Mount Desert’s Future Is in Its Residents’ Hands

Comprehensive Planning Committee Hopes More Residents will Respond to Its Survey & Discusses Natural Resources, Public Outreach Carrie Jones May 05, 2025 Share MOUNT DESERT—The town’s comprehensive plan committee continued to meet this week and prepared for the town meeting next week, hoping to get more survey responses as well as public awareness about the plan’s update and goals. There are a few open slots … Continue reading Mount Desert’s Future Is in Its Residents’ Hands

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Bar Harbor Warrant Committee Recommends Comprehensive Plan & Land Use Amendments

Carrie Jones Apr 09, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. BAR HARBOR—Back at its March 31 meeting, the Warrant Committee unanimously recommended voters vote in favor of adopting the 2035 Comprehensive Plan. It was Vice Chair Julie Berberian’s last meeting. She has decided to not run again. “I’ve learned so much all these years,” Berberian said. She thanked the staff … Continue reading Bar Harbor Warrant Committee Recommends Comprehensive Plan & Land Use Amendments

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During Lodging Moratorium, Town Also Looks For Housing Answers

Planning Board Unanimously Recommends Comprehensive Plan Carrie Jones Mar 11, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. BAR HARBOR—Trying to create more housing in Bar Harbor, which is already the largest population on Mount Desert Island, isn’t going to be easy, the town’s planning board agreed last week. “It’s going to be difficult,” Bar Harbor Housing and Community Planner Cali … Continue reading During Lodging Moratorium, Town Also Looks For Housing Answers

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New(ish) Moratorium, New Mission: Planning Board Takes on Lodging Rules

Comprehensive Plan Scheduled for March 10 Carrie Jones Feb 09, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Planning Board made apparent, February 5, that as one giant town planning project gets closer to its ending, another begins in earnest. And when it comes to looking into the rules related to Bar Harbor’s zones and lodging, it’s going to be a lot of work. “The council approved … Continue reading New(ish) Moratorium, New Mission: Planning Board Takes on Lodging Rules

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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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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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Bar Harbor’s Future Takes Shape: Comprehensive Plan Moves Forward

Next stop: Town Council Carrie Jones Feb 04, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. BAR HARBOR—“So, how do we feel?” Bar Harbor’s Comprehensive Plan Committee Vice Chair John Kelly asked the group of volunteers gathered around the tables in the town’s third floor conference room. He took his glasses off and addressed the group, after another 90 … Continue reading Bar Harbor’s Future Takes Shape: Comprehensive Plan Moves Forward

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Mount Desert Looks To Plan Its Future

Town Meeting Back at the Neighborhood House, Police Department Set to Buy Eight New Portable Radios Carrie Jones Dec 20, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT—Noel Musson of the Musson Group explained to the Mount Desert Selectboard at its December 16 meeting that the Mount Desert Comprehensive Planning Committee is looking to the town’s future. Toward that end, the selectboard appointed two new members to the ten-member … Continue reading Mount Desert Looks To Plan Its Future

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Harbor Committee Hopes Ferry Terminal Won’t Be Considered “Satellite Parking”

Carrie Jones Dec 11, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Harbor Committee Monday, December 9, unanimously voted to ask the Bar Harbor Comprehensive Planning Committee to strike “satellite parking” as a use for the town’s land on Route 3. The land currently hosts Bay Ferry’s CAT, which brings people to Nova Scotia and is the site of a potential marina. It also is an Island … Continue reading Harbor Committee Hopes Ferry Terminal Won’t Be Considered “Satellite Parking”

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The Broad Vision for Bar Harbor’s Future

Comprehensive Plan Presented Carrie Jones Nov 24, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Side Street Cafe’s New Year’s Eve Party. BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Comprehensive Plan is over 100 pages long and years in the making. If you include the data and the other reports that helped to create it? The page count tops over 700 pages. It’s been state approved, found … Continue reading The Broad Vision for Bar Harbor’s Future

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