sometimes things are on the town calendars and are cancelled or rescheduled, so make … Continue reading ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

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ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week It's our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved.
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ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

It’s our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved. Carrie Jones Dec 02, 2024 Share Every week we document Bar Harbor, MDI, and Trenton government and school meetings that we know of. Please let us know if we’ve missed something. Also, sometimes things are on the town calendars and are cancelled or rescheduled, so make … Continue reading ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

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ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

It’s our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved. CARRIE JONES AUG 12, 2024 Share Every week we document Bar Harbor, MDI, and Trenton town government, school, and other similar meetings that we know of. Please let us know if we’ve missed something. Also, sometimes things are on the town calendars and are cancelled or … Continue reading ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

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Bar Harbor Voters Could Approve a 15.7% Budget Increase Tuesday

Town Meeting at 6 at Conners Emerson CARRIE JONES JUN 03, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—This Tuesday, Bar Harbor voters have an opportunity to actively participate in their local government’s decision on the budget. The fiscal year 2025 (FY2025) budget year is from July 2024 to June 30, 2025. The town meeting is June 4, Tuesday, 6 p.m. at the Conners Emerson School. This will be … Continue reading Bar Harbor Voters Could Approve a 15.7% Budget Increase Tuesday

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