No Place to Live Means Not Many to Hire:

Acadia’s Housing Problem Helps Spur New Projects and Ideas for Bar Harbor, Park, and FOA Jun 07, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—Multiple housing projects are in the works for Acadia National Park with some projects completed, others well underway, and some in the planning stages. According to the Bangor Daily News’ Bill Trotter, Acadia National Park Superintendent Kevin Schneider said during a park advisory commission meeting earlier … Continue reading No Place to Live Means Not Many to Hire:

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Town Hill Housing Project Inching Forward

Two-thirds of Acadia’s workforce can’t afford to buy a home within hour of park Shaun Farrar Dec 18, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. TOWN HILL—Within the last six months, Acadia National Park (ANP) conducted a survey that showed that two-thirds of its year-round workforce can’t afford to buy a home within an hour’s drive of the … Continue reading Town Hill Housing Project Inching Forward

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Shredding the Silence on an Epidemic Impacting Millions of American Women

Dr. Seed will host a movie and discussion this Thursday Carrie Jones Nov 10, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. TOWN HILL—Dr. Christy Seed, a family physician and founder of Acadia Integrative Medicine and Primary Care, has a goal. “I’m trying to figure out ways to spread science-based information to women (and men!) about the menopause transition and … Continue reading Shredding the Silence on an Epidemic Impacting Millions of American Women

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Beware of Dragons! And Maybe Justin Bieber as Racers Got Gritty This Weekend

There was no Sir Rendering at the sand belt races Carrie Jones Oct 14, 2024 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. TOWN HILL—Allison Sasner headed inside to do the brackets for the belt sander races at the Atlantic Brewing Company on Sunday while in the beer garden, Bryce Lambert amped up the crowd of spectators lined up to … Continue reading Beware of Dragons! And Maybe Justin Bieber as Racers Got Gritty This Weekend

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Still No Suspect in Town Hill Hit and Run

Police logs SHAUN FARRAR JUL 30, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Police have no suspects after an early morning hit and run in Town Hill on July 24 damaged two parked vehicles. An unknown vehicle ran the stop sign at the intersection of Indian Point Road and Route 102 in Town Hill and crashed in to a 2014 Subaru Outback and a 2022 GMC pickup truck, both … Continue reading Still No Suspect in Town Hill Hit and Run

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Couple’s Cars Smashed in Driveway in Morning Hit and Run

Woman asks for community’s help finding the driver CARRIE JONES JUL 24, 2024 Share TOWN HILL—A Town Hill couple is hoping the community can help them find the person who smashed into their vehicles, which were parked in their driveway. The driver then left. This morning a Town Hill couple woke up to a crash outside their home. A post from Chelsea White detailed both … Continue reading Couple’s Cars Smashed in Driveway in Morning Hit and Run

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Raising a Can to Twenty Years

Two Families, Two Businesses, One Big Community CARRIE JONES JUN 11, 2024 Share TOWN HILL—On a typical day at the Atlantic Brewing Company and Mainely Meat campus off the Knox Road, someone doesn’t yell, “Wait! There’s a bubble machine.” No, actually, that might not be true. You never know exactly what might happen at the duo of family-owned and run local businesses. On the parcel, … Continue reading Raising a Can to Twenty Years

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Two Seats, Five Contenders: Bar Harbor Council Candidates Discuss Issues at Town Hill Forum

Election June 11, Town Meeting June 4 CARRIE JONES MAY 30, 2024 Share TOWN HILL—A packed Town Hill Village Hall Wednesday night greeted the six Bar Harbor candidates vying for two Town Council seats in a live forum hosted by the Town Hill Village Improvement Society. The forum was moderated by Faith DeAmbrose of the Mount Desert Islander and Carrie Jones of the Bar Harbor Story. Approximately 60 … Continue reading Two Seats, Five Contenders: Bar Harbor Council Candidates Discuss Issues at Town Hill Forum

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Brigadoon Subdivision Moves Forward

Five home lots will go off the Crooked Road CARRIE JONES APR 09, 2024 Share TOWN HILL—A five-lot subdivision in Town Hill has been found complete after multiple meetings and tweaks to the subdivision on land off the Crooked Road. Christopher Bettencourt and Denise Carey Bettencourt own the land. Some of the lots can’t be offered for sale until the road into the site is … Continue reading Brigadoon Subdivision Moves Forward

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In Town Hill: Creating Community out of Water and Persistence (despite the weather)

Versant issues quick statement on power outage. CARRIE JONES FEB 5, 2024 Share TOWN HILL—Sometimes it takes a community to build a community, or at least a skating rink. Custodians of memory and community, the Town Hill Village Improvement Society is also helping people build community and memory, one timber, one bean supper, one ice skating rink at a time, one fixed roof at a … Continue reading In Town Hill: Creating Community out of Water and Persistence (despite the weather)

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