Locked Out: Electronic Access to Rodick Lorraine Housing Disabled

Shaun Farrar Aug 08, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Choco-Latté Café. BAR HARBOR—Some residents and those who provide services to residents of Rodick Lorraine, a 48-unit public housing building at 15 Eagle Lake Road in Bar Harbor, are concerned with the recent disabling of the building’s electronic access system. With that system disabled, the constantly locked building’s residents now must rely on … Continue reading Locked Out: Electronic Access to Rodick Lorraine Housing Disabled

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Two Men Held on ICE Detainers at Hancock County Jail After Arrest in Bar Harbor

Shaun Farrar Aug 07, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Wealth Management. BAR HARBOR—Drug arrests in Bar Harbor have led to two men being held on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers at Hancock County Jail. According to a Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Police Department press release and court documents, on Sunday, August 3, two men were arrested by Officer … Continue reading Two Men Held on ICE Detainers at Hancock County Jail After Arrest in Bar Harbor

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Should Mainers Be Concerned by Shark Sightings?

Aug 03, 2025 By Julia Tilton of the Maine Monitor MAINE—John Chisholm has been interested in sharks as long as he can remember. Growing up in Plymouth, Mass. in the 1970s, he spent a lot of time searching for great whites on his dad’s commercial fishing boat. An adjunct scientist at the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, Chisholm wasn’t the first in his … Continue reading Should Mainers Be Concerned by Shark Sightings?

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Some Big Changes at F.T. Brown, Acadia Yurts, and Other Commercial Properties

Carrie Jones Aug 01, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The 1932 Criterion Theatre. ANOTHER QUICK NOTE FROM US: Each week, we compile briefs and press releases and event images and share them all in one (sometimes very long) story. Our briefs article is mostly just press releases that we don’t write, or claim to write, but just share from the agencies, businesses, … Continue reading Some Big Changes at F.T. Brown, Acadia Yurts, and Other Commercial Properties

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Bar Harbor Looks to Hire Sustainable Economic Development Coordinator

Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar Jul 31, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Wealth Management. BAR HARBOR—The Town of Bar Harbor is advertising for a newly created position in its planning department. The town posted a job listing for a sustainable economic development coordinator on its website, July 18. The new position replaces an unfilled position in the planning department. “The sustainable economic … Continue reading Bar Harbor Looks to Hire Sustainable Economic Development Coordinator

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One Island. Many Artistic Visions. Come Be Part of Hudson to Harbor.

MDI’s Past and Present Converge in an Upcoming Art Event at Bar Harbor Historical Society. Carrie Jones Jul 25, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Ironbound Restaurant – Inn – Gatherings. BAR HARBOR—Art isn’t just for the artists. History isn’t just for the historians. The stories that shape our island? Same thing. They are for all of us. The Bar Harbor Historical Society … Continue reading One Island. Many Artistic Visions. Come Be Part of Hudson to Harbor.

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