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A Carefully Crafted Yes: Southwest Harbor Approves School Resource Officer
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A Carefully Crafted Yes: Southwest Harbor Approves School Resource Officer

Carrie Jones Jan 09, 2026 SOUTHWEST HARBOR—After months of debate and revisions, the Southwest Harbor School Committee voted, January 8, to approve having a school resource officer in the school, leaving Tremont as the only Mount Desert Island school currently without a school resource officer. Southwest Harbor committee members emphasized that the decision hinged on the specific qualifications of the officer and the revised and … Continue reading A Carefully Crafted Yes: Southwest Harbor Approves School Resource Officer

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Teachers Plead For Southwest School Board to Consider School Resource Officer Many Tremont School Board Members Worry About Officer With a Gun in School
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Teachers Plead For Southwest School Board to Consider School Resource Officer

Many Tremont School Board Members Worry About Officer With a Gun in School Carrie Jones and  Shaun Farrar Oct 10, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Maine Seacoast Mission. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Several teachers, the select board chair, and the Tremont town manager all asked the Southwest Harbor School Committee to reconsider its lack of action on a school resource officer (SRO) at the … Continue reading Teachers Plead For Southwest School Board to Consider School Resource Officer

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Southwest Harbor Begins Action Against Property Owner

Potential Harbor Ordinance Changes in Southwest Harbor Carrie Jones Aug 15, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Ironbound Restaurant – Inn – Gatherings. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—The Southwest Harbor Select Board authorized Code Enforcement Officer John Larson to file 80K Action against the owner of 125 Bass Harbor Road during its Tuesday, August 12 meeting. “I don’t think we have an option,” said select board member Natasha … Continue reading Southwest Harbor Begins Action Against Property Owner

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Artist Who Was Once Former girlfriend of John Lennon Will Display Her Photos of Him at the Cygnet Gallery
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Artist Who Was Former Girlfriend of John Lennon Will Display Her Photos of Him at the Cygnet Gallery

Jul 13, 2025 Share by Bill Trotter/Bangor Daily News SOUTHWEST HARBOR—May Pang never sought to become John Lennon’s live-in girlfriend when, in her early 20s, she met the ex-Beatle and his wife Yoko Ono while working for ABKCO Records in Manhattan. But after Lennon and Ono became estranged, and Pang and Lennon became a couple, the New York City resident definitely wanted to document and preserve … Continue reading Artist Who Was Former Girlfriend of John Lennon Will Display Her Photos of Him at the Cygnet Gallery

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From a Drug Store Shelf to More Than 130 Years of Stories: Southwest Harbor Officially Celebrates its Library Library Week Proclaimed for Southwest Harbor’s 130th
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From a Drug Store Shelf to More Than 130 Years of Stories: Southwest Harbor Officially Celebrates its Library

Library Week Proclaimed for Southwest Harbor’s 130th Carrie Jones Jul 10, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Links Pub. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Sometimes a library begins with an idea and a woman with a passion for writing and reading and learning. And sometimes . . . sometimes it even begins in a drug store. That’s how it was with Southwest Harbor’s Public Library. … Continue reading From a Drug Store Shelf to More Than 130 Years of Stories: Southwest Harbor Officially Celebrates its Library

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Tremont Select Board Split on Approving Consent Agreement for Shed's Land Use Violation Policing contract with Southwest Harbor renewed for another year
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Tremont Select Board Split on Approving Consent Agreement for Shed’s Land Use Violation

Policing contract with Southwest Harbor renewed for another year Shaun Farrar Jun 19, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Ironbound Restaurant – Inn – Gatherings. TREMONT—When Code Enforcement Officer Angela Chamberlain started working for the Town of Tremont, her predecessor, John Larson left her a list of possible code violations. One of those possible violations is an 8-foot by 12-foot shed that … Continue reading Tremont Select Board Split on Approving Consent Agreement for Shed’s Land Use Violation

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“This Road Closure Is Going to Destroy Us All.”

Seawall Road Closure Brings an Empty Memorial Day Parking Lot and Continued Hopes for a Solution, Public Hearing May Be in June CARRIE JONES MAY 28, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—Charlotte’s Lobster Pound was offering two for one lobsters on Memorial Day and for the first time in years, there weren’t many takers. She posted a Facebook photo and caption that read, “Poor John playing … Continue reading “This Road Closure Is Going to Destroy Us All.”

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