Connors Emerson School’s Sixth Annual Welcome Back Event!

Parents and students show appreciation for the teachers and staff Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar Aug 27, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Psychiatry. BAR HARBOR—The day before the first day of school something special happens at Conners Emerson in Bar Harbor. The teachers and staff are celebrated and welcomed to their home away from home by many of the community members—and students—who … Continue reading Connors Emerson School’s Sixth Annual Welcome Back Event!

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obituaries

People We’ve Lost

Gregory Allen Spring, Charles H. Bartlett, Elizabeth Nason Murrell Halpern, Michael T. Gage, George N. Price, Colonel Harrison Wendell Hodgkins Carrie Jones Aug 03, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. Note: “People We’ve Lost” is a feature of the Bar Harbor Story where we share obituaries of people that the island lost in the previous 1-2 weeks. We’re doing this … Continue reading People We’ve Lost

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Board Grants Timeliness Exception to Selmis in Dispute Over Clark Point Road Guest House Permit

Carrie Jones Aug 02, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Links Pub. SOUTHWEST HARBOR — On July 20, the Appeals Board ruled there was good cause to hear the Selmis’ appeal of a December 2024 permit for a two-story, three-bedroom guest cottage at 72 Clark Point Road. A previous appeal by other neighbors was not heard and had been considered untimely because … Continue reading Board Grants Timeliness Exception to Selmis in Dispute Over Clark Point Road Guest House Permit

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More Than a Game: Marty Lyons Classic Returns with Cheers, Cleats, and Community

Bar Harbor Ball Field Becomes a Field of Dreams for Kids—and Volunteers—This Weekend Carrie Jones Jul 30, 2025vvv BAR HARBOR—This weekend, the announcer’s voice will echo along the southern side of downtown, calling out from the ball field for two days, beginning on Friday evening at 5:30 p.m. Cars will fill the ball field parking lot and it won’t be tourists taking up the spaces … Continue reading More Than a Game: Marty Lyons Classic Returns with Cheers, Cleats, and Community

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police

Police Officer and Bystander Pull 77-Year-Old Man From Water at Seal Harbor Dock

Update on last week’s Otter Creek chase and all local and not-quite-so-local law enforcement press releases Shaun Farrar Jul 29, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Bar Harbor Music Festival. BAR HARBOR—After receiving a call regarding a man who had fallen off the dock in Seal Harbor, Officer Caleb Mora arrived in approximately one minute and with the assistance of another person … Continue reading Police Officer and Bystander Pull 77-Year-Old Man From Water at Seal Harbor Dock

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Bar Harbor May Take Over Mount Desert Police Staffing in Full Consolidation Plan

Carrie Jones Jul 29, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Choco-Latté Café. BAR HARBOR AND MOUNT DESERT—No decisions were made Monday night and no next steps outlined, but the Town of Mount Desert Selectboard and Bar Harbor Town Council seemed generally supportive of full consolidation of the two towns’ police forces underneath the Town of Bar Harbor. How exactly those costs would be … Continue reading Bar Harbor May Take Over Mount Desert Police Staffing in Full Consolidation Plan

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Events

Carl Wockner’s Live-Looped Kindness Hits All the Right Notes in Bar Harbor

From Australia to the Annex, Wockner Builds a Musical Moment Carrie Jones Jul 24, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Bar Harbor Music Festival. BAR HARBOR—The stage at the Annex seemed barely big enough to hold solo, live-looping performer and songwriter Carl Wockner, Wednesday night. That had nothing to do with the stage’s size. It had everything to do with just how … Continue reading Carl Wockner’s Live-Looped Kindness Hits All the Right Notes in Bar Harbor

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Letters From Our Readers Nineteen MDI Hospital employees

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Letter From A Reader

Rob Benson Jul 20, 2025 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICY We welcome letter submissions to The Bar Harbor Story. For details on our policy, please visit our about page and scroll down or just visit here. The beliefs, opinions, and viewpoints expressed by the writers of letters to the editor and included here do not necessarily reflect the beliefs, opinions, and viewpoints or official policies of The Bar … Continue reading Letter From A Reader

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schools

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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