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How a Bake-Off in Bar Harbor Is Helping Neighbors Show Up for One Another.

Batter Up! Sugar Showdown Serves Up Frosting and Fundraising Carrie Jones Feb 16, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Bank. BAR HARBOR—By the time you stepped in out of the wind to head into the Sugar Showdown, your cheeks tingled and, if you’d parked half in a snowbank, your boots were damp clear through; it was the kind of February chill … Continue reading How a Bake-Off in Bar Harbor Is Helping Neighbors Show Up for One Another.

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Be Like Mary: Bar Harbor Runs, Walks, and Wags for a Legacy of Kindness & Island Connections
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Be Like Mary: Bar Harbor Runs, Walks, and Wags for a Legacy of Kindness & Island Connections

Carrie Jones Oct 04, 2025 BAR HARBOR—Saturday morning’s race in Bar Harbor didn’t start the way most races start. Yes, there was gathering and stretching. Yes, people studied a course map and pinned on numbers to their clothes. Yes, children played in the nearby ball field on Park Street or at the Park Street Playground. But there was also a good deal of tail wagging, … Continue reading Be Like Mary: Bar Harbor Runs, Walks, and Wags for a Legacy of Kindness & Island Connections

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Sweet Success: Sugar Showdown Warms Hearts and Builds Community One Treat at a Time
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Sweet Success:

Sugar Showdown Warms Hearts and Builds Community One Treat at a Time Carrie Jones Feb 10, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. BAR HARBOR—Let’s start this off with the obvious: sugar plays an important role in the deliciousness that is Island Connection’s Sugar Showdown, but it’s not all there is to adore about the event. “This community loves this … Continue reading Sweet Success:

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Ernest the Gluten-Free Owl & Mary de Konig Can you bake? Can you eat? Then, just like Mary, you can help Island Connections
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Ernest the Gluten-Free Owl & Mary de Konig

Can you bake? Can you eat? Then, just like Mary, you can help Island Connections Carrie Jones Jan 24, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—When Ernest the Owl took first place at Island Connections’ 1st Annual Sugar Showdown in the showstopper category and the overall community choice award, Mary de Konig was a bit shocked. You see, she hadn’t always been a baker, so winning a baking competition to … Continue reading Ernest the Gluten-Free Owl & Mary de Konig

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This Weekend Was For the Dogs Adoptions, Races, Rescues and Blessings... Carrie Jones Oct 07, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. BAR HARBOR—Dogs dominated the Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island scene this weekend. Mount Desert Island is considered a dog-friendly place by travel companies like Bring Fido. Outside Magazine said Acadia National Park was the most dog friendly in New England, but it was the local dogs that stole the show this weekend. BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS It began with the blessing of the animals on the Village Green. The event was organized by the Bar Harbor Congregational Church and Kiah Baxter. According to the church, “Join in a spirited celebration of our connection with the natural world, with a blessing of animals (two- and four-legged creatures welcome !), and a time to remember animal companions who have died. All creatures great & small welcome.” WAG! WALK! RUN! MARY PARKER RACE FOR ISLAND CONNECTIONS The 7th Annual Mary Parker Memorial Run, Walk, Wag 5k was in honor of Mary Parker, who was Island Connection’s transportation manager before she died from cancer. The event was on Saturday. Island Connections Winners received a $25 gift certificate from Wind and Wine by the Sea and a $50 gift certificate from Spruce & Gussy, which has supported the event for years. Wind and Wine by the Sea also sponsored the event. There was also some Pat’s Pizza at the end. Our earlier story on the event is here. Evan Boudreau was the fastest man. Kat Murphy was the fastest woman and her mom’s dog, Grace (Grace O’Malley, Pirate of Ann’s Point), was the fastest dog. The fastest walker was Janice Lowe. “Since the start of the COVID pandemic, we primarily offer free transportation to scheduled medical appointments as well as grocery shopping,” according to its website. “In addition, Island Connections delivers meals for the Meals on Wheels program on Mount Desert Island, as well as food boxes for the Food Access Project to residents of MDI and Trenton. With greater exposure to our services during the pandemic, we are becoming more recognized as a vital and critical service on MDI.” Kat and Grace! NEWMAN A lost dog was returned much to the joy of the island community. Newman’s adventure led to many social media posts and worries before he was returned to his home. via BH/MDPD THE SPCA OF HANCOCK COUNTY The SPCA’s adoption event at Stanley Subaru in Trenton on Saturday featured five kittens and two dogs. The shelter was also open for adoptions. The first adoption of the day was this lucky human and kitten combination. The first adoption on Saturday was a cat! VIA SPCA Looking for homes! VIA SPCA Upcoming events via SPCA Unless otherwise specified, all photos Carrie Jones/Shaun Farrar/Bar Harbor Story Bar Harbor Story is mostly a self-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you for being here with us and caring about our community, too! Subscribed Thanks for reading Bar Harbor Story ! This post is public so feel free to share it. Share If you’d like to donate to help support us, you can, but no pressure! Just click here. If you’d like to sponsor the Bar Harbor Story, you can! Learn more here.
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This Weekend Was For the Dogs

Adoptions, Races, Rescues and Blessings… Carrie Jones Oct 07, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. BAR HARBOR—Dogs dominated the Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island scene this weekend. Mount Desert Island is considered a dog-friendly place by travel companies like Bring Fido. Outside Magazine said Acadia National Park was the most dog friendly in New England, but it was the local … Continue reading This Weekend Was For the Dogs

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Sometimes a Race is More Than a Race

Mary Parker’s Run, Walk, Wag 5K Set for October! Carrie Jones Sep 12, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. BAR HARBOR—You’re allowed to bring your dogs. Actually, Mary Parker would really have wanted it that way. And she’d want you to bring yourself, too, even without a dog. If you could borrow one? That would be … Continue reading Sometimes a Race is More Than a Race

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The Need Is Urgent

Neighbors Need Volunteers at Island Connections Right Away CARRIE JONES JUN 30, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Since 2022 Scot Bowen has been giving strangers rides. He’ll take them to an appointment. He’ll take them to a store. And most of the time, those strangers he’s driving around? They become something else. They become neighbors. Lori Gray and Carmen Greene? They do the same thing. It’s all … Continue reading The Need Is Urgent

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For These Siblings and Their Charitable Fund, Giving Back Has Become a Million Dollar Purpose

Gift to Island Connections Brings Sum of All Gifts to One Million CARRIE JONES MAY 25, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—When their dad, David Witham Sr. died, David and Christine Witham knew that they wanted to do something to honor their father’s memory. While some might have put up a plaque or named a building, the siblings wanted to do something that would continue, something that … Continue reading For These Siblings and Their Charitable Fund, Giving Back Has Become a Million Dollar Purpose

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