Hundreds Descend on Ledgelawn This Halloween Carrie Jones Nov 01, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. BAR HARBOR—”Duct tape!” one woman called across the grassy front lawn on Ledgelawn mid afternoon on Halloween. “I need duct tape. Stat!” “There is always a need for duct tape,” said another woman scurrying across a lawn that was festooned with a … Continue reading Creepin’ It Real:
Council Talks Traffic Calming After Downtown Detours and Traffic Worry Some Residents CARRIE JONES MAY 08, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Worried about the traffic downtown and especially on Ledgelawn? You aren’t the only one. Pedestrian safety has come to the front at multiple town meetings in just two days in Bar Harbor. First, on Monday, Conners Emerson School Committee members worried about crosswalks not yet being … Continue reading How Many Cars Can Ledgelawn Take?
Tree on Village Green Worried Town, Others Behind Ledgelawn Worry Residents SHAUN FARRAR NOV 7, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—On Wednesday, October 25, the Bar Harbor Fire Department responded to a report of the smell of propane at a Ledgelawn Avenue residence. A tenant walking in the common hallway could smell propane and called the fire department. Using their gas detector, firefighters were able to determine … Continue reading POLICE LOG: Ledgelawn Propane Leak Brings Out Fire Department
Photos and other bits from multiple events CARRIE JONES NOV 2, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—On Halloween morning a woman in a red vehicle drove down Ledgelawn Avenue, running toward people doing last minute decorating. “Left over candy,” she said, “from the Y.” And then she would hand that person a bag or two of candy. Another woman, Melissa Hepburn, who could no longer do the … Continue reading Halloween Wrap Up
Ledgelawn Candy Drive Begins BAR HARBOR—Every year many of the property owners on Ledgelawn Avenue host almost 1,000 trick or treaters from all over Hancock County and Bar Harbor, and every year locals have a chance to help support those efforts in a candy drive via a donation box at Hannaford’s in Bar Harbor. For about fifteen years the popular avenue has been closed at … Continue reading Candy Prices Are A Little Bit Terrifying This Year
Trying to trace the ghost of Mary Margaret It’s a ghost story that almost everyone in Bar Harbor knows. A bereft young woman kills herself after the social disgrace and emotional hardship that happened when her future husband skittered off, never to be found again. But the woman? She can often be found, floating, maybe half invisible, returning again and again. Almost all the stories … Continue reading The Haunting of Ledgelawn
