Truck Caught in Power Lines Shuts Down Several Bar Harbor Streets

Roads still closed Tuesday morning Carrie Jones Dec 09, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. BAR HARBOR—Multiple streets in downtown Bar Harbor are still closed this morning after a dump truck bed became entangled in power lines on Cottage Street, Monday afternoon. The force of the strike and resulting entanglement impacted multiple poles, traffic patterns, and created extra work for … Continue reading Truck Caught in Power Lines Shuts Down Several Bar Harbor Streets

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Ten-Foot-Wide Sidewalk Might Be Coming to Part of One Downtown Street

Work would likely be in 2025 tourist season SHAUN FARRAR DEC 11, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR––Six property owners or their representatives gathered in the Town Council chambers and one online via Zoom, Thursday night to hear a presentation given by Director of Public Works Bethany Leavitt regarding the preliminary planning stages of a potential switch to underground utilities on Rodick Street. The neighborhood meeting was … Continue reading Ten-Foot-Wide Sidewalk Might Be Coming to Part of One Downtown Street

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Confidentiality Crisis?

Some Town Councilors Seem Shaken by Confidential Information Leak CARRIE JONES AND SHAUN FARRAR DEC 6, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—Disclosing confidential discussion that occurred during the Bar Harbor Town Council’s executive sessions elicited multiple comments from councilors at the end of the council’s December 5 meeting. The comments began with Councilor Kyle Shank expressing displeasure over reading information disclosed in an online news blog, The Quietside … Continue reading Confidentiality Crisis?

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