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Bar Harbor’s Potential New Cruise Ship Ordinance Debuts Friday

Planning Board Holds Public Hearing Next Wednesday on Chapter 50 CARRIE JONES JUL 31, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Updated rules might be coming to Bar Harbor’s cruise ship disembarkation process, but any changes will be up to the town’s voters. Those potential changes will be out for public and Town Council review on Friday and up for public hearing before the Bar Harbor Planning Board on … Continue reading Bar Harbor’s Potential New Cruise Ship Ordinance Debuts Friday

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Pilots Work On Maine’s Seas and Rivers: Dangerous and Necessary

Some worry about cruise ship lawsuit implications on their livelihoods CARRIE JONES JUL 21, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Penobscot Bay River pilot captains David Gelinas and Prentice “Skip” Strong don’t ever want to jump between moving boats. A river pilot prefers to step and to climb, to predict all the factors that might impact them. According to its website, the Penobscot Bay Pilots “are responsible for … Continue reading Pilots Work On Maine’s Seas and Rivers: Dangerous and Necessary

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Sidman Files Against Bar Harbor About Board of Appeals Decision

CARRIE JONES JUN 27, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—In the latest in Bar Harbor’s cruise ship related legal saga, resident Charles Sidman, lead petitioner in the citizens’ initiative to limit cruise ship disembarkations to the town has filed another suit against the town. The new complaint, filed June 25, asks for judicial review of the Board of Appeals’ May decision, where the board found that it … Continue reading Sidman Files Against Bar Harbor About Board of Appeals Decision

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It’s Official: Council Enacts Cruise Ship Disembarkation Rules

CARRIE JONES JUN 19, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—On Tuesday, the Bar Harbor Town Council unanimously approved the Cruise Ship Disembarkation Ordinance’s rules. The ordinance will go into effect in 30 days and limits the amount of cruise ship disembarkations to 1,000 a day. This ordinance was approved by voters in November 2022. The Council also officially resolved to schedule a workshop on potentially amending the … Continue reading It’s Official: Council Enacts Cruise Ship Disembarkation Rules

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Council Begins Parallel Path Toward Cruise Ship Rules

Plan has to adhere to three core principles: public trust, lower visitation, and less lawsuits CARRIE JONES JUN 14, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Two current lawsuits continue to surround the town’s voter-enacted and citizen-created cruise ship disembarkations. The Town Council would like there not to be any more. One is a federal suit, currently in appeals, about the constitutionality of changes. One is in state courts, … Continue reading Council Begins Parallel Path Toward Cruise Ship Rules

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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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Cruise Ships State of Affairs in Bar Harbor May Be Declared “Untenable”

Higgins’ Pit Up Again and Town Manager’s Six Month Review Scheduled for Tuesday Meeting CARRIE JONES MAY 18, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The Town Council’s Tuesday night agenda deals with cruise ships. Again. And it does so in multiple ways that could include approving a resolve that would charge the town manager with trying to make better tools to deal with cruise ship disembarkations. It’s a … Continue reading Cruise Ships State of Affairs in Bar Harbor May Be Declared “Untenable”

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Appeals Board Finds It Has No Jurisdiction Over Charles Sidman’s Appeal

Appeal focused on Town Council’s March 6 public statement about cruise ships CARRIE JONES MAY 15, 2024 BAR HARBOR—Tuesday evening, the Bar Harbor Appeals Board unanimously decided that it did not have jurisdiction over Charles Sidman’s appeal of a March 6 press release from the Town Council about cruise ship rule-making. Board Chair Ellen Dohmen said she was disheartened and frustrated and disquieted about the … Continue reading Appeals Board Finds It Has No Jurisdiction Over Charles Sidman’s Appeal

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Cruise Ship Ordinance Not Moved to Public Hearing

Bar Harbor Businesses File Motion for Preliminary Injunction CARRIE JONES MAY 09, 2024 BAR HARBOR—Bar Harbor’s cruise ship saga continues this week with the latest installment occurring at the end of an almost-five hour Town Council meeting, May 7, as the councilors tried to move forward despite multiple lawsuits and a complicated ordinance. Also on May 9, APPLL released a press statement about the motion … Continue reading Cruise Ship Ordinance Not Moved to Public Hearing

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APPLL and Pilots Association Ask Appeals Court to Stop Enforcement of New Cruise Ship Limits Pending Appeal

CARRIE JONES MAY 04, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The Association to Preserve and Protect Local Livelihoods (APPLL) and Penobscot Bay and River Pilots Association have asked the United States Court of Appeals to stop Bar Harbor from enforcing the new cruise rules that limit disembarkations pending appeals. APPLL and the pilots association has appealed a March 1 federal court decision. In that decision, a federal judge found in favor of … Continue reading APPLL and Pilots Association Ask Appeals Court to Stop Enforcement of New Cruise Ship Limits Pending Appeal

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