And it still does. Carrie Jones Dec 25, 2024 Share This story was originally published in 2022. It’s been updated. THE NORTH POLE AND BAR HARBOR—In 1920, Dr. J.B. Ells came back from World War I and he returned to Bar Harbor. One of his first greeters when he arrived home was a 15-year-old boy who had been paralyzed. While the doctor was away at … Continue reading MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HAD A REAL SANTA CLAUS
Dec 21, 2024 Share by Emily Burnham/Bangor Daily News MOUNT DESERT—The sight of the approaching Sunbeam, the Maine Seacoast Mission’s longtime service vessel, is always a welcome one for residents of Maine’s island communities especially on a frigid winter’s day, just before Christmas. For more than a century, during the holiday season the Sunbeam has visited islands and coastal communities throughout Maine, from Monhegan to the … Continue reading This Century-old Down East Tradition Delivers Christmas Cheer Wrapped in Red String
Photos and videos of some holiday events throughout MDI this weekend Carrie Jones Dec 16, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. MANSET AND MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—There is magic in the air during the holiday season. A good part of that magic? It comes from story, from connection, of having someone take you under their wing and share a precious … Continue reading Small Towns, Big-Hearted Communities
Witham Family Charitable Christmas brings joy, kindness, warmth, and toys to families in Bar Harbor and beyond Carrie Jones Dec 15, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Some of the 800 or so people on Saturday came with a plan. “We’ve got to find the donuts. We’ve got to take a photo with Santa,” one mom told her family in the Candy Cane Lane hallway of the Atlantic … Continue reading Hotel Workers Bring a Decade of Christmas Magic
vAnd in the near future. Dec 09, 2024 Share 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 me know. Also, you may have to click through to see everything. There are so many things that this email is a bit long for a lot of inboxes. We … Continue reading THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK
A quick list of holiday happenings that we know of Carrie Jones Dec 05, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. MOUNT DESERT ISLAND AND TRENTON—We’ve compiled a quick list of holiday happenings, sorted by date. If you know of other events, please let us know and we’ll update our list. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6 BAR HARBOR VILLAGE HOLIDAYS CELEBRATION … Continue reading Holiday Happenings
And in the near future. Dec 02, 2024 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 me know. Also, you may have to click through to see everything. There are so many things that this email is a bit long for a lot of inboxes. We hope … Continue reading THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK
Locals take care of visiting families and each other year after year CARRIE JONES DEC 24, 2023 Share THE NORTH POLE AND MOUNT DESERT—Back in 1937, the Bangor Daily News’ Oscar Shepard asked, “Everybody knows about it. But how many elsewhere are aware that this famous Maine town has a community Santa?” That was almost a 100 years ago. And Santa was a selectman and … Continue reading MDI Has No Shortage of Holiday Elves
This is what we know is happening, let us know if you know of more! CARRIE JONES NOV 30, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—There’s a plethora of holiday events coming up beginning this Friday with Acadia Community Theater’s “A Christmas Chaos,” a holiday craft fair, and Bar Harbor’s Village Holidays on the Village Green where Santa will read his favorite poem and bring merriment to all … Continue reading UPCOMING HOLIDAY EVENTS
