What’s Really Going On Under Mount Desert’s Streets? Infiltration and old pipes: Mount Desert will look for a methodical plan to fix private and public lines.

What’s Really Going On Under Mount Desert’s Streets?

Infiltration and old pipes: Mount Desert will look for a methodical plan to fix private and public lines. Carrie Jones Dec 02, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. MOUNT DESERT—If you’ve ever wondered what’s going on under Mount Desert’s streets, the town’s selectboard does, too. In a twelve-minute meeting on December 1, board members zeroed in on the … Continue reading What’s Really Going On Under Mount Desert’s Streets?

A Shared Plan for the Acadia Region? Local Leaders Are Giving It a Try Across the Acadia Region, Towns Explore Whether They Can Impact Big Issues Together.

A Shared Plan for the Acadia Region? Local Leaders Are Giving It a Try

Across the Acadia Region, Towns Explore Whether They Can Impact Big Issues Together. Carrie Jones Nov 29, 2025 BAR HARBOR—As the League of Towns works toward a regional collaboration for five or six potential goals created by elected leaders of the Acadia Region, one of the first steps might just be creating an active website. With a website, the public can more easily see the strategic plan … Continue reading A Shared Plan for the Acadia Region? Local Leaders Are Giving It a Try

COTTAGE AND LOWER MAIN STREETSCAPES UPDATES SHARED WITH COUNCIL

ADA Compliant sidewalks part of plans CARRIE JONES FEB 26, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Streetscape projects originally envisioned by Bar Harbor are still ongoing, but some additional funding is needed to improve Lower Main Street and Cottage Street. Public Works Director Bethany Leavitt detailed multiple streetscape projects to the Bar Harbor Town Council last week and will work with the town’s planning department about changes and … Continue reading COTTAGE AND LOWER MAIN STREETSCAPES UPDATES SHARED WITH COUNCIL

Where Will All The Houses Go?

A deep dive into Bar Harbor’s balance between infrastructure expansion and resource protection SHAUN FARRAR JUL 23, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR­­––According to the Bar Harbor Housing Analysis (December 2022), created for the town by RKG Associates, Bar Harbor is estimated to need 616 new dwelling units by 2033. This number is broken down into estimates of 94 new owner-occupied units and 522 new renter occupied … Continue reading Where Will All The Houses Go?

Homeowner Pleas For Council to Help With Problem Causing Neighborhood Division

Chamber’s Wayfinder fees officially taken out of town budget CARRIE JONES JUN 22, 2023 BAR HARBOR—Doug Heden presents as a pretty patient man, the kind of man who methodically approaches problems as an engineer, the kind of man who for years digitized MDI Biological Laboratory’s decades of reports and papers. As a volunteer, he has taken on the task of digitizing about 3,000 reports, all … Continue reading Homeowner Pleas For Council to Help With Problem Causing Neighborhood Division