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Cruise Ship Ballot Question Recount Moves Forward Portia Judson Honored, Reward for Illegal Deer Death on MDI, Comprehensive Plan Event, and other briefs
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Briefs: Mount Desert School Budget Proposed, Tree Removal Talk in Bar Harbor

New leaders at FOA, Sweet Fern Resistance meeting, ABBE hold winter community day, Common Good event, NARCAN class, real estate transfers, and more Carrie Jones and  Shaun Farrar Feb 14, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. A Quick Note From Us: Each week, we compile briefs and press releases and event images and share them all in one (sometimes … Continue reading Briefs: Mount Desert School Budget Proposed, Tree Removal Talk in Bar Harbor

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Driver of U-Haul That Broke Through Echo Lake Ice This Morning Is Ok
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Driver of U-Haul That Broke Through Echo Lake Ice This Morning Is Ok

Carrie Jones Jan 18, 2025 Share MOUNT DESERT—Early Saturday morning, emergency personnel responded to a report of a 10-foot U-Haul truck in Echo Lake. The driver motored the U-Haul approximately 400 yards over the lake’s ice before the truck broke through. Southwest Harbor Fire Department assisted Mount Desert Fire in the rescue and posted about it on social media. The 75-year-old driver of the truck was able … Continue reading Driver of U-Haul That Broke Through Echo Lake Ice This Morning Is Ok

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Plea deal reached in Southwest Harbor fatal hit-and-run
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Plea deal reached in Southwest Harbor fatal hit-and-run

Jan 18, 2025 Share by Bill Trotter/Bangor Daily News ELLSWORTH—A Bar Harbor man has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors for a case in which he ran over and killed a woman with his truck. John Holdsworth, 32, is expected to spend at least nine months behind bars on felony convictions for driving to endanger and leaving the scene of an accident involving death, according to … Continue reading Plea deal reached in Southwest Harbor fatal hit-and-run

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MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HAD A REAL SANTA CLAUS And it still does.
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MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HAD A REAL SANTA CLAUS

And it still does. Carrie Jones Dec 25, 2024 Share This story was originally published in 2022. It’s been updated. THE NORTH POLE AND BAR HARBOR—In 1920, Dr. J.B. Ells came back from World War I and he returned to Bar Harbor. One of his first greeters when he arrived home was a 15-year-old boy who had been paralyzed. While the doctor was away at … Continue reading MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HAD A REAL SANTA CLAUS

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Town Hill Housing Project Inching Forward Two-thirds of Acadia's workforce can't afford to buy a home within hour of park
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Town Hill Housing Project Inching Forward

Two-thirds of Acadia’s workforce can’t afford to buy a home within hour of park Shaun Farrar Dec 18, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. TOWN HILL—Within the last six months, Acadia National Park (ANP) conducted a survey that showed that two-thirds of its year-round workforce can’t afford to buy a home within an hour’s drive of the … Continue reading Town Hill Housing Project Inching Forward

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Small Towns, Big-Hearted Communities Photos and videos of some holiday events throughout MDI this weekend
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Small Towns, Big-Hearted Communities

Photos and videos of some holiday events throughout MDI this weekend Carrie Jones Dec 16, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. MANSET AND MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—There is magic in the air during the holiday season. A good part of that magic? It comes from story, from connection, of having someone take you under their wing and share a precious … Continue reading Small Towns, Big-Hearted Communities

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Storm Could Impact Mount Desert Island Region
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Tonight’s Storm Could Impact Mount Desert Island Region

Carrie Jones Dec 11, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—High winds could blow across much of Maine between 7 p.m. tonight and 7 a.m. Thursday, the National Weather Service warned, December 11. The winds from the south are expected to be sustained between 20 and 30 m.p.h. Gusts on Mount Desert Island are expected to reach up to 60-65 mph, with some potential for higher gusts … Continue reading Tonight’s Storm Could Impact Mount Desert Island Region

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BAR HARBOR’S PAID PARKING IS OVER FOR THE YEAR

Chamber Celebrates, VIA annual meeting, safety trainings, library events and other briefs Carrie Jones Nov 03, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by YES ON 4 For a Balanced Solution. Each week, we compile press releases and briefs that have been sent in to us and send it to you as one story. This is this week’s compilation! BAR HARBOR PAID PARKING OVER … Continue reading BAR HARBOR’S PAID PARKING IS OVER FOR THE YEAR

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Mount Desert Man Arrested for Burglary and Criminal Mischief
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Coast Guard Needs Help Stopping & Solving Hoax Call Spree

State Police Chase, Local Police Reports Shaun Farrar Oct 15, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Choco-Latté Café. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Sector Northern New England is actively seeking information regarding a serial hoax case occurring from Friday, October 11 to Sunday, October 13, in the vicinity of Mount Desert Island, Great Cranberry Island, and Southwest Harbor. Over the weekend, the Coast Guard received multiple transmissions … Continue reading Coast Guard Needs Help Stopping & Solving Hoax Call Spree

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Heel Way Subdivision Configuration Not Being Changed

Carrie Jones Oct 09, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Gary Friedmann for State Representative. MOUNT DESERT—After a Maine Monitor article about a proposed subdivision on Heel Way in Northeast Harbor sparked concern for the Mount Desert Select Board last month, Town Manager Durlin Lunt arranged a meeting with the board of MD 365. The board had been worried about potential compromises to the project’s … Continue reading Heel Way Subdivision Configuration Not Being Changed

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