Tremont Select Board Chooses Potential Public Safety Building Conceptual Design

Board also dedicates annual town report to David Ashworth and sets date for deer management plan public hearing Shaun Farrar Jan 31, 2026 TREMONT—At its January 20 meeting, the Tremont Select Board chose a potential site plan for the new proposed public safety building because the town’s public safety building committee could not come to a consensus on choosing a plan to keep the process … Continue reading Tremont Select Board Chooses Potential Public Safety Building Conceptual Design

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Tremont School Committee Unanimously Approves School Resource Officer

Also makes decision to submit original proposed budget to select board Shaun Farrar Jan 21, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. TREMONT—After months of discussion and comments made by school staff, parents, and town officials, the Tremont School Committee unanimously approved the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Southwest Harbor Police Department for a school resource officer (SRO), 5-0. A … Continue reading Tremont School Committee Unanimously Approves School Resource Officer

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A Maine Teacher, a Drifting Buoy, and a Classroom That Builds Moon Habitats

Tremont science teacher Tonya Prentice is earning national honors while her students earn state ones, by giving students real-world science experiences—on land, at sea, and beyond Earth. Shaun Farrar Jan 16, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Maine Seacoast Mission. TREMONT—On Mount Desert Island, there are a lot of teachers who go out of their way to enrich students in ways that … Continue reading A Maine Teacher, a Drifting Buoy, and a Classroom That Builds Moon Habitats

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Teaching Kids in Closets and Making Due Tremont School Committee meets with select board members for school tour and budget talks

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Teaching Kids in Closets and Making Do.

Tremont School Committee meets with select board members for school tour and budget talks. Shaun Farrar Jan 12, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. TREMONT—It was formerly the cleaning crew’s supply closet and now it is the occupational therapy room and designated deescalation space for the Tremont Consolidated School. Small and barren, it contains a few chairs, a small desk, … Continue reading Teaching Kids in Closets and Making Do.

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Frenchboro’s Draft Community Resilience Plan Ready For Perusal

Carrie Jones Jan 02, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Window Panes Home and Garden. FRENCHBORO—A small Maine island is trying to plan for a future with a storm level rise of 1.5 feet by 2050 and 3.9 feet by 2100 from 2000 levels. Frenchboro is roughly seven or eight miles offshore from Mount Desert Island on Long Island, which is two miles southeast of Swan’s … Continue reading Frenchboro’s Draft Community Resilience Plan Ready For Perusal

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Tremont Gets Started on Budget Season by Approving Nonprofit Agency Requests.

Public Safety Building Committee seats available and improved Bernard Wharf hoists move forward. Shaun Farrar Dec 31, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Havana. TREMONT—Budget season has officially started in Tremont. At the Tremont Select Board’s December 15 meeting, the board approved the requests of local nonprofit organizations that applied for funding assistance from the town. All of the approvals were unanimous with … Continue reading Tremont Gets Started on Budget Season by Approving Nonprofit Agency Requests.

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Maine State Police is Investigating Two Deaths in Tremont

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State Police Investigating Tremont Murder-Suicide

Carrie Jones Dec 26, 2025 TREMONT— The Maine State Police is investigating a murder-suicide that was discovered occurred earlier this week in Tremont. ”On Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at approximately 8:57 a.m., Southwest Harbor Police responded to a 911 call about an incident near 11 Big Rocks Road, Tremont,” according to Maine State Police Public Information Officer Shannon Moss. “The caller reported finding two deceased adults at … Continue reading State Police Investigating Tremont Murder-Suicide

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Maine State Police is Investigating Two Deaths in Tremont

Carrie Jones Dec 23, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Psychiatry. TREMONT—The Maine State Police is investigating two deaths in Tremont, December 23. “On Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at approximately 8:57 a.m., Southwest Harbor Police responded to a 911 call about an incident near Big Rocks Road, Tremont,” Maine State Police Public Information Officer Shannon Moss said, Tuesday afternoon. The person calling … Continue reading Maine State Police is Investigating Two Deaths in Tremont

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Proposed Tremont Public Safety Building Slowly Moving Forward

Trying to do things right and still make grant deadlines Shaun Farrar Dec 05, 2025 TREMONT—A $63,000 feasibility study for a new public safety building gave Tremont officials pause Tuesday, as board members questioned whether the project would fit on town land and whether the investment would be wasted if it didn’t. Once the Town of Tremont determined that the potential purchase of existing buildings … Continue reading Proposed Tremont Public Safety Building Slowly Moving Forward

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Tremont Select Board Recognizes Achievement of Tremont Consolidated School Biology Teacher Tonya Prentice

Tremont Select Board Recognizes Achievement of Tremont Consolidated School Biology Teacher Tonya Prentice Also Begins to Fine Tune Deer Hunt and Fills Planning Board Seat Shaun Farrar Nov 19, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Havana. TREMONT—When a small-town teacher is among only 27 teachers nationwide, and the only teacher in Maine, to win an award, that feat deserves some extra recognition. At … Continue reading Tremont Select Board Recognizes Achievement of Tremont Consolidated School Biology Teacher Tonya Prentice

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