Major Changes Ahead? Regional Planning Committee Advances School Reorganization Plans

Shaun Farrar Mar 06, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Edward Jones Financial Advisor: Elise N. Frank. AOS 91 REGION—The AOS 91 Regional Planning Committee (RPC) has been pressing forward and making consensus-based decisions on many important issues in a possible move towards reorganization of the AOS into an RSU. These decisions are only proposals that will be presented to the individual … Continue reading Major Changes Ahead? Regional Planning Committee Advances School Reorganization Plans

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Bar Harbor School Board Chair Will Likely Not Run Again

Tariffs Impact School Rebuild Carrie Jones Mar 04, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Side Street Cafe. BAR HARBOR—As concerns over potential steel and other tariffs heighten worries about the construction costs of the new Conners Emerson School, Bar Harbor School Committee Chair Lilea Simis told school board members Monday night that she is unlikely to run again. “I am not planning … Continue reading Bar Harbor School Board Chair Will Likely Not Run Again

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Tremont Select Board Sends Proposed School Budget Back for Adjustments

EMS Committee Moving Forward Shaun Farrar Feb 13, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. TREMONT—Tremont School Principal Jandrea True, Superintendent Mike Zboray, and AOS 91 Business Manager Nancy Thurlow presented the proposed FY25/26 Tremont School budget to the Tremont Select Board at Monday night’s meeting, February 10. The FY25/26 budget as originally proposed is $5,365,303 which is … Continue reading Tremont Select Board Sends Proposed School Budget Back for Adjustments

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Disagreement Between Hancock County Officials Spills onto Social Media

Feb 12, 2025 Share by Bill Trotter/Bangor Daily News ELLSWORTH—Hancock County officials Sheriff Scott Kane and Commissioner Bill Clark are feuding again, this time over the sheriff’s police dog budget. But while Kane and Clark — who preceded Kane as county sheriff — have usually clashed during meetings of the county commission, this latest disagreement stands out because Kane went to social media to directly air … Continue reading Disagreement Between Hancock County Officials Spills onto Social Media

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Sweet Success:

Sugar Showdown Warms Hearts and Builds Community One Treat at a Time Carrie Jones Feb 10, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. BAR HARBOR—Let’s start this off with the obvious: sugar plays an important role in the deliciousness that is Island Connection’s Sugar Showdown, but it’s not all there is to adore about the event. “This community loves this … Continue reading Sweet Success:

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Trenton Select Board Talks Comprehensive Plan, Marijuana, and Liquor

Shaun Farrar Feb 07, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Edward Jones Financial Advisor: Elise N. Frank. TRENTON—A call to update the town’s comprehensive plan dominated the Trenton Select Board meeting on Tuesday night, February 4. The town’s current comprehensive plan was finalized in 2006 and some recent events—including a possible change to the town’s land use ordinance concerning allowable uses for … Continue reading Trenton Select Board Talks Comprehensive Plan, Marijuana, and Liquor

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Mount Desert Selectboard Says No To Proposed Fitness Classes on Tennis Courts

Selectboard member urges drivers to slow down, budget reconfigured after losing shared deputy fire chief Carrie Jones Feb 06, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. MOUNT DESERT—The Mount Desert Selectboard earlier this week turned down Henry Newhall’s proposal to use the marina parking lot and tennis courts in Northeast Harbor Village Green for fitness classes. “It’s something I’m really passionate … Continue reading Mount Desert Selectboard Says No To Proposed Fitness Classes on Tennis Courts

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No-Fin Compares to the MDI Sharks

Aquathon swimmers averaged 135 laps as kids raise money to keep swim team legacy alive Carrie Jones Feb 06, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Side Street Cafe. BAR HARBOR—One stroke. One kick. Another. One lap. One turn. Another. Combine endurance with muscle memory with what seems like choreography. Now add water. Next, imagine swimming 135 laps in the MDI YMCA pool … Continue reading No-Fin Compares to the MDI Sharks

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Town Manager & Finance Director Meet With Bar Harbor Warrant Committee

Carrie Jones Feb 05, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—For just about a month or so, in the middle of winter in Maine, volunteers and staff in town after town hunker over spreadsheets, scan Excel documents, and shepherd the budgets of their town to voters. Sometimes they winnow. Sometimes they expand. But in meeting after meeting, the work gets done. It is the height of that work … Continue reading Town Manager & Finance Director Meet With Bar Harbor Warrant Committee

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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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