On The Agenda and Nomination Papers Available

Week of March 13

Mar 13

BAR HARBOR—It’s our weekly piece documenting Bar Harbor town government and other similar meetings that we know of. Please let us know if we’ve missed something. Also, sometimes things are on the town calendars and are cancelled or rescheduled, so make sure to double check before you head over!

All the meetings take place at the Bar Harbor Municipal Building at 93 Cottage Street unless otherwise noted. And they usually have a time for public comments. This is not true about executive sessions.

So, go! Be informed! Be part of the process. You deserve to be.

To see the town meeting calendar by month, click here.

To see the school board calendar by month, click here.

Nomination Papers Available March 3, Papers Taken Out By Several Potential Contenders

The following offices will be elected by the voters at the June 13, 2023 town election:

Bar Harbor Town Council Three seats – three-year term
Bar Harbor Town Council One seat – two-year term
Superintending School Committee Two seats – three-year term
MDI High School Trustee One seat – three-year term
Warrant Committee Five seats – three-year term

Nomination papers will be available in the town clerk’s office beginning Friday, March 3.

The deadline for filing nomination papers with the town clerk is Friday, April 14, 2023 at 5:00 p.m..

See also the Elections-June page or call 207-288-4098 for more information.

Town Councilors Chair Valerie Peacock, Jill Goldthwait, and Erin Cough all have terms that end this year. Those who have already pulled papers for that three-year seat include: incumbent Peacock, Comprehensive Planning Committee Chair Kyle Shank, former Communications Coordinator Maya Caines, and Julia Cuchelo.

Councilor Jeff Dobbs resigned, leaving a two-year post. Brooke Blomquist, also known as Zana, has pulled papers for this seat.

For the Warrant Committee, the five members up for reelection are Carol Chappell, Kevin DesVeaux, Allison Sasner, Secretary Christine Smith, and Bethany Reece. So far, Shaun Farrar and Smith have taken out papers

For the Superintending School Committee (Conners Emerson School) it’s Misha Mytar and Robin Sue Tapley. Mytar has taken out papers. She had been appointed to the committee this year to fill out a resigning member’s term.

No one has yet taken out papers for the position on the high school trustee board.

There are no term limits and incumbents can run for reelection. Pulling papers is the first step in running for office, but people can take out forms, not return them and therefore not run.

Apologies for the image quality for some of the agendas. They weren’t available online and were behind glass.