Facing Pushback on Land, Maine’s Space Industry Looks to the Sea

Sep 03, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. By Stacey Zhang of the Maine Monitor The training facility of the Maine Space Corporation, the quasi-governmental agency tasked with building the infrastructure for the state’s nascent space industry, sits at the end of a humming hallway in Brunswick Landing’s Hangar 5. On an exceptionally hot day in mid-July, in the absence of air conditioning, … Continue reading Facing Pushback on Land, Maine’s Space Industry Looks to the Sea

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Bar Harbor Town Offices Closed After Network Breach

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Bar Harbor Town Office Continues Assessing Data Breach That Led to Town Office Shut Down

Town Manager Lauds “Swift and Coordinated Action to Secure Municipal Infrastructure.” Carrie Jones Aug 01, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Thrive Juice Bar & Kitchen. BAR HARBOR—Bar Harbor Town Manager James Smith has issued a press release Friday, August 1, about the town’s data breach this week. The release does not explicitly say if the town office will reopen August 4. “Following the cybersecurity … Continue reading Bar Harbor Town Office Continues Assessing Data Breach That Led to Town Office Shut Down

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Jackson Lab Is Expanding to Florida

Jan 17, 2025 Share by Bill Trotter/Bangor Daily News BAR HARBOR—The Jackson Laboratory, which is based in Bar Harbor and has more than 1,700 employees in Hancock County, is expanding to metro Gainesville, Florida. The biomedical research laboratory has been advertising and filling scientific jobs in research space it has leased at Momentum Labs in the city of Alachua, which is about half an hour northwest of Gainesville, … Continue reading Jackson Lab Is Expanding to Florida

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Region’s School System Part of Major Nationwide Data Breach

Free credit monitoring and help protecting kids’ identities offered Carrie Jones Jan 09, 2025 MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—A data breach for the Mount Desert Island regional school community has prompted the school system to offer free credit monitoring for adults and identity protection services for minors, School Superintendent Mike Zboray said Thursday morning. The island is not alone. Schools throughout the nation have had their information … Continue reading Region’s School System Part of Major Nationwide Data Breach

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Students’ Innovative Learning Projects at Pemetic Came in Candy Wednesday

School Held Inaugural French Chocolate Market at Birch Bay Village CARRIE JONES JUN 01, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR AND SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Groundbreaking. Educational. Full of chocolate? One of those things doesn’t seem quite like the others, but this past week as the Pemetic Elementary School blended student innovation with community engagement they all meshed perfectly, becoming a groundbreaking, educational project that blended kids, chocolate, and Birch … Continue reading Students’ Innovative Learning Projects at Pemetic Came in Candy Wednesday

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