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More Than 500 Give Their Input About How To Make Bar Harbor's Streets Safer
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More Than 500 Give Their Input About How To Make Bar Harbor’s Streets Safer

Carrie Jones Oct 17, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The people of Mount Desert Island have a lot to say about Bar Harbor’s streets. Those comments come in conversations at the grocery store, text messages, social media posts and comments, select board and council meetings, and now, also, as part of surveys and maps used by the town in the hopes of making the roads safer. More … Continue reading More Than 500 Give Their Input About How To Make Bar Harbor’s Streets Safer

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The Hornet's Nest How 7 wealthy summer residents halted a workforce housing project on MDI
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The Hornet’s Nest

How 7 wealthy summer residents halted a workforce housing project on MDI Sep 16, 2024 Share This story was originally published by The Maine Monitor, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from the Monitor, sign up for a free Monitor newsletter here. by Josh Keefe, The Maine Monitor NORTHEAST HARBOR—There’s a parcel of land in Northeast Harbor on the corner of Neighborhood and Manchester … Continue reading The Hornet’s Nest

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Southwest Harbor Assessor Explains Town's Revaluation Charlotte Gill Appointed to Planning Board, Working Waterfront Discussed, Police Chief Asks for Sgt. Not Lt.
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Southwest Harbor Assessor Explains Town’s Revaluation

Charlotte Gill Appointed to Planning Board, Working Waterfront Discussed, Police Chief Asks for Sgt. Not Lt. Carrie Jones Sep 13, 2024 SOUTHWEST HARBOR—It isn’t the easiest of topics, but at the Southwest Harbor Select Board meeting this week, Southwest Harbor Assessor Matt Caldwell calmly explained just how and why property values had to be reassessed in Southwest Harbor. It comes down to the state and … Continue reading Southwest Harbor Assessor Explains Town’s Revaluation

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Bar harbor race with dogs
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Sometimes a Race is More Than a Race

Mary Parker’s Run, Walk, Wag 5K Set for October! Carrie Jones Sep 12, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. BAR HARBOR—You’re allowed to bring your dogs. Actually, Mary Parker would really have wanted it that way. And she’d want you to bring yourself, too, even without a dog. If you could borrow one? That would be … Continue reading Sometimes a Race is More Than a Race

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ON SITE WORK BEGINS AT YWCA HOUSING PROJECT IN BAR HARBOR

Hamilton Station Project Should Be Presented to Planning Board this Summer CARRIE JONES JUN 21, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The first of two houses at the former Hamilton Station property has been demolished with the second scheduled to come down shortly. The demolition is part of the early plan to prepare the site for the eventual year-round rental housing project in the works by the YW MDI. … Continue reading ON SITE WORK BEGINS AT YWCA HOUSING PROJECT IN BAR HARBOR

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Asticou Plans Approved

Mount Desert Selectboard hopes to find resolution to gallery damages CARRIE JONES JUN 19, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT—The owner of the 133-year-old Asticou Inn received unanimous approval at a two-hour June 12 Planning Board meeting for changes to the Peabody Drive hotel. The project removes the tennis courts. The indoor restaurant remains and will be open to the public. Outdoor large events will be a … Continue reading Asticou Plans Approved

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Storm Smashes Into MDI

People Asked to Avoid Bar Harbor’s Shore Path & Other Areas CARRIE JONES AND  SHAUN FARRAR JAN 10, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—High winds and high tide have combined to cause damage throughout Mount Desert Island today, January 10. High tide was shortly before 9:30 a.m. The Bar Harbor Inn’s pier has taken on significant destruction and General Manager Jeremy Dougherty suggests people avoid the Shore … Continue reading Storm Smashes Into MDI

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BUSY WEEK FOR TOWN MEETINGS

On The Agenda – Bar Harbor Town Meetings, Events, & Things to Do JAN 8, 2024 Share ON THE AGENDA Every week we document Bar Harbor town government, school, and other similar meetings that we know of. Please let us know if we’ve missed something. Also, sometimes things are on the town calendars and are cancelled or rescheduled, so make sure to double check before … Continue reading BUSY WEEK FOR TOWN MEETINGS

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A Marina Might Be Coming To Town

Conceptual Plan Heads to Town Council Tonight After Harbor Committee Recommendation CARRIE JONES DEC 19, 2023 BAR HARBOR—A town marina is one step closer to a reality today. “I feel like we’re making headway,” Harbormaster Chris Wharff said during a special Harbor Committee meeting Monday where a quorum of the committee and four members of the public met while much of the county was without … Continue reading A Marina Might Be Coming To Town

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