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Paul Paradis Receives Cadillac Award

Chamber Dinner Features Love for Bar Harbor Community, New Board Announced BAR HARBOR—A tearful and surprised Paul Paradis accepted the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce’s Cadillac Award, its highest award, on Wednesday night. Paradis, a former Bar Harbor Town Councilor, member of the United States Coast Guard and current hardware store owner and Hancock County Commissioner gave a quick thank you. The Bar Harbor Chamber categorizes … Continue reading Paul Paradis Receives Cadillac Award

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MDI Gets A Handworks Festival.

What happens when the creative and the practical meet? TOWN HILL AND SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Southwest Harbor’s Wendell Gilley began his work life as a master plumber, going into the depths of buildings, battling spider webs and probably a few mice traps to thaw a frozen pipe, fix an oil burner. He climbed into boats and made tank parts. And on many a frigid night or early … Continue reading MDI Gets A Handworks Festival.

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Conners-Emerson Halloween Parade

Bar Harbor Tradition Opens Halloween Weekend BAR HARBOR—Cameras flashed. A band rocked out. Kids smiled. And one young person may have hopped the entire parade route from the Bar Harbor Village Green, down Main Street and up Cottage Street this Friday morning as the Conners-Emerson School continued its tradition of a Halloween parade. The Conners-Emerson building project will have a visioning session on Wednesday, November 9 … Continue reading Conners-Emerson Halloween Parade

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Things to Do and Story Round Up October 17

What adventures will you have this week in Bar Harbor? I’m just one person and very imperfect, so some weeks there will be more news than others as I try to fit things around my editing novels, podcasting, and writing my own books and actually making a living, but here you go! *By request, at the end of this post, I’m going to paste in … Continue reading Things to Do and Story Round Up October 17

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Things to Do and Story Round Up September 25

What adventures will you have this week in Bar Harbor? GET YOUR NEWS ON! I’m just one person, so some weeks there will be more news than others as I try to fit things around my editing novels, podcasting, and writing my own books and actually making a living, but here you go! Here are the links to our stories from the past week in … Continue reading Things to Do and Story Round Up September 25

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Things to Do and Story Round Up September 19

What adventures will you have this week in Bar Harbor? GET YOUR NEWS ON! I’m just one person, so some weeks there will be more news than others as I try to fit things around my editing novels, podcasting, and writing my own books and actually making a living, but here you go! Here are the links to our stories from the past week in … Continue reading Things to Do and Story Round Up September 19

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Things to Do and Story Round Up

What adventures will you have this week in Bar Harbor? It’s our weekly roundup of future events and past stories. Every Monday, we’ll have a quick preview of events happening that week in Bar Harbor and you can look for in-depth features later on in the week. And if you’d like something listed, just let us know by commenting or contacting us! Subscribed GET YOUR … Continue reading Things to Do and Story Round Up

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Split Warrant Committee Recommends Adopting Ordinances That Would Allow and License Retail Marijuana in Bar Harbor

Voters Will Decide Fate Again In November BAR HARBOR—In two consistent 9-6 votes, the Bar Harbor Warrant Committee at its September 1 meeting in Bar Harbor’s municipal building recommended that in November voters adopt changes to the town’s land use ordinance that would allow marijuana retail stores in downtown Bar Harbor and license them. Those changes came via a citizens’ petition. Another citizens’ petition concerning … Continue reading Split Warrant Committee Recommends Adopting Ordinances That Would Allow and License Retail Marijuana in Bar Harbor

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Library’s Festival of Fun Full of Hee-Haws, Learning, and Fun

Bendable Maine part of state’s learning initiative BAR HARBOR—You could hear the gasps as Jacques, 12, and Oliver, 20, left their trailer and strolled up School Street toward the Jesup Memorial Library on the morning of August 25. Locals and tourists are used to dogs downtown, cats, turkeys, and an occasional coyote or moose, but donkeys? That’s pretty jaw-dropping and special. The donkeys were heading … Continue reading Library’s Festival of Fun Full of Hee-Haws, Learning, and Fun

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