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MDI Drama Students Aim for the Spotlight at States—But Need Your Help Regional winners will hold performance Wednesday to raise funds
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MDI Drama Students Aim for the Spotlight at States—But Need Your Help

Regional winners will hold performance Wednesday to raise funds Carrie Jones Mar 13, 2025 Share MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—Some local students need the community’s help to get to the state drama championships at the end of March in Camden Hills, a spot they earned by their Class A regional win for their performance of Eurydice. “It is an important accomplishment. First, we have to win the regional … Continue reading MDI Drama Students Aim for the Spotlight at States—But Need Your Help

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Major Changes Ahead? Regional Planning Committee Advances School Reorganization Plans
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Major Changes Ahead? Regional Planning Committee Advances School Reorganization Plans

Shaun Farrar Mar 06, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Edward Jones Financial Advisor: Elise N. Frank. AOS 91 REGION—The AOS 91 Regional Planning Committee (RPC) has been pressing forward and making consensus-based decisions on many important issues in a possible move towards reorganization of the AOS into an RSU. These decisions are only proposals that will be presented to the individual … Continue reading Major Changes Ahead? Regional Planning Committee Advances School Reorganization Plans

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League of Towns Poised To Attack Big Regional Issues
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League of Towns Poised To Attack Big Regional Issues

Carrie Jones Feb 26, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Bank. ELLSWORTH— “Where do we want to be ten years from now?” Noel Musson asked the League of Town members gathered together February 25 at the Trenton Town Office. That is the key question that will likely inform the work of the group, which is a collaboration of staff and … Continue reading League of Towns Poised To Attack Big Regional Issues

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Mount Desert Accepts Town Manager's Resignation
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Mount Desert Accepts Town Manager’s Resignation

Carrie Jones Feb 25, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. MOUNT DESERT—Not every town manager references Grumpy Cat in his resignation letter, but then again, not every town manager is Durlin Lunt. “After fighting Father Time a good battle and arriving at the fork in the road, I am prepared to take it. Therefore, I shall retire as Mount … Continue reading Mount Desert Accepts Town Manager’s Resignation

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local meetings 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.
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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 Feb 24, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Andy’s Home Improvement Inc. 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 … Continue reading ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week.

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Judge Rules Against Hancock Man in Theft Case Tied to Late Bar Harbor Candidate Court case of Max Linn's former staffer still pending
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Judge Rules Against Hancock Man in Theft Case Tied to Late Bar Harbor Candidate

Court case of Max Linn’s former staffer still pending Feb 13, 2025 Share by Bill Trotter/Bangor Daily News BAR HARBOR—A federal judge has sided with the plaintiffs in the civil lawsuit against a Hancock man accused of embezzling $225,000 from late Senate candidate Max Linn. That man, Matthew McDonald, must now present detailed information of his financial assets to the court on March 18. Matthew T. McDonald, … Continue reading Judge Rules Against Hancock Man in Theft Case Tied to Late Bar Harbor Candidate

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Mount Desert Man Arrested Again, Six Days After Last Week's Arrest
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Liquor Possession Causes Problems for a Lot of Minors in Bar Harbor

Police logs Shaun Farrar Feb 11, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Edward Jones Financial Advisor: Elise N. Frank. BAR HARBOR—According to the Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Police Department press releases, it would appear as though minors from two different counties came to Bar Harbor to drink and were caught by officers. On February 4, following a traffic stop by Sgt. … Continue reading Liquor Possession Causes Problems for a Lot of Minors in Bar Harbor

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Steel Tariffs Could Impact New Bar Harbor School Construction Future of 40 Eden Street, adjacent properties, and lodging moratorium discussed
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Steel Tariffs Could Impact New Bar Harbor School Construction

Future of 40 Eden Street, adjacent properties, and lodging moratorium discussed Carrie Jones Feb 11, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. BAR HARBOR—Tariffs on Canadian steel could potentially increase the cost to the Conners Emerson School rebuild, a multi-million dollar project that voters approved a $58 million bond for in June 2023. On Tuesday, February 10, President … Continue reading Steel Tariffs Could Impact New Bar Harbor School Construction

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How a Maine Ice Diver Raised a U-Haul From the Bottom of Frozen Echo Lake and a Lot More Even a broken arm doesn't stop him
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How a Maine Ice Diver Raised a U-Haul From the Bottom of Frozen Echo Lake and a Lot More

Even a broken arm doesn’t stop him Feb 07, 2025 Share by Elizabeth Walztoni/Bangor Daily News SOUTHWEST HARBOR—The man Mainers call when they lose something below the surfaces of frozen lakes is having a very unusual year. Greg Canders, of Bangor, typically gets between two and nine calls each January. This year, he’s had five, but they’ve been less typical than the lost snowmobiles and ATVs … Continue reading How a Maine Ice Diver Raised a U-Haul From the Bottom of Frozen Echo Lake and a Lot More

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Ellsworth and Island Lawyers Leave Eaton Peabody to Create New Local Law Firm
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Ellsworth and Island Lawyers Leave Eaton Peabody to Create New Local Law Firm

Jan 28, 2025 Share by Bill Trotter/Bangor Daily News ELLSWORTH AND BAR HARBOR—A group of lawyers has left Bangor-based Eaton Peabody and started a new law firm in downtown Ellsworth. The lawyers — seven of them are based in Ellsworth, and one works in Portland — have established Viridian Law. The group, along with a small staff, has assumed Eaton Peabody’s former lease in the Seaboard Federal … Continue reading Ellsworth and Island Lawyers Leave Eaton Peabody to Create New Local Law Firm

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