CARRIE JONES MAY 03, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—On Thursday, May 2, the town and six of its individual councilors filed a motion to dismiss the district court case against it by Charles Sidman and also filed in opposition to Sidman’s motion for “trial of the facts.” Councilor Earl Brechlin had been named in Sidman’s complaint, but has not been served, which is why his name … Continue reading Town Asks Court to Dismiss Sidman’s Case
Cost for legal fees will have to come from town’s budget CARRIE JONES AND SHAUN FARRAR APR 30, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The town’s municipal insurance has said it would not cover for the legal claim of Charles Sidman who has filed against the town councilors for not immediately enacting and enforcing cruise ship disembarkation limits approved by town voters in November 2022. This means that … Continue reading Municipal Insurance Doesn’t Cover Bar Harbor Against Charles Sidman’s Suit
We asked some questions, you’ll have an opportunity to ask more CARRIE JONES APR 28, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—There are six contenders for two seats on the Bar Harbor Town Council. Gary Friedmann and Joe Minutolo are running for reelection. They’re challenged by Michael Boland, Charles Sidman, Nina Barfuldi St.Germain, and Nathan Young. We’ve asked them all for a bio, photo, and some standard questions … Continue reading Who is Who? The Bar Harbor Town Council Candidates
Council directs town manager to let them know if certain big projects are in the pipeline CARRIE JONES APR 17, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—A potential moratorium on five types of transient accommodations in several zones in Bar Harbor failed to become a reality during the Bar Harbor Town Council meeting on Tuesday. The moratorium was initially suggested by Councilor Earl Brechlin at an April 2 … Continue reading No Moratorium Again For Now
Boland, Jennings, Minutolo, St.Germain, and Young take out papers in Bar Harbor CARRIE JONES APR 05, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—Five more candidates have taken out papers for races in Bar Harbor. The deadline for returning papers and being officially on the ballot is April 12. Michael Boland, Incumbent Joe Minutolo, Nina St.Germain, and Nathan Young have added their names to the list of potential … Continue reading Who Might Be Running?
Mount Desert, Tremont, Trenton, and Southwest Harbor candidates announced CARRIE JONES MAR 25, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Three men have pulled papers to eventually run for the two openings for the Bar Harbor Town Council, Gary Friedmann, Cosmo Nims, and Charles Sidman. Friedmann is the current vice chair of the council whose term is up. To continue his term he has to be voted in again … Continue reading Friedmann Will Run for Williams’ Seat and Bar Harbor Council
Town Council Recommends Budget With Manager’s Tweaks CARRIE JONES MAR 20, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Two men stood before the Bar Harbor Town Council Monday night and one after the other pled for tax relief. They were the only people to speak at the public hearing. The Council unanimously adopted Town Manager James Smith’s suggestions, which tweak the 20% increase in appropriations this year down to … Continue reading Residents Worry They’ll Be Taxed Out of Bar Harbor Homes
Potential Candidates have one more month to file CARRIE JONES MAR 13, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Only two men have pulled papers to eventually run for the two openings for the Bar Harbor Town Council, Gary Friedmann and Cosmo Nims. Friedmann is the current vice chair of the council whose term is up. To continue his term he has to be voted in again in June. … Continue reading Only Two Draw Papers So Far in Bar Harbor Council Race
The 2024 season will occur without disembarkation limits for ships that reserved prior to 2022 vote Share BAR HARBOR—In less than 10 minutes and in a special meeting publicized just a day before, the Town Council read a statement summarizing Bar Harbor’s next steps now that it’s won a federal lawsuit upholding the voters’ decision to limit cruise ship disembarkations to 1,000 a day or … Continue reading Bar Harbor Cancels Most Cruise Ships in 2025
Council tackles “big and heavy and hard” budget CARRIE JONES MAR 5, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Town Council quickly adopted a tentative municipal budget with expenditures of $28,023,0499 at its Monday night meeting, which (excluding an executive session) lasted approximately an hour. For revenues, the tentative March 5 budget calls for $13,397,226 in “other revenues,” $411,712 in cruise ship funds, and $455,976 in … Continue reading Facing a 20% Tax Increase, Bar Harbor Council Makes No Changes: Yet
