New board members announced as well as other award winners CARRIE JONES NOV 2, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—Need someone to announce the bed races? Chris Popper is your man. Desperate for someone to play Santa? Again. Chris Popper is who you’re looking for, and if it’s for the good of the community? He’ll probably say yes to the request. It’s hard to find someone more … Continue reading Popper and Testa Honored at Chamber Annual Meeting
Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce Hires New Leader Carrie Jones BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce has a new executive director it announced in a press release Monday. Everal “Ben” Eaton will replace Alf Anderson, who resigned from his position in December. He’d been there for seven years. Like Anderson, Eaton worked his way up and through positions at a chamber of commerce in Pennsylvania. … Continue reading Captain Chamber Is On His Way
ANP looks to increase its entrance fees BAR HARBOR—Acadia National Park could increase its fees next year. According to a press release on the park’s website, “The proposed entrance fee increase is as follows: Private Vehicle (7-day) – From $30 to $35Motorcycle (7-day) – From $25 to $30Individual (7-day) – From $15 to $20Annual – From $55 to $70” There is a 30-day comment period that ends December 29, … Continue reading How Much Are You Willing to Pay To Head Into Acadia National Park?
Cancer survivors. Octogenarians. Children with shovels. Mothers with drills. Some of the people assembling playground parts had to shuffle across the wood chips, backs bent. “This is going to hurt tomorrow,” joked one Rotarian on a September Saturday back in 2017. But that little bit of pain transformed a playground where children never played, reviving it into a community gathering place. Like a lot of … Continue reading The Park Street Playground Where Community Happens Every Day
It rises about 347 feet, but you mostly don’t notice that until the beginning or the end. Schooner Head Path is a 5.6 mile lightly trafficked out and back trail located near Bar Harbor, Maine that features beautiful wild flowers and is good for all skill levels. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use … Continue reading The Schooner Head Trail
Goldie. Hunter. Rosie. Otis. Necromancer. Alice. Spartacus. Woof Doggy. There is a seemingly never-ending stream of canines that gallivant down Bar Harbor’s Shore Path on Frenchman’s Bay. Their leashes are long, short, red, chained, leather, canvas and sometimes non-existent as they sniff their way down the well-groomed gravel path past rocks and ocean, fences and tourists. The waters are cold and beautiful but the … Continue reading Bar Harbor’s Shore Path – Top Things to Do and Dog Places
A lot of people claim that the coast of Maine is one of the most beautiful places in the world, and they might be right. Beauty is subjective. We all get to decide what our own personal “Most Beautiful Place in the World is.” For some of us the winner might be Smokey’s BBQ and Lobster, a small no-frills place right across from the … Continue reading Smokey’s BBQ and Lobster is the Most Beautiful Place
