Marathon Appeals Board Meeting Leads to Two Recusals and a Continuance

Meeting focused on Golden Anchor’s appeal of cruise ship tendering notice of violation Carrie Jones Dec 11, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. BAR HARBOR—Approximately six hours was not enough, December 10, for the Bar Harbor Appeals Board to determine the fate of the Golden Anchor L.C.’s appeal of its notice of violations. “We did witness the disembarkation … Continue reading Marathon Appeals Board Meeting Leads to Two Recusals and a Continuance

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Golden Anchor’s Supplemental Material Denied in Cruise Ship Pier Notice of Violation Appeal

Carrie Jones Nov 27, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Appeals Board unanimously denied the inclusion of supplemental material for the Golden Anchor L.C.’s appeal of its notice of violations concerning the pier’s lack of a daily town permit to disembark cruise ship passengers, Tuesday afternoon, November 26. That appeal is scheduled to go before the board, December 10. Last week, the Bar Harbor Town … Continue reading Golden Anchor’s Supplemental Material Denied in Cruise Ship Pier Notice of Violation Appeal

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Downtown Businesses Surveyed on Cruise Ships

SHAUN FARRAR AUG 11, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR–– Air pollution, water pollution, visual pollution, too many pedestrians clogging the streets and sidewalks of downtown, and greedy, mostly non-resident business owners making too much money that doesn’t benefit anybody but them. These are all some of the complaints regarding Bar Harbor being a regular port for cruise ship stops and the amount of passengers that the … Continue reading Downtown Businesses Surveyed on Cruise Ships

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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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No Agreements with Cruise Lines

Town says that no additional reservations for 2024 or 2025 will be accepted at this time CARRIE JONES DEC 23, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—Because the Town of Bar Harbor has not come to any new memorandums of agreements (MOAs) with cruise ship lines, the existing agreements continue in perpetuity. The current agreements say that they will be reviewed at the end of the season and … Continue reading No Agreements with Cruise Lines

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Town Council Fails To Come To Agreement with Cruise Lines

No MOAs set for town and cruise ships. CARRIE JONES DEC 20, 2023 BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Town Council has announced that it has failed to come to agreements with the cruise ship industry. The Council met in executive session about the agreements on Tuesday, December 19. That session was not open to the public. The statement from the Bar Harbor Town Council, December 20, … Continue reading Town Council Fails To Come To Agreement with Cruise Lines

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