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The Bar Harbor Story is an alternative daily news and features site that focuses on the people, places, and events of Bar Harbor, Acadia National Park, and Mount Desert Island Region. Sometimes we even venture to the rest of Hancock County, Maine.
"It’s the Position, Not the Person."
At Pemetic, Stories of Support Meet Calls for Data as School Resource Officer Question Lingers, Decision Won't Happen Until 2026.
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At Pemetic, Stories of Support Meet Calls for Data as School Resource Officer Question Lingers, Decision Won't Happen Until 2026.
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"It’s the Position, Not the Person."
At Pemetic, Stories of Support Meet Calls for Data as School Resource Officer Question Lingers, Decision Won't Happen Until 2026
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November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"It’s the Position, Not the Person."
At Pemetic, Stories of Support Meet Calls for Data as School Resource Officer Question Lingers, Decision Won't Happen Until 2026.
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At Pemetic, Stories of Support Meet Calls for Data as School Resource Officer Question Lingers, Decision Won't Happen Until 2026.
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Letters from our readers: Dr. Vanessa Little
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Letters from our readers
Dr. Vanessa Little
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November 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Letters from our readers: Dr. Vanessa Little
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People We've Lost.
Edith F. Closson, Carolyn A. Hodgdon, Bruce Eric Damon.
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Edith F. Closson, Carolyn A. Hodgdon, Bruce Eric Damon.
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People We've Lost
Edith F. Closson, Carolyn A. Hodgdon, Bruce Eric Damon.
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November 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
People We've Lost.
Edith F. Closson, Carolyn A. Hodgdon, Bruce Eric Damon.
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Edith F. Closson, Carolyn A. Hodgdon, Bruce Eric Damon.
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The Federal Shutdown Is Over But Its Impact on Acadia Could Linger.
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The Federal Shutdown Is Over But Its Impact on Acadia Could Linger
By Bill Trotter/Bangor Daily News
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November 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The Federal Shutdown Is Over But Its Impact on Acadia Could Linger.
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Consultant: Bar Harbor Faces Unique Challenges as Tourism Demand Surges Worldwide.
Loved by Americans, Quiet in Winter: Consultant Unpacks Bar Harbor’s Unusual Tourism Rhythm.
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Loved by Americans, Quiet in Winter: Consultant Unpacks Bar Harbor’s Unusual Tourism Rhythm.
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Consultant: Bar Harbor Faces Unique Challenges as Tourism Demand Surges Worldwide
Loved by Americans, Quiet in Winter: Consultant Unpacks Bar Harbor’s Unusual Tourism Rhythm
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November 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Consultant: Bar Harbor Faces Unique Challenges as Tourism Demand Surges Worldwide.
Loved by Americans, Quiet in Winter: Consultant Unpacks Bar Harbor’s Unusual Tourism Rhythm.
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Loved by Americans, Quiet in Winter: Consultant Unpacks Bar Harbor’s Unusual Tourism Rhythm.
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It's All the Briefs and Press Releases.
(So, basically all the inside parts of the paper that reporters don't write themselves.)
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It's All the Briefs and Press Releases
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November 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It's All the Briefs and Press Releases.
(So, basically all the inside parts of the paper that reporters don't write themselves.)
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(So, basically all the inside parts of the paper that reporters don't write themselves.)
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Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Holds 134th Annual Meeting.
Board Receives Updates on Glen Mary Pool and Shore Path.
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Board Receives Updates on Glen Mary Pool and Shore Path.
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Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Holds 134th Annual Meeting
Board Receives Updates on Glen Mary Pool and Shore Path
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November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Holds 134th Annual Meeting.
Board Receives Updates on Glen Mary Pool and Shore Path.
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Board Receives Updates on Glen Mary Pool and Shore Path.
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Bar Harbor Seeks Clarity on Campground Definitions, Private Campsites.
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Bar Harbor Seeks Clarity on Campground Definitions, Private Campsites
The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Bar Harbor Seeks Clarity on Campground Definitions, Private Campsites.
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Acadia Is Winding Down for Winter Just as the Government Reopens.
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We know the headline on the image has a typo! It's been a morning and we can't get it to fix though it is correct now in the story. So sorry!
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Acadia Is Winding Down for Winter Just as the Government Ropens
By Bill Trotter/BDN
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November 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Acadia Is Winding Down for Winter Just as the Government Reopens.
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Hadley Point Landing Usage Rules Still Being Pondered.
Bar Harbor Public Works Director Bethany Leavitt Looks To Parks And Recreation Committee For Input on Rules That Would Affect All Parks
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Bar Harbor Public Works Director Bethany Leavitt Looks To Parks And Recreation Committee For Input on Rules That Would Affect All Parks
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Hadley Point Landing Usage Rules Still Being Pondered
Bar Harbor Public Works Director Bethany Leavitt Looks To Parks And Recreation Committee For Input on Rules That Would Affect All Parks.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Hadley Point Landing Usage Rules Still Being Pondered.
Bar Harbor Public Works Director Bethany Leavitt Looks To Parks And Recreation Committee For Input on Rules That Would Affect All Parks
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Bar Harbor Public Works Director Bethany Leavitt Looks To Parks And Recreation Committee For Input on Rules That Would Affect All Parks
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Criterion Theatre Will Begin Year With New Director.
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Criterion Theatre Will Begin Year With New Director.
COURTNEY SALE WILL HEAD THEATRE NEXT YEAR.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Criterion Theatre Will Begin Year With New Director.
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A Year Into Its Lodging Pause, Bar Harbor May Next Chart the Future of Lodging Development.
Bar Harbor Maps Next Steps for Lodging Moratorium.
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Bar Harbor Maps Next Steps for Lodging Moratorium.
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A Year Into Its Lodging Pause, Bar Harbor May Next Chart the Future of Lodging Development
Bar Harbor Maps Next Steps for Lodging Moratorium
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November 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A Year Into Its Lodging Pause, Bar Harbor May Next Chart the Future of Lodging Development.
Bar Harbor Maps Next Steps for Lodging Moratorium.
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Bar Harbor Maps Next Steps for Lodging Moratorium.
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Turning Up the Volume on Kindness: Side Street Café’s ‘Amplify Good’ Debuts Friday.
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Turning Up the Volume on Kindness: Side Street Café’s ‘Amplify Good’ Debuts Friday
Good Food, Great Tunes, Even Better Deeds: Side Street Café Launches ‘Amplify Good’
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November 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Turning Up the Volume on Kindness: Side Street Café’s ‘Amplify Good’ Debuts Friday.
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Mount Desert Selectboard Talks Trash, Parking, and Budget Worries Ahead of Comprehensive Plan Workshop.
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Mount Desert Selectboard Talks Trash, Parking, and Budget Worries Ahead of Comprehensive Plan Workshop
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November 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Mount Desert Selectboard Talks Trash, Parking, and Budget Worries Ahead of Comprehensive Plan Workshop.
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Hilltop Mansion in Bar Harbor Sells for More Than $4 Million.
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Via BDN/Bill Trotter; photo Mike Perlman/Swan Agency.
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Via BDN/Bill Trotter; photo Mike Perlman/Swan Agency.
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Hilltop Mansion in Bar Harbor Sells for More Than $4M
By Bill Trotter/Bangor Daily News
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November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Hilltop Mansion in Bar Harbor Sells for More Than $4 Million.
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Via BDN/Bill Trotter; photo Mike Perlman/Swan Agency.
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Via BDN/Bill Trotter; photo Mike Perlman/Swan Agency.
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Blue Star Memorial Ceremony Honors Service and Sacrifice in Bar Harbor, Tomorrow.
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Blue Star Memorial Ceremony Honors Service and Sacrifice in Bar Harbor, Tomorrow
BAR HARBOR—Every year on November 11 at 11 a.m., officials lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Blue Star Memorial Ceremony Honors Service and Sacrifice in Bar Harbor, Tomorrow.
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Chief Deputy Birch Appointed to the Maine Substance Use Disorder Services Commission.
Police Reports for Bar Harbor, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, Tremont, State Police and Hancock County Sheriff's Department.
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Police Reports for Bar Harbor, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, Tremont, State Police and Hancock County Sheriff's Department.
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Chief Deputy Birch Appointed to the Maine Substance Use Disorder Services Commission
Police Reports for Bar Harbor, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, Tremont, State Police and Hancock County Sheriff's Department.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Chief Deputy Birch Appointed to the Maine Substance Use Disorder Services Commission.
Police Reports for Bar Harbor, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, Tremont, State Police and Hancock County Sheriff's Department.
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Police Reports for Bar Harbor, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, Tremont, State Police and Hancock County Sheriff's Department.
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THINGS TO DO IN THE MOUNT DESERT ISLAND REGION THIS WEEK.
And in the near future.
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And in the near future.
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THINGS TO DO IN THE MOUNT DESERT ISLAND REGION THIS WEEK
And in the near future.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
THINGS TO DO IN THE MOUNT DESERT ISLAND REGION THIS WEEK.
And in the near future.
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And in the near future.
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ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week.
It's our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved.
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It's our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved.
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ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week.
It's our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
ON THE AGENDA: Town & School Meetings This Week.
It's our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved.
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It's our round up of upcoming government meetings. All are public. That means you can go and be involved.
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People We've Lost.
Michael P. “Gilly” Gilmartin. Pamala Jean “Pam” Morrison-Colby. James “Jim” Robert Robinson.
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Michael P. “Gilly” Gilmartin. Pamala Jean “Pam” Morrison-Colby. James “Jim” Robert Robinson.
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People We've Lost
Michael P. “Gilly” Gilmartin. Pamala Jean “Pam” Morrison-Colby. James “Jim” Robert Robinson.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
People We've Lost.
Michael P. “Gilly” Gilmartin. Pamala Jean “Pam” Morrison-Colby. James “Jim” Robert Robinson.
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Michael P. “Gilly” Gilmartin. Pamala Jean “Pam” Morrison-Colby. James “Jim” Robert Robinson.
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Land & Garden Preserve and Maine Coast Heritage Trust Permanently Protect 168 Acres at Hunters Cliffs, Hunters Beach, and Day Mountain in Seal Harbor, Maine.
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Land & Garden Preserve and Maine Coast Heritage Trust Permanently Protect 168 Acres at Hunters Cliffs, Hunters Beach, and Day Mountain in Seal Harbor, Maine
Press release
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November 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Land & Garden Preserve and Maine Coast Heritage Trust Permanently Protect 168 Acres at Hunters Cliffs, Hunters Beach, and Day Mountain in Seal Harbor, Maine.
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Rest Stops? Not for These Competitors.
Bar Harbor’s Bed Racers Went Full Throttle, Saturday.
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Bar Harbor’s Bed Racers Went Full Throttle, Saturday.
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Rest Stops? Not for These Competitors
Bar Harbor’s Bed Racers Went Full Throttle, Saturday
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November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Rest Stops? Not for These Competitors.
Bar Harbor’s Bed Racers Went Full Throttle, Saturday.
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Bar Harbor’s Bed Racers Went Full Throttle, Saturday.
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"We’ve Been Ghosted": Mount Desert School Committee Cuts Ties with Architect.
Committee looks over draft school budget with a decrease, renews school resource officer agreement, and learns more kids are missing less school days so far this year.
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Committee looks over draft school budget with a decrease, renews school resource officer agreement, and learns more kids are missing less school days so far this year.
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"We’ve Been Ghosted": Mount Desert School Committee Cuts Ties with Architect
Committee looks over draft school budget with a decrease, renews school resource officer agreement, and learns more kids are missing less school days so far this year.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"We’ve Been Ghosted": Mount Desert School Committee Cuts Ties with Architect.
Committee looks over draft school budget with a decrease, renews school resource officer agreement, and learns more kids are missing less school days so far this year.
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Committee looks over draft school budget with a decrease, renews school resource officer agreement, and learns more kids are missing less school days so far this year.
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It's All the Briefs and Press Releases.
(So, basically all the inside parts of the paper that reporters don't write themselves.)
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(So, basically all the inside parts of the paper that reporters don't write themselves.)
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It's All the Briefs and Press Releases
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November 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
It's All the Briefs and Press Releases.
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JAX Childcare Center to Close at Year’s End Amid Staffing, Financial Challenges.
Island of Imagination facility to shut down Dec. 31 as organization cites unsustainable losses.
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Island of Imagination facility to shut down Dec. 31 as organization cites unsustainable losses.
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JAX Childcare Center to Close at Year’s End Amid Staffing, Financial Challenges
Island of Imagination facility to shut down Dec. 31 as organization cites unsustainable losses
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November 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
JAX Childcare Center to Close at Year’s End Amid Staffing, Financial Challenges.
Island of Imagination facility to shut down Dec. 31 as organization cites unsustainable losses.
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Island of Imagination facility to shut down Dec. 31 as organization cites unsustainable losses.
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