Election Season Brings Familiar Mystery Carrie Jones May 30, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Links Pub. BAR HARBOR—Every year campaign signs go missing on Mount Desert Island. Sometimes a storm takes them. Sometimes they are stolen. Sometimes the signs violate the rules that govern their placement, which means that they could get removed by the town they are in. Campaign … Continue reading Where Did the Signs Go?
Also weather forecasting and climate change research Shaun Farrar Apr 30, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. WASHINGTON, DC—Looking things up on your phone or computer throughout the day, for you, may be entertainment, news, money management, or keeping tabs on friends and loved ones. But many people, many of whom are from our local community, spend the most time … Continue reading Proposed NOAA Budget Cuts Could Affect Local Mariners
It’s our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved. Carrie Jones Apr 28, 2025 Share Every week we document Bar Harbor, MDI, and Trenton government and school meetings that we know of. Please let us know if we’ve missed something. Also, sometimes things are on the town and school calendars are cancelled or rescheduled, so … Continue reading ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week.
MDI High School Board of Trustees Also Lacking Candidates Shaun Farrar Apr 01, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. BAR HARBOR—With four seats up for grabs on the Bar Harbor Town Council only three candidates, incumbents Earl Brechlin and Randy Sprague, and candidate Nina St.Germain have taken out nomination papers as of 2:50 p.m., today, April 1. Of those … Continue reading With Less Than Nine Business Days Left to Get Nomination Papers in, Little Interest Shown in Bar Harbor Council Seats
Federal money for the MDI YMCA, Labs, High School, and Bar Harbor Infrastructure Could Be Off the Table Carrie Jones Mar 12, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. AUGUSTA—The recent federal resolution that was put forward Tuesday and meant to prevent a partial shutdown of United States government passed the House 217-213 could have implications on multiple local projects. … Continue reading Millions in Local Earmarks at Risk
Town Meeting Will Decide if Another Proposed Land Use Ordinance Change is Enacted Shaun Farrar Mar 11, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Bank. TRENTON—During a special town meeting on Monday, March 10, voters eliminated one of two possible proposed changes to the town’s land use ordinance regarding the production of solar energy. Those changes were where a solar array can … Continue reading Trenton Voters Reject Large-Scale Solar For A Second Time
Public AOS Budget Warrant Meeting This Wednesday, January 22 Shaun Farrar Jan 20, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. BAR HARBOR—The AOS 91 budget has been voted on and approved by the AOS 91 School Board, which is comprised of all members from each of the nine local school boards or committees. The AOS is the administrative … Continue reading Proposed AOS 91 Budget And How It Could Affect Your Taxes
Bar Harbor man set to be deputy clerk Carrie Jones Jan 07, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Side Street Cafe. MOUNT DESERT—The police portion of the proposed public safety budget in Mount Desert went down by 2.8%, select board members in Mount Desert learned on January 6. That portion of the proposed budget went from $1,155,094 to $1,122,597. The fire department’s … Continue reading Mount Desert Selectboard Gets First Look at Public Safety Budget
It’s our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved. Carrie Jones Jan 06, 2025 Share Every week we document Bar Harbor, MDI, and Trenton government and school meetings that we know of. Please let us know if we’ve missed something. Also, sometimes things are on the town calendars and are cancelled or rescheduled, so make … Continue reading ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week.
It’s our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved. Carrie Jones Dec 16, 2024 Share Every week we document Bar Harbor, MDI, and Trenton government and school meetings that we know of. Please let us know if we’ve missed something. Also, sometimes things are on the town calendars and are cancelled or rescheduled, so make … Continue reading ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week
