Planning for Tomorrow: How Frenchboro Is Charting Its Future

Mapping a Resilient Future for Frenchboro Carrie Jones Jan 15, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Choco-Latté Café. FRENCHBORO—As Frenchboro plans for its future, it’s taking multiple steps in governance and community outreach to do so. One of those steps is a climate resiliency plan that is being created with the Musson Group. Another is work with the Hancock County Planning Commission. A third … Continue reading Planning for Tomorrow: How Frenchboro Is Charting Its Future

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Frenchboro’s Draft Community Resilience Plan Ready For Perusal

Carrie Jones Jan 02, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. FRENCHBORO—A small Maine island is trying to plan for a future with a storm level rise of 1.5 feet by 2050 and 3.9 feet by 2100 from 2000 levels. Frenchboro is roughly seven or eight miles offshore from Mount Desert Island on Long Island, which is two miles southeast of Swan’s … Continue reading Frenchboro’s Draft Community Resilience Plan Ready For Perusal

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Frenchboro’s Balancing Act: Protecting Wild Land While Keeping a Community Running

ATVs on hiking trails a concern for stewardship manager Carrie Jones Dec 11, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Maine Seacoast Mission. FRENCHBORO—On an island where acres of protected wildlands sit in the middle of a year-round community, the Frenchboro Select Board spent Monday night walking a familiar tightrope: safeguarding fragile land and trail systems while keeping the town’s basic systems—its generator, … Continue reading Frenchboro’s Balancing Act: Protecting Wild Land While Keeping a Community Running

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