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Musson Group Kicks Off MDI Tour to Tackle Housing Planning A Map, a Mission, and Many Meetings: MDI Launches Housing Talks
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Musson Group Kicks Off MDI Tour to Tackle Housing Planning

A Map, a Mission, and Many Meetings: MDI Launches Housing Talks Carrie Jones Jun 27, 2025 Share MOUNT DESERT ISLAND REGION—This week, Noel Musson and Susanne Paul began visiting all the major town governing boards in the Mount Desert Island Region, starting with the Southwest Harbor Select Board. It’s not quite a road trip because the meetings will be spaced apart (often by weeks) and … Continue reading Musson Group Kicks Off MDI Tour to Tackle Housing Planning

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What Do We Want Future Generations to Say We Did Right? Elected officials from entire MDI region meet to plan for area's future
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What Do We Want Future Generations to Say We Did Right?

Elected officials from entire MDI region meet to plan for area’s future Carrie Jones Apr 17, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. MOUNT DESERT—What do we want future generations to say we did right? That was one of the many questions at the League of Towns 2025 Spring Elected Officials’ meeting, April 16. Elected leaders and staff from … Continue reading What Do We Want Future Generations to Say We Did Right?

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League of Towns Poised To Attack Big Regional Issues
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League of Towns Poised To Attack Big Regional Issues

Carrie Jones Feb 26, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Bank. ELLSWORTH— “Where do we want to be ten years from now?” Noel Musson asked the League of Town members gathered together February 25 at the Trenton Town Office. That is the key question that will likely inform the work of the group, which is a collaboration of staff and … Continue reading League of Towns Poised To Attack Big Regional Issues

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Where Will People Live? Hancock County Population Expected To Grow to 57k by 2030
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Where Will People Live?

Hancock County Population Expected To Grow to 57k by 2030 Carrie Jones Feb 12, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Bank. ELLSWORTH—Where will people live? That’s the complicated question that planners, employers, administrators and people looking for homes are struggling with throughout Maine. With Hancock County’s population expected to grow to almost 57,000 by 2030, while the average household size … Continue reading Where Will People Live?

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Has Region Hit Maximum Capacity? Some Officials Say Yes Regional Leaders Talk Traffic and Housing
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Has Region Hit Maximum Capacity? Some Officials Say Yes

Regional Leaders Talk Traffic and Housing Carrie Jones Oct 23, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. NORTHEAST HARBOR—Elected representatives from multiple area towns and staff converged at a League of Towns meeting at the Neighborhood House on Thursday night. The goals were to revive the group after a bit of faltering attendance during the pandemic, acquaint (and reacquaint) the towns … Continue reading Has Region Hit Maximum Capacity? Some Officials Say Yes

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What's Keeping MDI From Affordable, Available Homes?
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What’s Keeping MDI From Affordable, Available Homes?

Carrie Jones Sep 27, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Bank. BAR HARBOR—A collaborative report detailing the issue of finding affordable, available homes on Mount Desert Island has hit the internet and it’s saying what a lot of people have been talking about, too: housing issues are complex. Those issues aren’t easy fixes, but that doesn’t mean that trying to … Continue reading What’s Keeping MDI From Affordable, Available Homes?

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Can an Island Come Together To Save Itself?

More than 160 residences in Tremont could be inaccessible in flooding event CARRIE JONES APR 24, 2024 Share TREMONT—A road to a national park campground is washed away in many places, covered in rocks in others. A dock house is swept into the sea. Near the Tremont Consolidated School, a bridge waits to be overwhelmed by tidal waters. Over on the town’s wharf, electrical outlets … Continue reading Can an Island Come Together To Save Itself?

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Can a Town Pass the Halloween Test?

Housing needs dominate League of Towns’ discussion this week CARRIE JONES MAR 1, 2024 Share TRENTON—When he’s trying to determine the health of his year-round neighborhood, Noel Musson has a Halloween test. He walks around Southwest Harbor and notices the houses. Which are still full. Which aren’t. Are there places where his kids once trick-or-treated that are no longer being used as homes? An equally … Continue reading Can a Town Pass the Halloween Test?

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Individual Town Planning Will Be Approach for Sanctuary Communities

League of Town Discusses Storms’ Damages CARRIE JONES JAN 25, 2024 Share ELLSWORTH—After talking to his police chief and a few others, Mount Desert Town Manager Durlin Lunt is backing away from a proposal for a regional effort to deal with sanctuary community status, but is still working toward preparing for immigrants coming to his community and needing housing. At the League of Towns meeting … Continue reading Individual Town Planning Will Be Approach for Sanctuary Communities

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