“Vote With Empathy”: Residents Plead for Fairness in Rental Residency Rules

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

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Across Maine, towns continue to grapple with school district reorganization

More than 40 towns have withdrawn from their school districts since the state’s 2007 consolidation push. Jun 17, 2025 Share By Kristian Moravec/Maine Monitor MAINE—As children played at recess during one of the final weeks of the school year, MSAD 58 Superintendent Laura Columbia explained how several towns began pushing to leave the school district this spring, mainly out of concern that their communities could lose … Continue reading Across Maine, towns continue to grapple with school district reorganization

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Where Did the Signs Go?

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?

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Sacrifice, Service, and the Stories We Tell

We Remember Them: Memorial Day Across Mount Desert Island Carrie Jones May 26, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—All the way back in 1868, a young girl wrote a New York official a note. In it, she asked for the city official to place a garland on the grave of an unknown Confederate soldier. Her own father, she … Continue reading Sacrifice, Service, and the Stories We Tell

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Fifty Warrant Articles in Fifty-One Minutes

Tremont makes quick work of its annual town meeting and how you can get involved Shaun Farrar May 14, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. TREMONT—On Tuesday, May 13, the Town of Tremont held its annual town meeting, approving 50 warrant articles that included the school budget, municipal budget, and miscellaneous municipal articles including land use ordinance amendments with … Continue reading Fifty Warrant Articles in Fifty-One Minutes

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Tremont Annual Town Meeting Begins Monday, May 12

Shaun Farrar May 11, 2025 Share TREMONT—Tremont’s Annual Town Meeting begins Monday, May 12, at 8 a.m., with the secret ballot voting at the town office. The ballot is short with three people running for three seats, all unopposed. The town meeting continues on Tuesday, May 13, at 6:30 p.m., in the Harvey Kelley Meeting Room, where voters will vote on the town’s warrant which … Continue reading Tremont Annual Town Meeting Begins Monday, May 12

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Wabanaki Artist Jennifer Pictou on Art, Storytelling, and Abbe Museum’s Dawnland Festival’s Evolution

Carrie Jones May 10, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—The Abbe Museum’s Dawnland Festival of Arts & Ideas is an event that always catapults art, voice, community, and dialogue into the Bar Harbor landscape and this year’s event brings yet another sharpened focus as it uplifts Wabanaki voices through art, dialogue, and community. Set for July 12–13 at the College of the Atlantic, the free two-day gathering … Continue reading Wabanaki Artist Jennifer Pictou on Art, Storytelling, and Abbe Museum’s Dawnland Festival’s Evolution

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Bar Harbor Public Safety Chiefs Outline Current Challenges, Future Needs Amid Lodging Moratorium

Carrie Jones Apr 29, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. BAR HARBOR—Are Bar Harbor’s public safety services and related infrastructure adequate to meet the town’s current and future needs? That was one of the questions meant to be answered as Bar Harbor Housing and Community Planner Cali Martinez led the town’s police and fire chiefs in a discussion at … Continue reading Bar Harbor Public Safety Chiefs Outline Current Challenges, Future Needs Amid Lodging Moratorium

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Bluenose Inn About To Open New Building After 2022 Fire

Scheduled for opening this season Apr 03, 2025 Share by Bill Trotter/Bangor Daily News BAR HARBOR—Three years after a dramatic fire destroyed a building at the Bluenose Inn in Bar Harbor, the owner has rebuilt it with a new design and plans to open it for guests this summer. The new $9 million Eden Building at the Bluenose Inn was constructed with roughly half as many units as its predecessor … Continue reading Bluenose Inn About To Open New Building After 2022 Fire

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Trenton Extends Commercial Solar Moratorium

Option to prohibit commercial solar will be May 19 Carrie Jones Mar 20, 2025 Share TRENTON—In a quick meeting, the Trenton Select Board, Tuesday night, voted to extend the town’s moratorium on medium- and large-scale solar farms for another 180 days or until the town passes another solar ordinance. Chair Fred Ehrlenbach opposed. A moratorium is a pause for that sort of development within the … Continue reading Trenton Extends Commercial Solar Moratorium

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