Board Grants Timeliness Exception to Selmis in Dispute Over Clark Point Road Guest House Permit

Southwest Harbor Board Grants Selmi Appeal, Guest House Project Returns to Planning Board

Court Fight Looms Carrie Jones Sep 18, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The 1932 Criterion Theatre. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—The Southwest Harbor Appeals Board has sent Justin Podjasek’s previously town-approved project at 72 Clark Point Road to build a $750,000 guest house on his lot where a greenhouse once stood to the town’s planning board. The build on the property has been challenged by … Continue reading Southwest Harbor Board Grants Selmi Appeal, Guest House Project Returns to Planning Board

Southwest Harbor Appeals Board Upholds Denial of 72 Clark Point Road Appeal

Southwest Harbor Appeals Board Upholds Denial of 72 Clark Point Road Appeal

Carrie Jones Jul 04, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Links Pub. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—The Southwest Harbor Appeals Board denied again the appeal of a property on 72 Clark Point Road. The board had originally said that the appeal against the building of an accessory dwelling unit (a guest house) on a pre-existing greenhouse foundation that is within the setback between property … Continue reading Southwest Harbor Appeals Board Upholds Denial of 72 Clark Point Road Appeal

Southwest Harbor Appeals Board Could Potentially Reconsider Failed Appeal of Guest House

Southwest Harbor Appeals Board Reconsiders its Decision to Hear Appeal of 72 Clark Point Road

Setbacks, Privacy, and Property Lines: Two Appeals Tangle Clark Point Road Carrie Jones Jun 27, 2025 Share SOUTHWEST HARBOR—There were not one, but two, different appeals on the town’s appeals board agenda, Wednesday night. Both dealt with properties on the Clark Point Road, property lines, and structures that were on previous foundations. And there was no final ruling on either, but they both moved in … Continue reading Southwest Harbor Appeals Board Reconsiders its Decision to Hear Appeal of 72 Clark Point Road

Southwest Harbor Appeals Board Could Potentially Reconsider Failed Appeal of Guest House

Southwest Harbor Appeals Board Could Potentially Reconsider Failed Appeal of Guest House

Carrie Jones Jun 18, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Wealth Management. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—A failed appeal of a guest house being built on Southwest Harbor’s Clark Point Road could potentially be reconsidered by the town’s appeals board next week. After a meeting last week where it denied the appeal of a guest house, the Southwest Harbor Appeals Board, June 17, … Continue reading Southwest Harbor Appeals Board Could Potentially Reconsider Failed Appeal of Guest House

Three Local Companies Offer Services to Reopen Seawall Road

MaineDOT Decision Expected Next Week CARRIE JONES JUL 10, 2024 Share SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Three local construction companies might get the go-ahead for temporary fixes to the storm-destroyed Seawall Road, but there are a few issues to sort through first. The road, which is a state road that runs through Southwest Harbor, to national park land was destroyed in a series of winter storms and is not … Continue reading Three Local Companies Offer Services to Reopen Seawall Road