Musicians Worry Over Potential Trend in Live Music Permit Rejections

Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar Jul 31, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Ironbound Restaurant – Inn – Gatherings. BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Town Council’s recent denials of two special amusement permits that would allow outdoor amplified music for a small number of musicians performing has worried some independent musicians who play at venues in the town. The permit denials have also been lauded … Continue reading Musicians Worry Over Potential Trend in Live Music Permit Rejections

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Events

Carl Wockner’s Live-Looped Kindness Hits All the Right Notes in Bar Harbor

From Australia to the Annex, Wockner Builds a Musical Moment Carrie Jones Jul 24, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Bar Harbor Music Festival. BAR HARBOR—The stage at the Annex seemed barely big enough to hold solo, live-looping performer and songwriter Carl Wockner, Wednesday night. That had nothing to do with the stage’s size. It had everything to do with just how … Continue reading Carl Wockner’s Live-Looped Kindness Hits All the Right Notes in Bar Harbor

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Events

Want to Understand What Community & Imagination Can Do? Head to the Theater

A Starry Cast and Devoted Crew bring ACT’s “Just So” to the Grand This Friday CARRIE JONES MAY 01, 2024 Share ELLSWORTH—Matt Cornish strides along the aisles of Ellsworth’s Grand Theater. He looks left. He looks right. He listens, leaning forward, as his cast crowds the stage, waiting for his instruction, his notes, his thoughts. “Theater is hard,” he tells his cast of over 40 … Continue reading Want to Understand What Community & Imagination Can Do? Head to the Theater

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police, schools

Goodbye, Officer Tim

Bar Harbor’s School Resource Officer Is Leaving CARRIE JONES APR 05, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—He walked the halls to calls of “Hi, Officer Tim.” He played ball. He tied shoes. He helped straighten hats. Listened to stories. Learned name after name of students, teachers, and parents. He quietly calmed kids who had entered crisis mode and barricaded themselves in a room. Bar Harbor’s Tim Bland … Continue reading Goodbye, Officer Tim

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