Cruise Ship Notice of Violation Issued to West Street Business

Charles Sidman Files Interrogatories in Case Against Town CARRIE JONES AUG 06, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The town has issued a notice of violation to the Golden Anchor, LC, owners of 55 West Street, for allegedly violating the town’s new cruise ship disembarkation ordinance, which went into effect, July 18, and was approved by voters after a citizens’ initiative back in November 2022. The ordinance limits … Continue reading Cruise Ship Notice of Violation Issued to West Street Business

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Court Papers Claim Over a Million Revenue Lost in 2024 Season So Far as Businesses Again Ask for a Pause

Town Council Chair Issues a Statement CARRIE JONES MAY 31, 2024 BAR HARBOR—The Association to Preserve and Protect Local Livelihoods (APPLL) and the Penobscot Bay and River Pilots Association have requested the United States District Court to pause the town’s implementation of a cruise ship disembarkation ordinance while the United States First Circuit Court of Appeals decides on an appeal that was in favor of … Continue reading Court Papers Claim Over a Million Revenue Lost in 2024 Season So Far as Businesses Again Ask for a Pause

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APPLL Appeals Cruise Ship Decision

Penobscot Bay Pilots Also Appeal CARRIE JONES MAR 29, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The Association to Preserve and Protect Local Livelihoods and Golden Anchor, L.C. have filed their appeals of Judge Lance Walker’s decision to uphold cruise ship disembarkation limits in Bar Harbor deciding that the limits didn’t violate federal interstate commerce laws. The appeal, filed March 29, will go to the United States Court of Appeals. In … Continue reading APPLL Appeals Cruise Ship Decision

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Bar Harbor Cancels Most Cruise Ships in 2025

The 2024 season will occur without disembarkation limits for ships that reserved prior to 2022 vote Share BAR HARBOR—In less than 10 minutes and in a special meeting publicized just a day before, the Town Council read a statement summarizing Bar Harbor’s next steps now that it’s won a federal lawsuit upholding the voters’ decision to limit cruise ship disembarkations to 1,000 a day or … Continue reading Bar Harbor Cancels Most Cruise Ships in 2025

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Finding A Way To Make It Work: Town Searches For Ways to Make Cruise Ship Caps Happen and Worries Over Potential Lawsuits

Can Parking Funds Help Make Up for Lost Cruise Ship Revenue? BAR HARBOR—Thanks to a vote this November, changes are coming to the town’s cruise ship scene, but exactly how those changes are going to be enacted are still being determined, according to Town Manager Kevin Sutherland. Sutherland spoke at the Jesup Memorial Library on Wednesday to a group of six citizens, some of whom … Continue reading Finding A Way To Make It Work: Town Searches For Ways to Make Cruise Ship Caps Happen and Worries Over Potential Lawsuits

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Voters Impose Strict Cruise Ship Cap, Say No To Marijuana

Granger, Grohoski and Williams Elected BAR HARBOR—Bar Harbor voters imposed stricter limits on cruise ships, abolished a two-thirds majority voting threshold on some land-use ordinance amendments and refused to let recreational marijuana shops in town or license them at the election Tuesday. The cruise ship vote caps disembarkations from cruise ships to 1,000 people a day and passed 1,780 to 1,273. Charles Sidman was the … Continue reading Voters Impose Strict Cruise Ship Cap, Say No To Marijuana

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