As Winter Nears, an New Island Woodbank Kindles Community Warmth

“Such a Blessing.” How One Maine Man’s Idea Will Keep His Neighbors Warm Carrie Jones Nov 01, 2025 BAR HARBOR—Shawn lives in Southwest Harbor in a home he’s rented out to people before when they needed a place to stay, a home he lives in now and is trying to save. A malfunctioning sump pump meant his basement flooded. Some of that water impacted his … Continue reading As Winter Nears, an New Island Woodbank Kindles Community Warmth

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Michelle Bailey Brzezowski Is Outstanding Adult Education Teacher of the Year and So Much More

Carrie Jones Oct 22, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—Michelle Bailey Brzezowski, a local educator won the Outstanding Teacher Award from the Maine Adult Education Association late last week. “I am humbled and surprised,” Brzezowski said, Tuesday. “I love my job. I love helping our students find success and joy in learning, and supporting them to find their … Continue reading Michelle Bailey Brzezowski Is Outstanding Adult Education Teacher of the Year and So Much More

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Bar Harbor Town Offices Closed After Network Breach

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Bar Harbor Town Office Will Continue to Stay Closed

Carrie Jones Aug 03, 2025 BAR HARBOR—On the evening of August 3, the Town of Bar Harbor issued another statement about the town’s closure of multiple systems and its town office. A statement from Town Manager James Smith, released Sunday night, slightly after 8:30 p.m. said that the town offices would remain closed Monday, August 4 as the town keeps working with cybersecurity experts to … Continue reading Bar Harbor Town Office Will Continue to Stay Closed

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“Gasoline on the Fire”

Maine hospitals concerned about charity care expansion and Medicaid cuts Jul 21, 2025 By Rose Lundy of the Maine Monitor AUGUSTA—A new law expands who is eligible for charity care in Maine while federal Medicaid cuts are expected to push tens of thousands off public insurance. A law signed by Gov. Janet Mills earlier this month will make more people in Maine eligible for free care at Maine … Continue reading “Gasoline on the Fire”

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Bar Harbor School Project Exceeds $2.475M Contingency Budget

Zboray Seeks Savings After Overages in Conners Emerson Rebuild Carrie Jones Jul 18, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Bar Harbor Music Festival. BAR HARBOR—The school construction project’s $2.475 million contingency fund has been used and is now over budget, School Superintendent Michael Zboray told the Bar Harbor School Committee, July 17. The fund is there specifically as padding in the approximately … Continue reading Bar Harbor School Project Exceeds $2.475M Contingency Budget

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SAFE HARBOR OPENS ITS CLUB HOUSE TOMORROW

Carrie Jones Jul 17, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Thrive Juice Bar & Kitchen. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Safe Harbor Alano Club Board President Steve Cotreau sometimes tears up a bit when he looks at the new floors upstairs at the American Legion Hall that now host the club and its community center. These floors? They shine. They’re new. They’re gymnasium grade. But there’s something … Continue reading SAFE HARBOR OPENS ITS CLUB HOUSE TOMORROW

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Town Council Denies The Links Pub’s Amplified Music Application

Pub is at Kebo Valley Golf Course Carrie Jones Jul 16, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. BAR HARBOR—Live music was up for discussion again in Bar Harbor this week. This time it focused around a golf club that has hosted events since the 1900s, particularly for the social elite of the Jazz Age and into modern times. … Continue reading Town Council Denies The Links Pub’s Amplified Music Application

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Town Hill’s Empty Church Building Awaits a New Calling VIS Seeks Solutions For Church's Future

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Town Hill’s Empty Church Awaits a New Calling

VIS Seeks Solutions For Church’s Future Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar Jul 12, 2025 TOWN HILL—The green and white church on the Crooked Road once hosted congregants who mourned, married, and celebrated within the structure. It had a Sunday school and worship services and many a potluck. Once 65 students went to Sunday school there. It was a place with purpose. Now, the West Eden Church, … Continue reading Town Hill’s Empty Church Awaits a New Calling

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Seeking Balance: Bar Harbor Task Force Begins to Tackle Sustainable Tourism

While asking, “What Is ‘Sustainable Tourism’?” Carrie Jones Jul 11, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The 1932 Criterion Theatre. BAR HARBOR—The first step of Bar Harbor’s Sustainable Tourism Task Force was to organize itself, and it did just that on July 10, electing Vicki Hall as chair and Enoch Albert as vice chair during its organizational meeting in Council Chambers in … Continue reading Seeking Balance: Bar Harbor Task Force Begins to Tackle Sustainable Tourism

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Southwest Harbor’s Main Street is Paved!

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!

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