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Mount Desert Selectboard Says No To Proposed Fitness Classes on Tennis Courts Selectboard member urges drivers to slow down, budget reconfigured after losing shared deputy fire chief
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Mount Desert Selectboard Says No To Proposed Fitness Classes on Tennis Courts

Selectboard member urges drivers to slow down, budget reconfigured after losing shared deputy fire chief Carrie Jones Feb 06, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. MOUNT DESERT—The Mount Desert Selectboard earlier this week turned down Henry Newhall’s proposal to use the marina parking lot and tennis courts in Northeast Harbor Village Green for fitness classes. “It’s something I’m really passionate … Continue reading Mount Desert Selectboard Says No To Proposed Fitness Classes on Tennis Courts

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Asticou Set to Open After $28 Million Renovation
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Asticou Set to Open After $28 Million Renovation

Jan 29, 2025 Share by Zara Norman/Bangor Daily News NORTHEAST HARBOR—One of the few remaining hotels on Mount Desert Island built before World War II is reopening in June following a major $28 million renovation that kept it closed last summer. The Asticou, formerly known as “The Asticou Inn,” will “debut a fresh new look and feel” this summer with 82 renovated rooms: 50 of which are … Continue reading Asticou Set to Open After $28 Million Renovation

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Community Café Serves More Lunches Than Ever Before! Gatherings are about good food, good connections, and good cheer
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Community Café Serves More Lunches Than Ever Before!

Gatherings are about good food, good connections, and good cheer Carrie Jones Nov 22, 2024 Share NORTHEAST HARBOR—The woman was flanked by friends and she waved across the road and down a block to a woman heading into the Neighborhood House, thinking that she recognized a neighbor. It turns out she was wrong. “I’m so sorry,” she said as she entered into the Community Café … Continue reading Community Café Serves More Lunches Than Ever Before!

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Heel Way Subdivision Configuration Not Being Changed

Carrie Jones Oct 09, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Gary Friedmann for State Representative. MOUNT DESERT—After a Maine Monitor article about a proposed subdivision on Heel Way in Northeast Harbor sparked concern for the Mount Desert Select Board last month, Town Manager Durlin Lunt arranged a meeting with the board of MD 365. The board had been worried about potential compromises to the project’s … Continue reading Heel Way Subdivision Configuration Not Being Changed

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Mount Desert's "Hornet's Nest" Continues Town Manager to Meet with Mount Desert 365 Board to talk about Heel Way project and priorities
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Mount Desert’s “Hornet’s Nest” Continues

Town Manager to Meet with Mount Desert 365 Board to talk about Heel Way project and priorities Carrie Jones Sep 17, 2024 MOUNT DESERT—A Maine Monitor article about a proposed subdivision on Heel Way sparked concern for the Mount Desert Select Board on Monday worried about potential compromises to the project’s design and potential de-prioritization. The subdivision creates six homes on one lot in Northeast Harbor. It passed … Continue reading Mount Desert’s “Hornet’s Nest” Continues

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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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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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An Island Gives Thanks

Memorial Day Events 2024 CARRIE JONES MAY 27, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—“Thank you for your service” hasn’t always been something Kery Strickland was comfortable hearing. “I’ve spoken with many other veterans throughout the years about this phrase and, for the most part, the vets I’ve spoken with typically feel uncomfortable with being told this phrase. For many years it was even awkward for me … Continue reading An Island Gives Thanks

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Historic MDI hotel closed this year for $10M renovation

MAY 17, 2024 Share By Bill Trotter/Bangor Daily News MOUNT DESERT—One of the few remaining hotels on Mount Desert Island built before World War II is undergoing a major $10 million renovation that will keep it closed this summer. The Asticou Inn, overlooking Northeast Harbor in the town of Mount Desert, is not expected to reopen until 2025, according to the inn’s website. The inn is one … Continue reading Historic MDI hotel closed this year for $10M renovation

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