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Thanksgiving Food and Traditions, Past and Present Do all New Englanders actually serve Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Chestnuts with Prosciutto?
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Thanksgiving Food and Traditions, Past and Present

Do all New Englanders actually serve Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Chestnuts with Prosciutto? Carrie Jones Nov 27, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The 1932 Criterion Theatre. This story was originally published in November 2024. BAR HARBOR—Before there was social media or cell phones, prior to blogs, people used to tell each other where they were going for Thanksgiving and also learn about … Continue reading Thanksgiving Food and Traditions, Past and Present

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Why This Homey Meal Is a Yearly Lifeline for Community Connection YWCA of MDI Cooks Community Thanksgiving Dinner
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Why This Homey Meal Is a Yearly Lifeline for Community Connection

YWCA of MDI Cooks Community Thanksgiving Dinner Carrie Jones Nov 26, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. BAR HARBOR—No one is quite sure how long the YWCA of MDI has been cooking a community Thanksgiving dinner. “It’s been years,” Jackie Davidson, executive director said in 2024 as the smells of turkey and gravy wafted through the entire brick building and out … Continue reading Why This Homey Meal Is a Yearly Lifeline for Community Connection

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They Came for Turkey. Maybe? They left with something else. YWCA of MDI fed a community last night.
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They Came for Turkey. Maybe?

They left with something else. YWCA of MDI fed a community last night. Carrie Jones Nov 26, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—No one is quite sure how many years the YWCA of MDI has been cooking a community Thanksgiving dinner. “It’s been years,” Jackie Davidson, executive director said Monday night as the smells of turkey and gravy wafted through the entire building. “This dinner has been … Continue reading They Came for Turkey. Maybe?

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Basket-Pa-Looza Brings Thanksgiving to 189 Families
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Basket-Pa-Looza Brings Thanksgiving to 189 Families

Carrie Jones Nov 25, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. BAR HARBOR—It was the weekend before Thanksgiving and all through the basement of the Bar Harbor Congregational Church, a lot of humans were stirring, and packing, and organizing box after box after box of holiday meals. Those boxes will bring Thanksgiving to 189 families that signed up for … Continue reading Basket-Pa-Looza Brings Thanksgiving to 189 Families

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Thanksgiving Food and Traditions, Past and Present

Do all New Englanders actually serve Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Chestnuts with Prosciutto? BAR HARBOR—Before there was social media or cell phones, prior to blogs, people used to tell each other where they were going for Thanksgiving and also learn about holiday events via local newspapers. Things have changed a lot since then in Hancock County, but sometimes it’s fun to look back and see … Continue reading Thanksgiving Food and Traditions, Past and Present

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Two Hundred Boxes Stuffed in Turkeypalooza

Bar Harbor Congregational Church’s Basketpalooza Sees Church Transform Into Temporary, Festive Food Warehouse BAR HARBOR—It’s not every day that you go to church, find a pew, an sit down to worship with a box of Stove Top Stuffing as your seat mate. That’s exactly what happened in Bar Harbor Sunday morning. Just after the 11 a.m. as the last resonates of “Go Now in Peace” … Continue reading Two Hundred Boxes Stuffed in Turkeypalooza

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