How going after big goals like the Spine pushes one Bar Harbor man into new and unexpected places, no matter what the ultimate outcome is Dec 31, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. This post was contributed by Jeremy Dougherty Jeremy contributed this at our request after we read it online. We’ve had two guests posts this past week … Continue reading Go Big. Go REALLY Big.
It’s our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved. Spoiler alert: There are not many! Carrie Jones Dec 30, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. Every week we document Bar Harbor, MDI, and Trenton government and school meetings that we know of. Please let us know if we’ve … Continue reading ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week.
GUEST CONTRIBUTOR: JACK RAYMOND Dec 29, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Andy’s Home Improvement Inc. This post was contributed by Jack Raymond. Jack’s parents owned M.A. Clark in Ellsworth, which had been owned and established by Mary Ann Clark (1860–1943). According to the Ellsworth Historical Society, “Neal A. Raymond inherited Mary Ann Clark’s share of the business and continued to run … Continue reading Effie Gott and the 109 Wreaths in Southwest Harbor
Seaside Deli & Sweets Closing. Jeannie’s Moving Into 8 Cottage Street! Sidman Appeals Ethics Complaint. Mount Desert Island Marathon Gives $40K to local organizations Dec 27, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Andy’s Home Improvement Inc. A Quick Note From Us: Each week, we compile briefs and press releases and event images and share them all in one (sometimes very long) story. Normally, … Continue reading BRIEFS & PRESS RELEASES:
Town Meeting Back at the Neighborhood House, Police Department Set to Buy Eight New Portable Radios Carrie Jones Dec 20, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT—Noel Musson of the Musson Group explained to the Mount Desert Selectboard at its December 16 meeting that the Mount Desert Comprehensive Planning Committee is looking to the town’s future. Toward that end, the selectboard appointed two new members to the ten-member … Continue reading Mount Desert Looks To Plan Its Future
Park Superintendent Calls State’s Seawall Turnaround Terms Unreasonable Carrie Jones Dec 19, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. BAR HARBOR—In a December 12 email to MaineDOT, Acadia National Park Superintendent Kevin Schneider wrote that the state’s ask for a five-day turnaround to respond to the state’s terms sheet about repairs to the road was unreasonable. Schneider’s email reinforced the … Continue reading Park Superintendent Calls State’s Seawall Turnaround Terms Unreasonable
Two-thirds of Acadia’s workforce can’t afford to buy a home within hour of park Shaun Farrar Dec 18, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. TOWN HILL—Within the last six months, Acadia National Park (ANP) conducted a survey that showed that two-thirds of its year-round workforce can’t afford to buy a home within an hour’s drive of the … Continue reading Town Hill Housing Project Inching Forward
Task Force on ambulance service moves forward, ISO and lobster truck permitting discussed Carrie Jones Dec 17, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Andy’s Home Improvement Inc. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Some people in Southwest Harbor are concerned about the implications of a large deer population and that some residents and visitors might be feeding the deer. Worries about the deer herds on Mount Desert … Continue reading Deer Population Worries Some in Southwest Harbor
Free Santa Event Sunday, Holiday Light Display, and Tavern Warm Up Timberland This Winter Carrie Jones Dec 13, 2024 Share TRENTON—Ask Morgan Sanborn if she ever sleeps and she’ll answer honestly. “Haha! Sometimes!” It’s hard to sleep when you’re a business owner, x-ray technician, mom, wife, and bringing Santa to Trenton for a free event with free presents and a whole lot of fun. Sometimes … Continue reading Family Lights Up Trenton RV Park
Some in Southwest Harbor Worry State’s Terms on Seawall Road Repair Place Them In Untenable Situation Carrie Jones Dec 12, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Andy’s Home Improvement Inc. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Even as some town officials felt that the town was being held hostage to state-controlled terms, the Southwest Harbor Select Board Tuesday night told Town Manger Karen Reddersen yes, go ahead … Continue reading HELD HOSTAGE:
