And it still does. Carrie Jones Dec 24, 2025 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 war, … Continue reading MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HAD A REAL SANTA CLAUS
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
Egg-stra-ordinary egg hunts draw island families to Bar Harbor Inn and YWCA MDI Carrie Jones Apr 19, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—This morning staff and volunteers at the Bar Harbor Inn hid 1,574 Easter eggs, plus 12 little gold eggs, plus six big gold eggs, Saturday morning. But it’s never quite enough for the annual free Easter egg hunt that happens along its lawns and inspires … Continue reading Hopping Happiness
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
And in the near future. Dec 23, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. 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 … Continue reading THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK
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
And in the near future. Dec 16, 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
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
Carrie Jones Dec 08, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Bank. MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—When Lisa Parsons checked kids into the Neighborhood House to enter Santa’s extra workshop in Northeast Harbor, Saturday afternoon, she was all smiles. A little after 2 p.m., more than 100 kids had headed behind the heavy wooden doors with personal elvish assistants—some from the MDI High … Continue reading Celebrations Across MDI This Weekend Exemplify What Goodness Actually Is
