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With Summer Staffing Short, Mount Desert Tries New Approach Mount Desert Selectboard Approves Staffing Shift, Discusses Comfort Station Repairs and Asticou Parking
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Mount Desert Moves Forward With a Parking Committee.

Parking on Sidewalks, Commercial Vehicles, and Enforcement All Up For Discussion. Carrie Jones May 20, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. MOUNT DESERT—The Mount Desert Selectboard approved creating a parking committee to help the town address its parking issues. “I think it’s time for us to tighten up a little bit without having a ton of inadvertent issues … Continue reading Mount Desert Moves Forward With a Parking Committee.

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Each Parking Space Earns at Least $11K a Year. Bar Harbor Considers How It Can Give Residents Some Free Parking Hours. Paid Parking Downtown Begins May 15. Plus, Our Questions for Warrant Committee Candidate Edmund Ryan.
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Each Parking Space Earns at least $11K a Year. Bar Harbor Considers How It Can Give Residents Some Free Parking Hours.

Paid Parking Downtown Begins May 15. Plus, Our Questions for Warrant Committee Candidate Edmund Ryan. Carrie Jones May 07, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Restaurant Barn. BAR HARBOR—When the Town Council authorized new kiosks in March, it created possibilities that local Bar Harbor residents might be able to potentially get some free parking downtown even during the height of the tourism season when … Continue reading Each Parking Space Earns at least $11K a Year. Bar Harbor Considers How It Can Give Residents Some Free Parking Hours.

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Bar Harbor Eyes Potential Parking Breaks for Residents. Island Explorer adds some early service as Sustainability Task Force explores tourism’s impact and invites public to open house.
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Bar Harbor Eyes Potential Parking Breaks for Residents.

Island Explorer adds some early service as Sustainability Task Force explores tourism’s impact and invites public to open house. Carrie Jones Mar 18, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Havana. BAR HARBOR—The Town Council took a first step toward residents having discounts or coupons for parking in Bar Harbor via an app when it unanimously approved purchasing new kiosks that would allow for … Continue reading Bar Harbor Eyes Potential Parking Breaks for Residents.

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“Something Has to Be Done”: Mount Desert Worried About Parking Scofflaws. Board supports Dane Farm property transition to Acadia National Park.
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“Something Has to Be Done”: Mount Desert Worried About Parking Scofflaws.

Board supports Dane Farm property transition to Acadia National Park. Carrie Jones Mar 17, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. MOUNT DESERT—Selectboard member Rodney King told his fellow board members, March 16, that he was worried about illegal parking in Mount Desert and he wanted people to have a chance to express their concerns. He suggested an open … Continue reading “Something Has to Be Done”: Mount Desert Worried About Parking Scofflaws.

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Bar Harbor Officials Emphasize Stability in Budget as Revenue Sources Shift Currently Proposed Bar Harbor Budget Would Raise Taxes About $220 a Year for Median Home
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Bar Harbor Officials Emphasize Stability in Budget as Revenue Sources Shift

Currently Proposed Bar Harbor Budget Would Raise Taxes About $220 a Year for Median Home Carrie Jones Jan 23, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Maine Seacoast Mission. BAR HARBOR—Bar Harbor’s budget binder is a lot smaller this year and though the overall budget is higher, the town’s portion of the the budget has been kept to a $31,000 increase despite a … Continue reading Bar Harbor Officials Emphasize Stability in Budget as Revenue Sources Shift

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3 43 Harbor Committee Hopes Ferry Terminal Won't Be Considered "Satellite Parking"
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Harbor Committee Hopes Ferry Terminal Won’t Be Considered “Satellite Parking”

Carrie Jones Dec 11, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Harbor Committee Monday, December 9, unanimously voted to ask the Bar Harbor Comprehensive Planning Committee to strike “satellite parking” as a use for the town’s land on Route 3. The land currently hosts Bay Ferry’s CAT, which brings people to Nova Scotia and is the site of a potential marina. It also is an Island … Continue reading Harbor Committee Hopes Ferry Terminal Won’t Be Considered “Satellite Parking”

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Report Suggests Bar Harbor Expand Some Premium Parking Areas

Charles Sidman issues statement about APPLL’s cruise ship case appeal CARRIE JONES APR 01, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Tax Collector Betsy Spear presented the Town Council with an analysis of the town’s parking spaces last week and Tuesday night, councilors will meet again at both a workshop and their regular monthly meeting. Paid parking in Bar Harbor’s center drew a lot of public debate in 2016, … Continue reading Report Suggests Bar Harbor Expand Some Premium Parking Areas

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Bar Harbor Council Raises a Few Fees

Parking Fees Were Not Raised by Council, Still Recommended by Warrant Committee CARRIE JONES MAR 26, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Town Manager James Smith cautioned the Bar Harbor Council to not depend on parking revenue to help alleviate the town’s property owners’ burden on the proposed budget, which is a 15% increase from last year’s. Portions of that increase come from increased budgets from the high … Continue reading Bar Harbor Council Raises a Few Fees

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Council Okays School Street’s 18 Month Closure

Water and Sewer Budgets increase, Parking kiosks on their way, Cruise ship work ongoing CARRIE JONES NOV 22, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—Despite a long agenda full of multiple public hearings, a police chief appointment, and a potential land purchase, the Town Council made quick work of the items before it, Tuesday evening. It was the first regular meeting for new Town Manager James Smith, during … Continue reading Council Okays School Street’s 18 Month Closure

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Council Approves Parking Meter Fee Increase

Also extends meters’ hours of operation, doesn’t agree about citations CARRIE JONES JUN 21, 2023 BAR HARBOR—A split Bar Harbor Town Council voted against both the police department and Bar Harbor Parking Solutions Task Force’s informal recommendation Tuesday night when it didn’t significantly increase parking fee citations. On June 8 the town’s Parking Solutions Task Force discussed policy updates meant to help the town reach … Continue reading Council Approves Parking Meter Fee Increase

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