Tremont Select Board Discusses Multiple Items Including Property Foreclosures

Approves Extra Money For Bass Harbor Memorial Library, Talks About PFAS and Seawall Road Shaun Farrar Jan 22, 2025 Share TREMONT—With budget season getting wound up for all of the Acadia region towns, the Tremont Select Board eased into its budget preparations at its meeting on Monday, January 21, with a request from the Bass Harbor Memorial Library. Historically, the library has asked for cost … Continue reading Tremont Select Board Discusses Multiple Items Including Property Foreclosures

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MDI High School Makes Progress on Well Repair, Septic Tank Outflow Line, and Tennis Courts

Planning for reorganization still moving forward Shaun Farrar Aug 31, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The long-term wastewater issue at MDI High School has met a potential setback, but the refurbishing of the existing system has made headway according to updates by School Superintendent Mike Zboray and Scott Watson, director of maintenance at the high school, during the MDI Regional High School Board of Trustees meeting on … Continue reading MDI High School Makes Progress on Well Repair, Septic Tank Outflow Line, and Tennis Courts

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SCIENTISTS HOPE TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE FOREVER CHEMICALS IN SOMES SOUND

Select Board supports Dr. Disney’s work to see if contamination from MDI High School spread to mud flats CARRIE JONES APR 02, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT—Could forever chemicals be in northeastern Somes Sound? And if so, could they have spread from MDI High School? Dr. Jane Disney of the Bar Harbor-based MDI Biological Laboratory and Mount Desert’s Shellfish Committee hope to find out. Committee Chair … Continue reading SCIENTISTS HOPE TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE FOREVER CHEMICALS IN SOMES SOUND

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First Informational Forum Dates for High School Building Project Set

No Bar Harbor representation at this MDI Regional High School Board meeting; wastewater needs discussed SHAUN FARRAR JAN 23, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR––At the Monday night meeting of the MDI Regional High School Board of Trustees, the trustees got one step closer to the trepidatious task of seeking an estimated $17 million bond from the contributing towns. The bond would finance the reconfiguration and modernization … Continue reading First Informational Forum Dates for High School Building Project Set

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What to Do With the Poo? And Other Waste Water, Too

MDI High School Trustees ponder possible remedies to deal with waste water issues SHAUN FARRAR JUL 28, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—There are three current options to potentially fix issues with MDI High School’s big wastewater problem. Monday night’s meeting of the MDI High School Board of Trustees included new data regarding PFAS site tests results and a draft letter from consultants Haley Ward speaking to … Continue reading What to Do With the Poo? And Other Waste Water, Too

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High School Begins Trying to Solve Wastewater Leak Mystery

Neighbors Weigh In CARRIE JONES MAY 23, 2023 BAR HARBOR—A leak from one of MDI High School’s three wastewater lagoons this April continues to be a mystery, but one that School Superintendent Mike Zboray, Principal Matt Haney and others are determined to solve, the MDI High School Board of Trustees learned during its meeting Monday evening. The questions include how much has leaked; how is … Continue reading High School Begins Trying to Solve Wastewater Leak Mystery

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The Chemicals That Don’t Go Away

High School and neighbors trying to find answers about PFAS contamination CARRIE JONES MAY 17, 2023 BAR HARBOR—Before the public forum about forever chemicals and wastewater began at MDI High School Monday night, people murmured as they sat down in the chairs in the high school’s music room. They murmured about sharing information, about whether the high school or state would consider paying the costs … Continue reading The Chemicals That Don’t Go Away

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Candidate Forums, Marina Plans, Road Closures, School Construction, and PFAS

A round up of Bar Harbor news so far this week CARRIE JONES MAY 10, 2023 I’m, again, trying to keep the amount of emails to your inbox a bit lower this week. That means we’re combining things a bit. And we might not be quite as fast to get things out. Let me know if you prefer it this way, but only if you … Continue reading Candidate Forums, Marina Plans, Road Closures, School Construction, and PFAS

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