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What Might Be Changing in Bar Harbor? Planning Board Advances Rules on Housing, Lodging, and Growth
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What Might Be Changing in Bar Harbor?

Planning Board Advances Rules on Housing, Lodging, and Growth Carrie Jones Jan 12, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Edward Jones Financial Advisor: Elise N. Frank BAR HARBOR—In what was mostly a standard meeting about fine-tuning and moving potential changes in Bar Harbor’s land use rules forward to the town council and voters, the Bar Harbor planning board took two forays during its January 7 … Continue reading What Might Be Changing in Bar Harbor?

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Chair Millard Dority Steps Down From Bar Harbor Planning Board After Years of Service
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Chair Millard Dority Steps Down From Bar Harbor Planning Board After Years of Service

Carrie Jones Jan 05, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. BAR HARBOR—Long-serving Bar Harbor Planning Board Chair Millard Dority resigned this Saturday in an email sent to the town’s manager and council. In his resignation, Dority expressed frustration about the focus of the planning board in the recent past as it waited for the town’s 2035 Comprehensive Plan’s … Continue reading Chair Millard Dority Steps Down From Bar Harbor Planning Board After Years of Service

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Southwest Harbor Board Accepts Soil Testing Description for Subdivision Near Landfill Southwest Harbor's Former Harbormaster Will Be Its New CEO
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Southwest Harbor Board Accepts Soil Testing Description for Subdivision Near Landfill

Southwest Harbor’s Former Harbormaster Will Be Its New CEO Carrie Jones Dec 17, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—The Southwest Harbor Planning Board approved the written description of the soil tests for the Trundy Farm Subdivision required for its approval. “I’m very fine with it,” Priscilla Ksionzyk said. The board had originally asked for a soil test for the … Continue reading Southwest Harbor Board Accepts Soil Testing Description for Subdivision Near Landfill

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Soil Testing Questions Delay Decision on Subdivision Near Southwest Harbor Landfill

Carrie Jones Nov 19, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Maine Seacoast Mission. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—The ultimate fate of a subdivision by a Southwest Harbor landfill is still up in the air, though its difficulties remain firmly rooted in soil. The town planning board ventured back into the discussion of the conditionally approved 12-lot Trundy Farm Subdivision, which is by the six-acre Worcester … Continue reading Soil Testing Questions Delay Decision on Subdivision Near Southwest Harbor Landfill

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A Year Into Its Lodging Pause, Bar Harbor May Next Chart the Future of Lodging Development Bar Harbor Maps Next Steps for Lodging Moratorium
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A Year Into Its Lodging Pause, Bar Harbor May Next Chart the Future of Lodging Development

Bar Harbor Maps Next Steps for Lodging Moratorium Carrie Jones Nov 12, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Havana. BAR HARBOR—Bar Harbor’s town council is wrestling with how to balance its visitor economy with the housing needs of potential year-round residents as it decides what comes next for the town’s moratorium on new lodging construction. At a workshop November 6, town planning staff … Continue reading A Year Into Its Lodging Pause, Bar Harbor May Next Chart the Future of Lodging Development

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Following Court's Order, Tremont Planning Board Conditionally Approves Pointy Head Campground Application Abutter's attorney says court's decision has been appealed
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Following Court’s Order, Tremont Planning Board Conditionally Approves Pointy Head Campground Application

Abutter’s attorney says court’s decision has been appealed Shaun Farrar Oct 29, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Psychiatry. TREMONT—At its October 28 meeting, the Tremont Planning Board conditionally approved the application of Madelon Brogdon for Pointy Head Campground. That application was originally submitted approximately four years ago. The board previously denied the application twice before. Both times those decisions were appealed … Continue reading Following Court’s Order, Tremont Planning Board Conditionally Approves Pointy Head Campground Application

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Court Orders Tremont Planning Board To Approve Campground Application Also orders code enforcement officer to issue driveway permit
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Court Orders Tremont Planning Board To Approve Campground Application

Also orders code enforcement officer to issue driveway permit Shaun Farrar Oct 27, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. TREMONT—Maine’s Business and Consumer Court has ordered the Tremont Planning Board to approve the application of Madelon Brogdon and ordered the town’s code enforcement officer to issue a permit for the use of a way to access Brogdon’s … Continue reading Court Orders Tremont Planning Board To Approve Campground Application

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Southwest Harbor Code Enforcement Officer Resigns. Multiple cases involving land use head to court; town appoints committee members, Peter Trout's license renewed.
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Southwest Harbor Code Enforcement Officer Resigns.

Multiple cases involving land use head to court; town appoints committee members, Peter Trout’s license renewed. Carrie Jones Oct 17, 2025 SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Town Manager Karen Reddersen announced the upcoming resignation of Southwest Harbor Code Enforcement Officer John Larson during the select board meeting, Tuesday. “I also wanted to share that our code enforcement officer, who we also serve as our planning inspector, our 911 addressing … Continue reading Southwest Harbor Code Enforcement Officer Resigns.

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What One Added Clause Means for Bar Harbor’s Moratorium—and Its Planning Department.

From Lodging to Housing: How One Council Amendment Reshaped Bar Harbor’s Moratorium Workload. Shaun Farrar Sep 14, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Psychiatry. BAR HARBOR—Bar Harbor’s new moratorium on certain transient accommodations (lodgings) was built on a series of “whereas” clauses meant to explain and justify the moratorium and to give the planning department guidance on information gathering. Over the next … Continue reading What One Added Clause Means for Bar Harbor’s Moratorium—and Its Planning Department.

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Proposed Sand Point Road Subdivision Worries Some Neighbors
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Proposed Sand Point Road Subdivision Worries Some Neighbors

Carrie Jones Sep 12, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Planning Board found a housing project by Bar Harbor RV, LLC for seven 1± acre lots off Sand Point Road complete, moved forward with a public hearing and continued that hearing until the board’s October 8 meeting. The project totals 7.5 acres. According to the application, “The … Continue reading Proposed Sand Point Road Subdivision Worries Some Neighbors

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