New Board Chair, Old Town Piers: Southwest Harbor Looks Ahead on Harbor Committee Structure and Manset Repairs

Burby and McFarland to lead board Carrie Jones May 14, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—The town’s select board is getting closer to how it wants to compose the town’s harbor committee and it will do so with a new chair, Noah Burby. Chapin McFarland was nominated as vice chair. The duo will take … Continue reading New Board Chair, Old Town Piers: Southwest Harbor Looks Ahead on Harbor Committee Structure and Manset Repairs

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Tremont Manager to Invite IFW Representative to May 5 Select Board Meeting to Talk About Deer Hunting

Shaun Farrar Apr 25, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. TREMONT—At the end of the April 22 Tremont Select Board meeting, Town Manager Jesse Dunbar informed the select board that he had submitted a letter to the legislative public hearing on LD 1438, HP 947, which is meant to potentially allow deer hunting on Mount Desert Island, saying that the select board … Continue reading Tremont Manager to Invite IFW Representative to May 5 Select Board Meeting to Talk About Deer Hunting

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Southwest Harbor Tables Work and Appointments to Its Harbor Committee Structure

Some town fees reviewed for increases Carrie Jones Apr 24, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Though potential appointments and action was on the agenda, the town didn’t reconfigure its Harbor Committee Tuesday night, April 22, or appoint new members. Instead, the select board tabled discussion to its next meeting after harbor committee representatives said that past precedence was … Continue reading Southwest Harbor Tables Work and Appointments to Its Harbor Committee Structure

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Just Over $16 Million Spent on Behalf of Roughly 10,000 Residents by 29 Representatives

Shaun Farrar Apr 04, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—In a 47-minute-long annual public budget meeting, 29 registered voters of the four Mount Desert island towns approved the $16,172,865 MDI High School fiscal year 2025/26 budget. The annual meeting took place in the high school’s library at 6 p.m., on Wednesday, April 2. Counting everybody in the room, there were 35 adults in the room, 29 of … Continue reading Just Over $16 Million Spent on Behalf of Roughly 10,000 Residents by 29 Representatives

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Tremont Select Board Holds Month of Consecutive Meetings for Budget Prep

Shaun Farrar Mar 15, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Edward Jones Financial Advisor: Elise N. Frank. TREMONT—Halfway through a month of consecutive weekly meetings, the Tremont Select Board has been trying to rein in the town’s budget as much as possible while maintaining previous service levels. The board began the process at its February 10 meeting when members asked Tremont Consolidated School Principal … Continue reading Tremont Select Board Holds Month of Consecutive Meetings for Budget Prep

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