Music. Miles. Magic. Mount Desert Island’s Weekend Had It All.

Carrie Jones Oct 20, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The 1932 Criterion Theatre. MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—This weekend, Mount Desert Island hosted a lot of people. There were runners. There were music lovers. There were leaf peepers heading to Acadia National Park. There were people protesting on Southwest Harbor sidewalks and others holding a health fair to help keep their neighbors safe, healthy, … Continue reading Music. Miles. Magic. Mount Desert Island’s Weekend Had It All.

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Music Harbor Comes Back Bigger and Better Than Ever!

Carrie Jones Oct 16, 2025 MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—There will be music throughout Mount Desert Island this weekend, live music by working musicians in venue after venue. That means there will be 100 hours of live music to groove to. One hundred hours of live music to sing to. One hundred hours of live music for people to close their eyes to and really, truly hear. … Continue reading Music Harbor Comes Back Bigger and Better Than Ever!

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Falling in Love With Everything

Island hosts marathon, festivals, homecoming, ball games, and benefits Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar Oct 22, 2024 MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—Long distance doesn’t stop a marathon runner and it’s not stopping a relationship either. When Daniel Large was out in California to ride in an AIDS benefit that took him 545 miles along the California coast from San Francisco to Los Angeles, he expected long miles, beautiful … Continue reading Falling in Love With Everything

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Music Harbor Brings Music, Joy, and A Lot More During Marathon Weekend

And according to science, it’s bringing some emotion, too Carrie Jones Sep 21, 2024 BAR HARBOR—The posts started showing up on one social media account after another: an image of Mount Desert Island and in the middle? A guitar fretboard. “Music Harbor” was all it read. What exactly did the image mean? What was Music Harbor? And why was this image suddenly showing up everywhere? … Continue reading Music Harbor Brings Music, Joy, and A Lot More During Marathon Weekend

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