Community Breaks Ground on Neighborhood Where More Families Can Grow. Carrie Jones Aug 22, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Havana. MOUNT DESERT—Even on a mid-Friday morning in late August, right in the middle of the work week, someone walking into the Ripples Road area can see that it’s a community. A woman sweeps her front walk. A dog barks a bit inside … Continue reading Ripples Hill Expands With Nine New $321,000 Homes.
Rob Liebow Jul 06, 2025 Share 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 … Continue reading Letter From a Reader
With Floats, Food, and Fireworks: Mount Desert Island Pulls Off Another Memorable Fourth Carrie Jones Jul 05, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The 1932 Criterion Theatre. BAR HARBOR—Sometimes it takes an entire community to prepare for a holiday and the Independence Day celebrations on Mount Desert Island are no exception. The effort begins well before the actual the day. Floats are … Continue reading Building a Parade, Feeding More Than a Town:
Shaun Farrar Jul 03, 2025 Share NORTHEAST HARBOR—Exuding the confidence and self-assuredness of someone who has done this before, the Asticou Hotel’s owner Tim Harrington said that the inn will be open, with guests in their rooms, by mid-July. “What should be a two- to three-year project our (team) got done in under a year,” Harrington said. The original plan was to hit the end of June, … Continue reading Asticou Hotel to Open Mid-July
It’s our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved. Carrie Jones Jun 30, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Psychiatry. Every week we document Bar Harbor, MDI, and Trenton government and school meetings that we know of. Please let us know if we’ve missed something. Also, sometimes things on the town … Continue reading ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week.
A Map, a Mission, and Many Meetings: MDI Launches Housing Talks Carrie Jones Jun 27, 2025 Share MOUNT DESERT ISLAND REGION—This week, Noel Musson and Susanne Paul began visiting all the major town governing boards in the Mount Desert Island Region, starting with the Southwest Harbor Select Board. It’s not quite a road trip because the meetings will be spaced apart (often by weeks) and … Continue reading Musson Group Kicks Off MDI Tour to Tackle Housing Planning
New project will bring 30 full-time, year-round jobs Carrie Jones Jun 10, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. ELLSWORTH—Witham Family Hotels has begun construction on its new Home2 Suites by Hilton in Ellsworth. On Tuesday morning, Ellsworth officials, representatives from Witham Family Hotels, and Wright-Ryan all gathered with the media on a somewhat muddy site, smiling despite the drizzle … Continue reading Witham Family Hotels Breaks Ground on New Home2 Suites by Hilton in Ellsworth, Maine
And in the near future. Jun 09, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. THINGS TO DO It’s our weekly round-up, and we may have missed some things, so apologies! If you have something you’d like in here, please let us know. Also, you may have to click through to see everything. There are so many things that this email is … Continue reading THINGS TO DO IN THE MOUNT DESERT ISLAND REGION THIS WEEK
Acadia’s Housing Problem Helps Spur New Projects and Ideas for Bar Harbor, Park, and FOA Jun 07, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—Multiple housing projects are in the works for Acadia National Park with some projects completed, others well underway, and some in the planning stages. According to the Bangor Daily News’ Bill Trotter, Acadia National Park Superintendent Kevin Schneider said during a park advisory commission meeting earlier … Continue reading No Place to Live Means Not Many to Hire:
Carrie Jones May 07, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—There are five seats up for grabs for full three-year terms on Bar Harbor’s warrant committee, which reviews the budget for town meeting and makes recommendations on that and various land use article amendments. Two seats are open because Julie Berberian, the current vice chair, chose not to run. Jeffrey Young also chose not to run again. Incumbents … Continue reading Updated: Bar Harbor Warrant Committee Candidates Answer Our Questions
