Bar Harbor's Climate Plan Is a Go, Tourism Task Force Being Revised Water and Sewer Rates Likely to Go Up

Bar Harbor’s Climate Plan Is a Go, Tourism Task Force Being Revised

Water and Sewer Rates Likely to Go Up Carrie Jones Dec 19, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. BAR HARBOR—At its December 17 meeting, two documents that could impact the town’s future faced the Bar Harbor Town Council and both involved task forces. The councilors took no action on an outline that created a tourism task … Continue reading Bar Harbor’s Climate Plan Is a Go, Tourism Task Force Being Revised

When the Storms Come, Will We Be Prepared?

Task Force on Climate Emergency Meets, Leo Protests Continue, Charles Sidman Increases GoFundMe ask CARRIE JONES JUL 25, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—Storms. Intense storms. Life-threatening storms. Flooding. Infrastructure failure. The one way onto the island no longer there. According to an Alan Yuhas article in the New York Times, “The planet has warmed about 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the 19th century and will continue to grow … Continue reading When the Storms Come, Will We Be Prepared?