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

Sometimes There’s No Choice But To Be Out With the Old and In With the New

Peekytoe Provisions About to Start Months’ Long Quest to Rebuild Itself CARRIE JONES AUG 26, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—Peekytoe Provisions, a squat rectangular restaurant and fish market, hovers above Main Street with a sort of stepped-back authority. Customers climb wooden steps to a hostess stand or through the door into the fish shop and restaurant. “Hello!” Cyndi Bridges beams toward arrivals. “How are you? How … Continue reading Sometimes There’s No Choice But To Be Out With the Old and In With the New

Kebo Street Project Meets Design Review Standards

Design Review Could Potentially Not Do All the Sign Review BAR HARBOR—A proposal for shared employee housing on the corner of Mount Desert and Kebo Street was back before the Design Review Board, November 10, and in two unanimous votes, a certificate of appropriateness was approved according to the updated plan, affirming that the standards of the project were met or not applicable. Board member … Continue reading Kebo Street Project Meets Design Review Standards

Elevated Trailers: Housing in Bar Harbor

Planning Board Hears Campground Employee Housing Proposal BAR HARBOR—Employee housing has taken a slightly different twist in Bar Harbor as the KOA Terramor Campground moves through the Bar Harbor Planning Board process to reconfigure its employee living spaces. The KOA Terramor Employee Campsite reconfiguration would take the current employee area at 1453 State Highway 102 and involves: 1.     Remodeling three existing trailers, 2.     Adding two … Continue reading Elevated Trailers: Housing in Bar Harbor