Mount Desert Selectboard Talks Trash, Parking, and Budget Worries Ahead of Comprehensive Plan Workshop

Carrie Jones Nov 11, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Maine Seacoast Mission. MOUNT DESERT—The Mount Desert Selectboard’s hour-long meeting, November 3, focused mostly on a report from Municipal WasteHub Executive Director Michael Carroll before public comment which focused on the budget and parking requests as the town prepares for a public workshop on its comprehensive plan, which is a document meant … Continue reading Mount Desert Selectboard Talks Trash, Parking, and Budget Worries Ahead of Comprehensive Plan Workshop

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Bar Harbor Secures FEMA Reimbursement for Pier, Beach Ramp Storm Repairs

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Bar Harbor Secures FEMA Reimbursement for Pier and Hadley Point Beach Ramp Engineering for 2024 Storm Repairs

Carrie Jones Jul 08, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. BAR HARBOR—The Town of Bar Harbor announced, July 7, that it had received almost $273,000 to help with recovery of its town pier and Hadley Point Beach ramp, which had been impacted by two storms in January 2024. “This is the successful culmination of the storm repair … Continue reading Bar Harbor Secures FEMA Reimbursement for Pier and Hadley Point Beach Ramp Engineering for 2024 Storm Repairs

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New Board Chair, Old Town Piers: Southwest Harbor Looks Ahead on Harbor Committee Structure and Manset Repairs

Burby and McFarland to lead board Carrie Jones May 14, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—The town’s select board is getting closer to how it wants to compose the town’s harbor committee and it will do so with a new chair, Noah Burby. Chapin McFarland was nominated as vice chair. The duo will take … Continue reading New Board Chair, Old Town Piers: Southwest Harbor Looks Ahead on Harbor Committee Structure and Manset Repairs

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Tremont Awaits Clarity After FEMA Cancels Federal Climate Resilience Grants

Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar May 10, 2025 Share TREMONT—The town of Tremont was meant to be one of the recipients of a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency program called Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC). However, the Trump Administration has stopped the grant program, which might have implications for the town. Then it again, it might not. Tremont had been approved for … Continue reading Tremont Awaits Clarity After FEMA Cancels Federal Climate Resilience Grants

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Bar Harbor Still in the Running For FEMA Funds

Carrie Jones Oct 24, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Choco-Latté Café. BAR HARBOR—Despite rumors to the contrary, Bar Harbor’s application for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds to help repair damaged portions of the town has not yet been denied In a quick meeting, the Bar Harbor Harbor Committee met in the conference room at the Municipal Building Monday afternoon and members … Continue reading Bar Harbor Still in the Running For FEMA Funds

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