Ocean Properties Will Likely Buy Asticou For $60 Million.

Purchase and Sale Agreement Part of Bankruptcy Proceedings Still Needing to Be Approved by Judge. Carrie Jones Mar 24, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Wealth Management. MOUNT DESERT—Ocean Properties will likely buy the Asticou Hotel in Northeast Harbor. A judge still has to approve the deal. “We are pleased to announce that a company owned by members of the Walsh … Continue reading Ocean Properties Will Likely Buy Asticou For $60 Million.

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Town Council to Hold Workshop on Lodging Moratorium This Thursday

Carrie Jones Nov 04, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. BAR HARBOR—The town released an online version of an agenda for its Thursday workshop, Monday evening. All three discussion items deal with the town’s lodging moratorium, which is a pause on all building or extensive renovations of multiple types of lodging in the town. The workshop agenda lists that the … Continue reading Town Council to Hold Workshop on Lodging Moratorium This Thursday

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Contractors File $14M in Liens Against Owner of Renovated MDI Hotel

Oct 23, 2025 By Bill Trotter/BDN NORTHEAST HARBOR—The owner of the Asticou Hotel on Mount Desert Island, who last year extensively renovated the historic oceanfront property, has been accused of stiffing contractors out of $14 million in materials and services. Eleven contractors from seven different counties in Maine have filed 13 liens against Asticou Hospitality LLC, the company created by Kennebunk hotelier Tim Harrington when … Continue reading Contractors File $14M in Liens Against Owner of Renovated MDI Hotel

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Lodging Moratorium Extended as Bar Harbor Continues to Collect Data

Council Extends Lodging Freeze, Sparking Discussion on Development and Housing Carrie Jones Jul 02, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. BAR HARBOR—Bar Harbor’s moratorium on multiple lodging types has been extended for another 180 days. “I don’t think it is time to put a stop to the moratorium,” Councilor Joe Minutolo said during a Tuesday night town … Continue reading Lodging Moratorium Extended as Bar Harbor Continues to Collect Data

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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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Asticou Set to Open After $28 Million Renovation

Jan 29, 2025 Share by Zara Norman/Bangor Daily News NORTHEAST HARBOR—One of the few remaining hotels on Mount Desert Island built before World War II is reopening in June following a major $28 million renovation that kept it closed last summer. The Asticou, formerly known as “The Asticou Inn,” will “debut a fresh new look and feel” this summer with 82 renovated rooms: 50 of which are … Continue reading Asticou Set to Open After $28 Million Renovation

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Bar Harbor Inn Makes SNL Cameo

Carrie Jones Nov 18, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—A local inn made a quick appearance on the NBC comedy sketch show, Saturday Night Live (SNL) on Saturday. The short begins with a shot of the Bar Harbor Inn, which overlooks Frenchman Bay and the Porcupine Islands. The iconic hotel’s yellow umbrellas are out in the shot. People stroll along the first section of the Shore Path, … Continue reading Bar Harbor Inn Makes SNL Cameo

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Letter From Our Readers

November 17 Nov 17, 2024 URGING A MORATORIUM Bar Harbor Town Council to discuss moratorium on Tuesday, Nov. 19 We strongly urge the council to enact a moratorium on new lodging (transient accommodations) at its meeting Tuesday, November 19. The dictionary defines an inflection point as a time of significant change in a situation, a turning point. We believe the town has reached a crisis/inflection … Continue reading Letter From Our Readers

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Historic MDI hotel closed this year for $10M renovation

MAY 17, 2024 Share By Bill Trotter/Bangor Daily News MOUNT DESERT—One of the few remaining hotels on Mount Desert Island built before World War II is undergoing a major $10 million renovation that will keep it closed this summer. The Asticou Inn, overlooking Northeast Harbor in the town of Mount Desert, is not expected to reopen until 2025, according to the inn’s website. The inn is one … Continue reading Historic MDI hotel closed this year for $10M renovation

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Crowd Seems to Favor Local Options Lodging Tax

CARRIE JONES MAR 27, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Over fifty people gathered at the Jesup Memorial Library so that the Town Council, staff, and State Senator Nicole Grohoski (D-Ellsworth), co-chair of the state’s Senate Taxation Committee could get a feel about the town’s sentiment about a potential local option lodging tax. It was resoundingly supported by most of the people there who spoke. However, it’s not … Continue reading Crowd Seems to Favor Local Options Lodging Tax

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