Acadia Gateway Center Opens as Acadia Has A Record-Breaking August

Carrie Jones Sep 06, 2025 TRENTON—The state opened the Acadia Gateway Center in Trenton this week just as the national park that it serves hosted a record number of visits. The park had close to 843,000 visits in August. That number comes from the National Park Service. It breaks July’s record of 797,000 visits. A visit does not equal a visitor because of how those … Continue reading Acadia Gateway Center Opens as Acadia Has A Record-Breaking August

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Vision Zero: Bar Harbor’s Safe Streets’ Project Hopes to Have No Roadway Fatalities or Severe Injuries by 2035

Carrie Jones Aug 09, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The 1932 Criterion Theatre. BAR HARBOR—Just this week in Bar Harbor, a motorcycle was involved in an accident on Cottage Street. Yesterday, Friday, two vehicles hit each other at the corner of Cottage and Holland, gas from one vehicle leaking into the stormwater drain. The police logs for all of the Mount Desert Island … Continue reading Vision Zero: Bar Harbor’s Safe Streets’ Project Hopes to Have No Roadway Fatalities or Severe Injuries by 2035

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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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Commercial Uses at Hadley Point Landing Come Under Scrutiny

Shaun Farrar Jul 26, 2025 BAR HARBOR—Some residential neighbors of Hadley Point Beach are hoping the town will regulate what commercial uses can occur at the town-owned, public space. Bar Harbor Parks and Recreation Committee Vice Chair Greg Veilleux described the beach as one of the last bastions of beaches where more local people could go and enjoy themselves during the committee’s July 21 meeting. … Continue reading Commercial Uses at Hadley Point Landing Come Under Scrutiny

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Mount Desert, Asticou Hotel Reach Agreement Over Plumbing Code Issues

Town Accepts Gifts for Fire Department, Solar Contract Approved Carrie Jones Jul 22, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. MOUNT DESERT—In an attempt to avoid litigation, the Mount Desert Select Board and Asticou Hotel have entered into an administrative agreement, it was announced after a select board executive session and regular meeting vote, July 21. The Asticou Hotel announced on … Continue reading Mount Desert, Asticou Hotel Reach Agreement Over Plumbing Code Issues

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Bill to Support Maine’s Lobster Industry Clears Appropriations Committee

And so many other briefs and press releases from the community Jul 19, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. A 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, … Continue reading Bill to Support Maine’s Lobster Industry Clears Appropriations Committee

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Tremont Select Board to Enter Into Agreement to Possibly Purchase Properties as New Public Safety Facility

Shaun Farrar Jun 16, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. TREMONT—In a battle of desires, the desire of the fire chief to have the most functionally proficient space and the desire of the select board to procure new assets for the town in the most monetarily efficient manner, led to a debate regarding the possible purchase … Continue reading Tremont Select Board to Enter Into Agreement to Possibly Purchase Properties as New Public Safety Facility

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