Elvis, the hiking, kayaking cat, vacations in Bar Harbor BAR HARBOR—Tourists and locals are used to seeing dogs hiking on the trails of Acadia National Park with their owners or hanging out on the patios of local restaurants, but this month, Elvis made an appearance. No, not Elvis the rock and roll legend who died in 1977. This was Elvis, the four and half year … Continue reading To Boldly Go Where No Cat Has Officially Gone Before
Plan creates caps on cruise ships BAR HARBOR—A split council supported the town’s working group’s cruise management plan at the Bar Harbor Town Council’s August 16 meeting, voting 5-2 in favor, with Councilors Val Peacock, Matthew Hochman, Erin Cough, Jeff Dobbs, and Jill Goldthwait voting in favor and Joe Minutolo and Gary Friedmann voting against. That vote was mirrored when it came to instructing the … Continue reading Town’s Cruise Ship Management Plan Floats Forward Past Split Council
Upcoming events and the past week’s stories all in one place Things to Do and Story Round Up It’s our weekly roundup of future events and past stories. Week of August 8 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, … Continue reading Things to Do and Story Round Up
Meanwhile town officials working with cruise ship industry has a different potential plan to decrease visits Bar Harbor voters will decide on November 8 whether or not to cap daily cruise ship disembarkations to 1,000 passengers or less now that the town council moved 6-1 to put the petition on the November town warrant. Jeff Dobbs voted against. Jeff Dobbs said that he was voting … Continue reading Bar Harbor Will Vote on Cruise Ship Caps This November
Acadia GEM’s 100% Electric Low-Speed Vehicles Hope to Make a Positive Impact on Local Fun and the Environment Large American cars, sidewalks full of tourists, crowd the Bar Harbor streets some days like the town is actually a medium-sized city. Tourists jaywalk across Main Steet in diagonals as Island Explorer busses and bigger SUVS wedge themselves between the cars parked parallel along the shops. The … Continue reading The New Vehicles on the Streets
Trying to trace the ghost of Mary Margaret It’s a ghost story that almost everyone in Bar Harbor knows. A bereft young woman kills herself after the social disgrace and emotional hardship that happened when her future husband skittered off, never to be found again. But the woman? She can often be found, floating, maybe half invisible, returning again and again. Almost all the stories … Continue reading The Haunting of Ledgelawn
Here’s a quick event guide for some things happening this week in Bar Harbor, Maine. 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! Scroll all the way down for links to … Continue reading THINGS TO DO!
THINGS TO DO/PLACES TO GO: ArtWaves Celebrates Its Fifth Year of Creation, Imagination and Joy at its Town Hill Campus TOWN HILL—Sometimes a birthday party is really a celebration of community and of survival. That’s how it felt Thursday, July 21 at ArtWaves’ birthday masquerade party and fundraiser as artists and those who support them cavorted, shared food, danced and celebrated ArtWaves’ five years of … Continue reading Creating Community With Art and Fun
Things to Do in Bar Harbor Combine free freshly made popcorn, a free movie, and a 16-foot screen overlooking Frenchman Bay and what do you have? No, not a fantasy of a long-ago time, but something real and family friendly every Wednesday night (weather permitting) at Agamont Park in Bar Harbor. All a movie lover needs is to bring themself, their friends, family, and maybe … Continue reading Seaside Cinema – Free Movies and Popcorn? We’re In!
But the park, its beauty, its stewardship, and the friendship and connections it makes, the stories and art and community it inspires, is something that is meant to move people to tears, to move people to look beyond their individual self, and to create connections that are bigger and full of emotion. Continue reading Friends of Acadia – Annual Meeting of Amazing Volunteers, Staff and Members
