Trenton Voters May Have Two Chances to Enact a Solar Related Land Use Ordinance Change Or May Choose to Not Enact Either

Trenton Voters May Have Two Chances to Enact a Solar Related Land Use Ordinance Change

Or May Choose to Not Enact Either Shaun Farrar Jan 25, 2025 Share TRENTON—After months of work, a joint committee of the town’s planning board and a working group comprised of community members, on Tuesday, January 21, presented the Trenton Select Board with two different variations of a proposed change to the town’s land use ordinances concerning future solar projects. A push to curtail commercial solar … Continue reading Trenton Voters May Have Two Chances to Enact a Solar Related Land Use Ordinance Change

Planning Board Begins to Tackle Offensive Language Hamilton Station, Acadia Corp Warehouse Expansion, Merging Districts all Discussed at October Meeting

Planning Board Begins to Tackle Offensive Language

Hamilton Station, Acadia Corp Warehouse Expansion, Merging Districts all Discussed at October Meeting Carrie Jones Nov 04, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by YES ON 4 For a Balanced Solution. BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Planning Board began reviewing multiple potential changes to the land use ordinance that could occur at the June 10, 2025 town meeting. The first potential change discussed was offensive … Continue reading Planning Board Begins to Tackle Offensive Language

Bar Harbor’s Iconic Water Company Building Might Eventually Find a New Home

Planning Board Moves Cruise Ship and Transient Accommodation Potential Changes, JAX Expansion to Public Hearings CARRIE JONES JUL 06, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Every once in a while something big moves through Bar Harbor. It might be an MRI building. It might be a tree heading toward the other part of the island. It might be a home. In the future, it might be the iconic … Continue reading Bar Harbor’s Iconic Water Company Building Might Eventually Find a New Home

Public Hearing Land Use Ordinance Gets People Talking about Bar Harbor’s Success Ladder

Others worry about the impact of homes expanding into Town Hill CARRIE JONES FEB 8, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Worries about how housing development might impact the character and water table of Town Hill, whose responsibility it is to find homes for others, and that potential land-use ordinance changes are too business-centric were the concerns of some of the twenty or so in-person attendees at a … Continue reading Public Hearing Land Use Ordinance Gets People Talking about Bar Harbor’s Success Ladder

Havana and 77 Cottage Street Bed and Breakfast Look for Appropriateness Certificates

Design Review Board Continues Discussion To Get Out From the Planning Board’s Purview and the Land Use Ordinance CARRIE JONES DEC 15, 2023 BAR HARBOR—The Design Review Board discussed two smaller potential changes to local buildings and one large potential change to town process at its in-person December 14 meeting at the Bar Harbor Municipal Building. Chair Barbara Sassaman said that she had made potential … Continue reading Havana and 77 Cottage Street Bed and Breakfast Look for Appropriateness Certificates