And in the near future. Jul 14, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Links Pub. THINGS TO DO It’s our weekly round-up, and we may have missed some things, so apologies! If you have something you’d like in here, please let us know. Also, you may have to click through to see everything. There are so many things that this email … Continue reading THINGS TO DO IN THE MOUNT DESERT ISLAND REGION THIS WEEK
VIS Seeks Solutions For Church’s Future Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar Jul 12, 2025 TOWN HILL—The green and white church on the Crooked Road once hosted congregants who mourned, married, and celebrated within the structure. It had a Sunday school and worship services and many a potluck. Once 65 students went to Sunday school there. It was a place with purpose. Now, the West Eden Church, … Continue reading Town Hill’s Empty Church Awaits a New Calling
Carrie Jones Jul 10, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Bar Harbor Music Festival. BAR HARBOR—Hard work. Fortitude. Resilience. Cheers and applause. The Friends of Acadia annual meeting, at the Bar Harbor Club, on July 9, celebrated the organization’s and Acadia National Park’s successes in the past year and also noted that things have been a bit different this year especially … Continue reading Friends of Acadia’s Annual Meeting Highlights Acadia’s Wins and Worries
And how you can be part of that community, too. Carrie Jones Jul 09, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. BAR HARBOR—The large white dog bounded up from the field underneath a clear Maine early summer sky, wagging her tail and punctuating the air with an occasional bark. “She acts like she owns the farm,” Farm Manager April … Continue reading Where Conservation Meets Community: The Continuing Story of the Peggy Rockefeller Farm
With Floats, Food, and Fireworks: Mount Desert Island Pulls Off Another Memorable Fourth Carrie Jones Jul 05, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The 1932 Criterion Theatre. BAR HARBOR—Sometimes it takes an entire community to prepare for a holiday and the Independence Day celebrations on Mount Desert Island are no exception. The effort begins well before the actual the day. Floats are … Continue reading Building a Parade, Feeding More Than a Town:
Annlinn Kruger Jun 29, 2025 Share LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICY We welcome letter submissions to The Bar Harbor Story. For details on our policy, please visit our about page and scroll down or just visit here. The beliefs, opinions, and viewpoints expressed by the writers of letters to the editor and included here do not necessarily reflect the beliefs, opinions, and viewpoints or official policies of The … Continue reading Letters From Our Readers
“We Are Family,” Mills Says at Stop at Bar Harbor’s Cafe This Way Carrie Jones Jun 26, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Psychiatry. BAR HARBOR—Like many visitors to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Maine Governor Janet Mills headed back to the United States on the high-speed CAT Ferry and did a quick tour of Bar Harbor. The governor had visited with Nova … Continue reading Gov. Mills Touts Cross-Border Ties in Bar Harbor Visit
Nineteen MDI Hospital employees Jun 22, 2025 Share LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICY We welcome letter submissions to The Bar Harbor Story; for details on our policy, please visit our about page and scroll down or just visit here. The beliefs, opinions, and viewpoints expressed by the writers of letters to the editor and included here do not necessarily reflect the beliefs, opinions, and viewpoints or official policies … Continue reading Letters From Our Readers
Supporters Say Bill Could Have Potentially Eased Property Tax Burdens Carrie Jones Jun 22, 2025 Share AUGUSTA—A local option lodging tax proposed by Representative Gary Friedmann (D-Bar Harbor) has failed to gather enough legislative support to pass. The Maine Legislature’s Taxation Committee had voted that the bill, which would have allowed municipalities to add a 2% lodging tax within their own city or town, ought … Continue reading Local Option Lodging Tax Fails in Maine Legislature
Concerns Over Deed and Proof-of-Residency Rules Stall STR Proposal Carrie Jones Jun 18, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Margo H. Stanley Real Estate. BAR HARBOR—It’s back to the drawing board for potential changes to proving residency for short-term rentals classified as VR-1 in Bar Harbor, which are rentals that are the permit holder’s primary residence. “We do it to survive,” Alexis … Continue reading “Vote With Empathy”: Residents Plead for Fairness in Rental Residency Rules
