Harbor Committee Adds Chris Clark Carrie Jones Jun 29, 2025 Share SOUTHWEST HARBOR—The Southwest Harbor paving project that has caused traffic delays for parts of multiple years is mostly finished. The paving is done. “They finished in the eleventh hour on Friday,” Town Manager Karen Reddersen said. In June, the town’s select board had approved R.F. Jordan & Sons’ request to extend its time to … Continue reading Southwest Harbor’s Main Street is Paved!
Despite construction, Bar Harbor’s Lower Main Street Should Be Okay for Festivities, Town Pier Up and Running CARRIE JONES MAY 23, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—People worried about Bar Harbor’s famed Fourth of July parade route being blocked by construction can breathe a bit more easily after Bar Harbor Public Works Director Bethany Leavitt’s comments to the Bar Harbor Town Council, Tuesday. She said that they … Continue reading Main Street Should Be Ready for the Fourth
Above the hustle of Bar Harbor’s Main Street is a green chime clock that once cost $3,350, but now is considered priceless to many. It wasn’t always like this. The clock at First National Bank of Bar Harbor almost didn’t survive past 1969. That was when a crew from A.B. & J.R. Hodgkins hauled a crane up Main Street and prepared to take … Continue reading The Bar Harbor Clock That Ticks On
