Frenchboro’s Balancing Act: Protecting Wild Land While Keeping a Community Running ATVs on hiking trails a concern for stewardship manager

Frenchboro’s Balancing Act: Protecting Wild Land While Keeping a Community Running

ATVs on hiking trails a concern for stewardship manager Carrie Jones Dec 11, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Maine Seacoast Mission. FRENCHBORO—On an island where acres of protected wildlands sit in the middle of a year-round community, the Frenchboro Select Board spent Monday night walking a familiar tightrope: safeguarding fragile land and trail systems while keeping the town’s basic systems—its generator, … Continue reading Frenchboro’s Balancing Act: Protecting Wild Land While Keeping a Community Running

No Hearts of Stone: Just the Perseverance

A Community Celebrates Saving Stone Farm Barn CARRIE JONES OCT 2, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—“Hey, Harry!” “Harry!” “Good afternoon, Harry!” “Harry!” “Is that Harry over there? It is! Harry!” Harry Owen walked onto the grounds of Bar Harbor’s Stone Barn Farm Preserve at the corner of Crooked Road and Norway Drive to a chorus of greetings, smiles, and the occasional, enthusiastic hugs, catching up with … Continue reading No Hearts of Stone: Just the Perseverance