Dentist Asks Council to Reconsider Lodging Moratorium

Bar Harbor Council & Planning Board Discuss Comprehensive Plan Carrie Jones Oct 06, 2024 BAR HARBOR—Bar Harbor Dentist Mathilde Resnick stood before the Town Council on Tuesday night with a plea—to think again about a moratorium on lodgings (transient accommodations) in town. The topic came up after she was approached that day by a bed and breakfast owner about purchasing her property, she said. That … Continue reading Dentist Asks Council to Reconsider Lodging Moratorium

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Mount Desert Man Arrested for Burglary and Criminal Mischief

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Driver Cited for Allegedly Passing School Bus and Almost Hitting Students

Police logs Shaun Farrar Oct 01, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Havana and the Parrilla. BAR HARBOR—On Monday, September 30, Officer Stanwood received a report of a vehicle passing a stopped school bus in Bar Harbor and almost striking children who were getting off the bus. The vehicle was located in Ellsworth and stopped by the Ellsworth Police Department and the unidentified … Continue reading Driver Cited for Allegedly Passing School Bus and Almost Hitting Students

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Local Ambulance Service Doing All It Can To Survive

Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar Oct 01, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Side Street Cafe. SOUTHWEST HARBOR AND TREMONT—The calls come out over the scanner sporadically sometimes, and other times they come in quick succession. A seventy-year-old woman is having chest pain and difficulty breathing. A forty-year-old man with a horrifically broken arm is behind a business in town. A child has fallen … Continue reading Local Ambulance Service Doing All It Can To Survive

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Fire Department Open Houses, Cruise Ship Talks, Stress Management

A lot of briefs and press releases are below Carrie Jones Sep 29, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Gary Friedmann for State Representative. SOUTHWEST HARBOR FIRE DEPARTMENT OPEN HOUSE! SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Have you ever wished you could check out a fire truck? Would you like to spray a fire hose? Have you ever had the chance to look inside the compartments of … Continue reading Fire Department Open Houses, Cruise Ship Talks, Stress Management

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What Could Happen to School Debt if We Reorganize?

What About Real Property? Shaun Farrar Sep 28, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Side Treats. BAR HARBOR—How the transfer of an individual school’s property and the disposition of its debts to the Regional School Unit (RSU) would be handled under reorganization is still being hammered out by the district’s Reorganization Planning Committee (RPC). This topic was part of a reorganization update … Continue reading What Could Happen to School Debt if We Reorganize?

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What’s Keeping MDI From Affordable, Available Homes?

Carrie Jones Sep 27, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Bank. BAR HARBOR—A collaborative report detailing the issue of finding affordable, available homes on Mount Desert Island has hit the internet and it’s saying what a lot of people have been talking about, too: housing issues are complex. Those issues aren’t easy fixes, but that doesn’t mean that trying to … Continue reading What’s Keeping MDI From Affordable, Available Homes?

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THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK

And in the near future. Sep 23, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Havana and the Parrilla. THINGS TO DO It’s our weekly round-up, and I may have missed some things, so apologies! If you have something you’d like in here, please let me know. Also, you may have to click through to see everything. There are so many things that this email … Continue reading THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK

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Leashes Will Be Required Next Year at Land and Garden Preserve Lands

New Leash rules at Little Long Pond and Hunters Cliffs, no dogs on Harbor Brook Trail Carrie Jones Sep 22, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—People looking for a leash-free experience outside for their dogs will no longer be able to do so during most hours on the Land and Garden Preserve properties on Mount Desert Island. The policies begin in May 2025. Dogs heading out … Continue reading Leashes Will Be Required Next Year at Land and Garden Preserve Lands

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THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK

And in the near future. Sep 16, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Havana and the Parrilla. THINGS TO DO It’s our weekly round-up, and I may have missed some things, so apologies! If you have something you’d like in here, please let me know. Also, you may have to click through to see everything. There are so many things that this email … Continue reading THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK

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Briefs and Short News

Carrie Jones Sep 16, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. Climate Emergency Task Force Wants You BAR HARBOR—Do you live in Bar Harbor? Are you concerned about climate change? Do you want to help the town reach its climate goals? Join the Climate Emergency Task Force! The task force meets every 2nd and 4th Monday from 4:00 … Continue reading Briefs and Short News

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