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More Than a Festival: Dawnland is a Gathering of Hearts, Art, Stories, and Ideas
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More Than a Festival: Dawnland is a Gathering of Hearts, Art, Stories, and Ideas

Carrie Jones Jul 14, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. BAR HARBOR—Corinna Francis traveled approximately three hours to attend the Dawnland Festival of Arts and Ideas. The cost to attend a festival and sell her jewelry is a lot when it’s a multi-day event. The artist, like Francis, has to pay for gas, a hotel room, … Continue reading More Than a Festival: Dawnland is a Gathering of Hearts, Art, Stories, and Ideas

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Southwest Harbor Flocks Together for Flamingo Festival. There's joy in every plastic bird this weekend. Free to read, link in the bio, just click through.
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Southwest Harbor Flocks Together for Flamingo Festival

There’s joy in every plastic feather this weekend. Carrie Jones Jul 12, 2025 Share SOUTHWEST HARBOR—It’s not every weekend that you hear someone cry out in the middle of an island street in Maine, “Is my flamingo crooked? I think it’s crooked!” “Nah, it’s gorgeous, baby.” Then again, it’s not every weekend that Southwest Harbor hosts the Flamingo Festival, a celebration of all things pink, … Continue reading Southwest Harbor Flocks Together for Flamingo Festival

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Second Annual Nihkaniyane Event at the Abbe This Week

DAWNLAND FESTIVAL OF ARTS & IDEAS PREMIERES JULY 12-14 SHAUN FARRAR JUL 07, 2024 BAR HARBOR—This upcoming weekend at the Abbe Museum and College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, it will be all about restoring history and building alliance. The Wabanaki Nations, and others, continue to fight for rights and sovereignty and the Wabanaki Alliance will host its second annual Nihkaniyane event Thursday, July … Continue reading Second Annual Nihkaniyane Event at the Abbe This Week

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Acadia National Park announces $950,000 for ecosystem restoration and climate restoration projects

CARRIE JONES APR 10, 2024 Share The following is a press release from Acadia National Park. We have an earlier story about Acadia and storm and climate issues here. And apologies for the three-news story day. BAR HARBOR—Acadia National Park will receive $950,000 in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to create a model for addressing climate change vulnerabilities of coastal archeological sites, collections, landscapes and … Continue reading Acadia National Park announces $950,000 for ecosystem restoration and climate restoration projects

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