Holiday Happenings!
Our round-up of MDI region holiday events . . . so far.
The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The 1932 Criterion Theatre.
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND REGION—It’s December, and it’s a month full of holiday events, fun and celebrations.
The celebrations we know of, we’ve listed here. If there is something we missed, just let us know and we’ll get it right in! There’s a message button at the end of the story.
As we learn of things, we’ll update this story. Events (both holiday inspired and otherwise) are also listed in our weekly THINGS TO DO.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24
MONDAY, DECEMBER 29
WINTER BREAK MOVIE MATINEE, Southwest Harbor Public Library. Southwest Harbor.
2 p.m. Looking for something fun to do during winter break? Come by the library on Monday, December 29 for a 2:00pm showing of “The Grinch” (2018, PG). Enjoy popcorn, hot cocoa, and some fun winter crafts. Register for this event at www.swhplibrary.org
DECEMBER 31, NEW YEAR’S EVE CARNIVAL
A NOTE FROM US
This is Carrie and Shaun, and as you’ve probably noticed, we’ve been working hard at the Bar Harbor Story, providing local news in a way that keeps you informed, but also embraces and promotes community and the good that is within it.
We take so much time—just the two of us, with a special needs kid that has to be homeschooled—to cover our island community’s (plus, Trenton) local news in a way that’s timely, daily, and remembers that underneath the news . . . there are people who are our neighbors.
We are working hard to get the news out there—for free—for everyone. But it’s taking its toll on our family financially and honestly, sometimes, emotionally, because frontline local news in a small community? It’s hard.
Most media isn’t local (even when it claims it is). Most media has paywalls and advertisers. We don’t. That’s not a smart financial decision for us. It’s a moral one. And we’re going to try to do it for as long as we can because we’re local, we’re passionate, and we’re all about getting the news to everyone—no paywalls.
Why?
Richard Stengel, writing in The Atlantic, said, “Paywalls create a two-tiered system: credible, fact-based information for people who are willing to pay for it, and murkier, less-reliable information for everyone else. Simply put, paywalls get in the way of informing the public, which is the mission of journalism.”
As a paper that is owned and staffed only by locals, we make every attempt to gather all of the facts for our readers, information that might not be part of the main story and/or information that may not be known even to our towns’ officials, but is still just as important, if not more important, to the story.
We currently have well over 5,000 subscribers, the vast majority of them free, with over 401,500 article reads every month. Every one of our stories is opened at least 3,500 times. Most are opened well over that amount.
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