Carrie Jones just now The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Don & Beth Straus Center at Birch Bay Village. MOUNT DESERT ISLAND REGION—The election results are in for Hancock County. Here’s what we know this morning. The school reorganization plan has failed. The first town in the area that had its votes in was Frenchboro where school reorganization passed 12-10. Next came … Continue reading Mount Desert Island Region Election Results
Voters approved municipal and school budgets, preserved school reserve funds, and honored longtime community leaders during the historic gathering. Carrie Jones Jun 03, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Maine Seacoast Mission. BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Town Meeting, June 2, was a meeting of last times and a meeting of surprises. In what was likely the last Bar Harbor Town Meeting in … Continue reading End of an Era: Bar Harbor Holds Final Town Meeting at Conners Emerson School.
Participating Candidates Respond to Chamber’s Questions on Growth, Infrastructure, and Housing. 1158 Bar Harbor Chamber Shares Town Council Candidate Responses Ahead of Election. Participating Candidates Respond to Chamber’s Questions on Growth, Infrastructure, and Housing. Carrie Jones May 24, 2026 BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce recently sent a questionnaire to all the candidates for Bar Harbor Town Council. Both the Chamber and the three responding candidates … Continue reading Bar Harbor Chamber Shares Town Council Candidate Responses Ahead of Election.
Ballot Results and the Winner of the Bicycle Giveaway Shaun Farrar May 21, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Bar Harbor Music Festival. TRENTON—Just over 50 voters attended the Trenton Elementary School gym on Tuesday, May 19, and they approved articles 6-59 of the town’s warrant. There was little discussion and though there were clarifying questions and a couple of comments that … Continue reading Trenton Voters Approve all of the Town’s Warrant Articles Presented at Open Town Meeting
Mount Desert Approves All Budget Articles and Elects Officers While Honoring Cliff Olson and Durlin Lunt. Carrie Jones May 06, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. MOUNT DESERT—Cliff Olson spent his entire life working behind the scenes, making people’s lives better, but on Tuesday during the Mount Desert Town Meeting in the Neighborhood House Hall, his image—along with his wife … Continue reading From Trail Builders to Town Budgets: A Meeting About the Heart of a the Mount Desert Community
Southwest Harbor budget is all set. Election is today. Carrie Jones May 05, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—One by one, voters filed into the Pemetic Elementary School gymnasium Monday night. Some left their kids home with a partner to get ready for bed. Some missed their normal evening rituals. Some went to bed a … Continue reading One Night, 130 Voters, and Millions at Stake in Southwest Harbor.
Carrie Jones May 03, 2026 BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Story asked the Warrant Committee candidates for bios, photos, and to answer our questions. The responses are below. We asked each candidate the same questions. There are seven seats up for grabs on Bar Harbor’s Warrant Committee. Five seats are for three-year terms and two seats are available for a one-year term. The election will be … Continue reading The Bar Harbor Warrant Committee Candidates
We asked them a few questions. Carrie Jones Apr 14, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Edward Jones Financial Advisor: Elise N. Frank. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—We asked the Southwest Harbor Select Board candidates for bios, photos, any social media links, and to answer our questions. The responses are below. There are two seats up for grabs on Southwest Harbor’s seven-member board. In that race, … Continue reading Who is Who? The Southwest Harbor Select Board Candidates.
Carrie Jones Apr 10, 2026 BAR HARBOR—Bar Harbor election papers have been turned in and it’s a crowded field for the Town Council. There are three seats available for three-year Town Council term. Running again are Vice Chair Maya Caines and David Kief. Chair Val Peacock chose not to run for another term. Charles Sidman and Nathan Young are running again. New candidates include Bryce Lambert, Tammy … Continue reading The Bar Harbor Papers Are Filed: Here is Who is Running.
