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Bar Harbor Restructures Town Funding Process for YMCA, Library, and Island Explorer
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Bar Harbor Restructures Town Funding Process for YMCA, Library, and Island Explorer

Carrie Jones Oct 24, 2025 BAR HARBOR—Some changes are coming to how three agencies work with the town when it comes to annual budget support they receive. On Tuesday the Bar Harbor Town Council approved a new plan for how the YMCA, Jesup Memorial Library, and Island Explorer (a free and seasonal bus system which provides transportation on and near Mount Desert Island) request money … Continue reading Bar Harbor Restructures Town Funding Process for YMCA, Library, and Island Explorer

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Southwest Harbor Voters Approve Budget Will decide four-way race for two select board seats today
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Southwest Harbor Voters Approve Budget

Will decide four-way race for two select board seats today Shaun Farrar and  Carrie Jones May 06, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—It was Karen Reddersen’s first Southwest Harbor town meeting as town manager and it went well, May 5, as approximately 120 voters gathered at the Pemetic School and agreed on most of the articles. … Continue reading Southwest Harbor Voters Approve Budget

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Mount Desert Selectboard Navigates Salary Debates Ahead of Town Vote School presents budget, Seth Libby Appointed Deputy CEO
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Mount Desert Selectboard Navigates Salary Debates Ahead of Town Vote

School presents budget, Seth Libby Appointed Deputy CEO Carrie Jones Mar 05, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. MOUNT DESERT—It was a pretty unanimous Mount Desert Selectboard when it came to approving warrant articles at both its March 3 and February 24 meetings. However, the March 3 meeting grew a bit more tense as the board … Continue reading Mount Desert Selectboard Navigates Salary Debates Ahead of Town Vote

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Voters Approve $27 Million Bar Harbor Budget

CARRIE JONES JUN 05, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—With hardly a pause during their town meeting, Bar Harbor voters passed its budget Tuesday evening, approving a $27,272,143 budget, the same amount as the Warrant Committee’s recommendation. The Town Council had recommended a $27,268,529 budget. This is an approximately $4 million increase from last year’s recommendations. The mill rate last year (current FY24 budget) was .00868, and this … Continue reading Voters Approve $27 Million Bar Harbor Budget

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Bar Harbor Voters Could Approve a 15.7% Budget Increase Tuesday

Town Meeting at 6 at Conners Emerson CARRIE JONES JUN 03, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—This Tuesday, Bar Harbor voters have an opportunity to actively participate in their local government’s decision on the budget. The fiscal year 2025 (FY2025) budget year is from July 2024 to June 30, 2025. The town meeting is June 4, Tuesday, 6 p.m. at the Conners Emerson School. This will be … Continue reading Bar Harbor Voters Could Approve a 15.7% Budget Increase Tuesday

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Warrant Committee Makes Its Recommendations to Lower 20% Tax Rate Hike

Suggests increased parking funds to pay for new school, multiple 7% cuts, no immediate funding for Higgins Pit solar array CARRIE JONES FEB 28, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—During a joint Tuesday night meeting, the Warrant Committee submitted three pages of recommendations to the Town Council as it creates the budget for the next fiscal year meant to alleviate a potential 20% tax rate increase for … Continue reading Warrant Committee Makes Its Recommendations to Lower 20% Tax Rate Hike

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Legal Fees and Solid Waste Lines in Bar Harbor Budget Running High

Warrant Committee and Town Council Budget Workshops Begin Next Week CARRIE JONES JAN 19, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—As the town’s months’ long budget process is set to begin, Finance Director Sarah Gilbert told town councilors at their January 16 meeting that for the first half of FY 2024 (July-December), the town is at 49.1% of its expected expenditures in the budget. The only departments ahead … Continue reading Legal Fees and Solid Waste Lines in Bar Harbor Budget Running High

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Town Likely Heading To New Assessment

Ten-year budget comparison of town budget numbers CARRIE JONES AND  SHAUN FARRAR MAY 17, 2023 BAR HARBOR—The town may be headed to a new assessment according to Interim Town Manager and Financial Director Sarah Gilbert.  She gave the public and Bar Harbor Town Councilors the news during the council’s Tuesday night meeting. The town’s last full revaluation was in 2006. When the market value on … Continue reading Town Likely Heading To New Assessment

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Planning Department Asks For Additional Staff To Help Create Affordable Housing

Manager’s Budget and Cooperating Agencies also make requests BAR HARBOR—A joint Town Council and Warrant Committee heard budget presentation on Thursday evening and the beginning of the meeting was delayed for a bit as councilors and committee members declared conflicts of interests. Those conflicts prevented them from discussing the aspects of the budget that they had a conflict with. Councilor Jeff Dobbs was excused from … Continue reading Planning Department Asks For Additional Staff To Help Create Affordable Housing

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