Carrie Jones Sep 16, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Pemetic Principal Dr. Christine Gray has resigned to take care of a family member. In a letter from Dr. Gray to school board members she wrote, “This was a very difficult decision to make, but after very careful consideration, I have chosen to move closer to my … Continue reading Pemetic Principal Resigns
Zboray Seeks Savings After Overages in Conners Emerson Rebuild Carrie Jones Jul 18, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Bar Harbor Music Festival. BAR HARBOR—The school construction project’s $2.475 million contingency fund has been used and is now over budget, School Superintendent Michael Zboray told the Bar Harbor School Committee, July 17. The fund is there specifically as padding in the approximately … Continue reading Bar Harbor School Project Exceeds $2.475M Contingency Budget
Snacks, Support, and Python: Girls Who Code Creates a Welcoming Tech Space on MDI Carrie Jones Jun 10, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Thrive Juice Bar & Kitchen. BAR HARBOR—Since 2017, former MDI High School student Sirohi Kumar has been preparing MDI girls for the future through a club about coding. Though Kumar and former club advisor Megan McOsker both left … Continue reading Bar Harbor Students Are Coding the Future—And Changing Who Gets to Build It
Students Clean Litter, Plant Trees, And School Budget Process Begins Carrie Jones Nov 08, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The official groundbreaking of the new Conners Emerson School occurred Friday morning. Golden shovels, cheers, and a close knit school community gathered for the small ceremony that had to be kept small due to a lack of parking at the site. Site work has been ongoing for a … Continue reading A Joyous Conners Emerson School Breaks Ground
Most About Money, Some About Reorganization Shaun Farrar Nov 06, 2024 Share A quick note: We’ve updated our last election article here to include Mount Desert results. We are waiting on Southwest Harbor’s results for our other election article. The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Andy’s Home Improvement Inc. BAR HARBOR—School Superintendent Mike Zboray gave an update on the AOS’s Reorganization Planning Committee (RPC) to the … Continue reading MDI High School Trustees Get Updates and Make Decisions
Carrie Jones Oct 18, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Side Street Cafe. BAR HARBOR—As trees come down at the Conners-Emerson School for construction this week, some students are preparing to plant a few more at the town’s ball park. “The timing of our trees coming down at school as we are planning to plant trees is serendipitous!” said Conners-Emerson teacher Elizabeth … Continue reading Some Conners Emerson Students Take Tree Matters Into Their Own Hands
What About Real Property? Shaun Farrar Sep 28, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Side Treats. BAR HARBOR—How the transfer of an individual school’s property and the disposition of its debts to the Regional School Unit (RSU) would be handled under reorganization is still being hammered out by the district’s Reorganization Planning Committee (RPC). This topic was part of a reorganization update … Continue reading What Could Happen to School Debt if We Reorganize?
Carrie Jones Sep 18, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Dr. Heather Weir Webster is the type of person who puts down her blanket for a place to sit well before the Fourth of July parade. She is the type of person who likes to know what is going to happen. She’s the type of person who wants to know what the expectations are. So, she and the … Continue reading Chipmunks Play Hide and Squeak While Permit Delays Stall Conners Emerson Building Start
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
Board Chair Hopes Gift Will Inspire Others Carrie Jones Aug 28, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—On the first day back to school, Alexandra Simis, Bar Harbor School Committee chair shared some good news—news that she’s been working toward ever since the project was approved—a local man’s $100,000 gift to the rebuild of the Conners Emerson School, in support of its library. “I just have so much … Continue reading Local Businessman Makes the First Major Donation for Conners Emerson School Construction
