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Lodging Moratorium Extended as Bar Harbor Continues to Collect Data Council Extends Lodging Freeze, Sparking Discussion on Development and Housing
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Lodging Moratorium Extended as Bar Harbor Continues to Collect Data

Council Extends Lodging Freeze, Sparking Discussion on Development and Housing Carrie Jones Jul 02, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. BAR HARBOR—Bar Harbor’s moratorium on multiple lodging types has been extended for another 180 days. “I don’t think it is time to put a stop to the moratorium,” Councilor Joe Minutolo said during a Tuesday night town … Continue reading Lodging Moratorium Extended as Bar Harbor Continues to Collect Data

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Trenton Voters May Have Two Chances to Enact a Solar Related Land Use Ordinance Change Or May Choose to Not Enact Either
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Trenton Voters May Have Two Chances to Enact a Solar Related Land Use Ordinance Change

Or May Choose to Not Enact Either Shaun Farrar Jan 25, 2025 Share TRENTON—After months of work, a joint committee of the town’s planning board and a working group comprised of community members, on Tuesday, January 21, presented the Trenton Select Board with two different variations of a proposed change to the town’s land use ordinances concerning future solar projects. A push to curtail commercial solar … Continue reading Trenton Voters May Have Two Chances to Enact a Solar Related Land Use Ordinance Change

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BAR HARBOR—Though the headlines and talk in Bar Harbor last week focused primarily on cruise ships limits, the Planning Board dealt with some major projects at its Wednesday meeting including the YWCA MDI’s project to bring homes to Bar Harbor and a Jackson Laboratory expansion that will create more positions.
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Getting Closer to Homes at Hamilton Station and JAX Expansion Will Create 95 Jobs

Bar Harbor Planning Board news CARRIE JONES AUG 11, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Though the headlines and talk in Bar Harbor last week focused primarily on cruise ships limits, the Planning Board dealt with some major projects at its Wednesday meeting including the YWCA MDI’s project to bring homes to Bar Harbor and a Jackson Laboratory expansion that will create more positions. JACKSON LABORATORY The Jackson … Continue reading Getting Closer to Homes at Hamilton Station and JAX Expansion Will Create 95 Jobs

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Peacock Gifted by Councilors and Staff, Split Vote puts Friedmann in Vice Chair Seat

Bar Harbor’s Short-Term Rentals Decrease CARRIE JONES JUN 13, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—In Bar Harbor last night, the Town Council swore in both Joe Minutolo and Gary Friedmann and elected a chair and vice chair. Friedmann is also the Democratic candidate for a house seat. The Council meets with the Planning Board on Thursday night to discuss a potential land use ordinance article dealing with … Continue reading Peacock Gifted by Councilors and Staff, Split Vote puts Friedmann in Vice Chair Seat

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Planning Board Unanimously Recommends All Potential Land Use Changes

Changes deal with shared accommodations, employee living quarters, state LD2003 and design review process CARRIE JONES MAR 10, 2024 BAR HARBOR—On Wednesday night, the Bar Harbor Planning Board unanimously recommended for voters to adopt four potential land use ordinance changes, three of which deal with either the state or the municipalities efforts to help with housing. Each potential change will go to voters on June … Continue reading Planning Board Unanimously Recommends All Potential Land Use Changes

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Bar Harbor Likely Can’t Meet Housing Needs On Its Own

Comprehensive Planning Committee Talks Actions, Climate, and Housing CARRIE JONES DEC 14, 2023 BAR HARBOR—The Comprehensive Planning Committee took a deep dive into housing and climate change as its members worked through an overview of the plan’s proposed draft themes and actions, Wednesday night. The state mandates that municipalities update their comprehensive plans and the plans are meant to guide the town and help officials … Continue reading Bar Harbor Likely Can’t Meet Housing Needs On Its Own

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EXAMINATION OF BAR HARBOR’S DEVELOPMENT PROCESS CONTINUES

Planning Board Rules Two Subdivisions Complete, Continues Public Hearings BAR HARBOR—Town Planner Michele Gagnon continued her discussion of the recent development report during the Bar Harbor Planning Board’s October 5 meeting. A recent report conducted by Steve Whitman of Resilience Planning and Design LLC the same man who is working with the Comprehensive Plan Committee, called “An Examination of Bar Harbor’s Development Process” (September 15, … Continue reading EXAMINATION OF BAR HARBOR’S DEVELOPMENT PROCESS CONTINUES

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TUMS ON THE READY

Town’s Planning Staff Works Towards Development Ideas BAR HARB0R—Michele Gagnon, Bar Harbor Planning Director, joked at the October 4 Town Council meeting that every member of her staff had Tums on the ready. “We have recently completely shuffled our staffing and organization upside down,” Gagnon said and that the department had far more projects in the first half of the year than usual. “When people … Continue reading TUMS ON THE READY

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