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In Bar Harbor, Council Unveils Potential New Cruise Ship Plan Plan includes cruise-free days, monthly and daily caps
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Looking For Another Way, Bar Harbor Debates How to Limit Cruise Ships

To repeal or not to repeal: that is part of the question CARRIE JONES AUG 09, 2024 BAR HARBOR—One after another, approximately a dozen citizens spoke to the Bar Harbor Planning Board Wednesday night and told the board’s members that they did not want the town’s cruise ship rules to be taken out of the Land Use Ordinance. However, a couple of citizens and two … Continue reading Looking For Another Way, Bar Harbor Debates How to Limit Cruise Ships

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What To Do With $4.35 Million in Bar Harbor?

Voters will decide if Higgins Pit Funds Should Be Used for Town Facility Improvements CARRIE JONES AUG 08, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—It will be up to voters in November to determine if the $4.35 million they had approved to create the now-defunct Higgins Pit Solar Array Project, should now be used for capital improvements to town-owned properties that will be used to reduce carbon emissions, … Continue reading What To Do With $4.35 Million in Bar Harbor?

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Bar Harbor Town Council and School Board Hold Special Meeting Next Tuesday

Warrant Committee Reorganizes Itself CARRIE JONES JUL 05, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—A duo of recently announced meetings involve the Bar Harbor School Board next week. The board will first hold an executive session at the superintendent’s office on Monday at 4:30 p.m. about the “acquisition and use of real property and economic development.” According to Maine law, executive sessions are allowed for certain reasons and are … Continue reading Bar Harbor Town Council and School Board Hold Special Meeting Next Tuesday

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Blueprints for Success

Bar Harbor Recognizes CEO Angela Chamberlain for 25 Years of Service CARRIE JONES JUN 20, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—She’s been an interim planning director. She’s been an office manager, an executive secretary, an administrative assistant. She’s been an electrical inspector, a plumbing inspector, a building inspector. In a lot of ways, Angela Chamberlain has been it all, which might be why she has an encyclopedic … Continue reading Blueprints for Success

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Council Begins Parallel Path Toward Cruise Ship Rules

Plan has to adhere to three core principles: public trust, lower visitation, and less lawsuits CARRIE JONES JUN 14, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Two current lawsuits continue to surround the town’s voter-enacted and citizen-created cruise ship disembarkations. The Town Council would like there not to be any more. One is a federal suit, currently in appeals, about the constitutionality of changes. One is in state courts, … Continue reading Council Begins Parallel Path Toward Cruise Ship Rules

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Peacock Gifted by Councilors and Staff, Split Vote puts Friedmann in Vice Chair Seat

Bar Harbor’s Short-Term Rentals Decrease CARRIE JONES JUN 13, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—In Bar Harbor last night, the Town Council swore in both Joe Minutolo and Gary Friedmann and elected a chair and vice chair. Friedmann is also the Democratic candidate for a house seat. The Council meets with the Planning Board on Thursday night to discuss a potential land use ordinance article dealing with … Continue reading Peacock Gifted by Councilors and Staff, Split Vote puts Friedmann in Vice Chair Seat

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Sidman Amends Suit Against Town

Joint Town Council and Planning Board Cruise Ship Workshop Next Week CARRIE JONES JUN 08, 2024 Share PORTLAND—Charles Sidman’s April law suit against the town of Bar Harbor has been amended according to court documents filed in the Business and Commercial Court in Portland on June 6. In one of those trio of documents filed, Sidman has also objected to the town’s motion to dismiss … Continue reading Sidman Amends Suit Against Town

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Feature: The Beauty of the Fields

Vettes, Ball Games, Rotary Picnics, and Life Flight: How one field builds community even during local strife CARRIE JONES JUN 02, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The fields aren’t always picture perfect and dry spots mar the green grass occasionally, sometimes parts of them flood out, and earlier this year someone did donuts on the softball diamond, but one Corvette owner gazed upon it all and smiled. … Continue reading Feature: The Beauty of the Fields

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ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

It’s our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved. CARRIE JONES MAY 20, 2024 Share Every week we document Bar Harbor, MDI, and Trenton town government, school, and other similar meetings that we know of. Please let us know if we’ve missed something. Also, sometimes things are on the town calendars and are cancelled or … Continue reading ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week

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Cruise Ships State of Affairs in Bar Harbor May Be Declared “Untenable”

Higgins’ Pit Up Again and Town Manager’s Six Month Review Scheduled for Tuesday Meeting CARRIE JONES MAY 18, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The Town Council’s Tuesday night agenda deals with cruise ships. Again. And it does so in multiple ways that could include approving a resolve that would charge the town manager with trying to make better tools to deal with cruise ship disembarkations. It’s a … Continue reading Cruise Ships State of Affairs in Bar Harbor May Be Declared “Untenable”

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