Families Say This Bar Harbor Swim Coach Changes Lives

For More Than Two Decades, Jim Willis Has Turned a Small-Town Swim Team Into a Family Carrie Jones Feb 08, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. BAR HARBOR—Somewhere between the concrete walls of the MDY YMCA, the bleachers and the six lanes of its pool, Coach Jim Willis quietly walks and counts and notices things. In a … Continue reading Families Say This Bar Harbor Swim Coach Changes Lives

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No-Fin Compares to the MDI Sharks

Aquathon swimmers averaged 135 laps as kids raise money to keep swim team legacy alive Carrie Jones Feb 06, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Side Street Cafe. BAR HARBOR—One stroke. One kick. Another. One lap. One turn. Another. Combine endurance with muscle memory with what seems like choreography. Now add water. Next, imagine swimming 135 laps in the MDI YMCA pool … Continue reading No-Fin Compares to the MDI Sharks

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Two MDI Women Competing in Ice Swimming World Championships in Italy

Jan 13, 2025 by Emily Burnham/Bangor Daily News BAR HARBOR—Two Mount Desert Island women are competing for the first time in the International Ice Swimming Championships in Trentino, Italy, this week. Puranjot Kaur, a College of the Atlantic graduate and staffer, is best known for her attempts in 2020 and 2021 to swim all the way around Mount Desert Island. Mariah Reading is a Bangor native and a longtime … Continue reading Two MDI Women Competing in Ice Swimming World Championships in Italy

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