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

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?

Hadley Point Ramp Damaged, Ells Pier Might Be OK

Harbor Committee advised not to discuss how cruise ship fees should be used CARRIE JONES FEB 13, 2024 Share HARBOR COMMITTEE—During their Monday meeting, Bar Harbor Harbor Committee members received some good news, some bad news, and potentially interesting news from Harbormaster and Bar Harbor Police Captain Christopher Wharff. The good news: the town’s pier’s external structure seems OK despite what member Jon Carter called a … Continue reading Hadley Point Ramp Damaged, Ells Pier Might Be OK

What’s a Committee To Do?

Harbor Committee Delves Into Its Purpose and Its Past, Rats, Pigeons, and Cruise Ship Fee Expenditures CARRIE JONES JAN 9, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Imagine that there was a breakwater that extended all across Frenchman’s Bay. There was once a plan for that. Imagine kayak berths in the Harbor Park located at the town’s beach outside of the Bar Harbor Inn by the Ell’s Pier. There … Continue reading What’s a Committee To Do?