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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Every week we document Bar Harbor, MDI, and Trenton government and school meetings that we know of. Please let us know if we’ve missed something.
Also, sometimes things are on the town and school calendars are cancelled or rescheduled, so make sure to doublecheck before you head over! This is especially true if no agenda has been posted. Sometimes agendas are posted later in the week are not available at our Monday press time. And sometimes (because Southwest Harbor’s website has corruption issues) we can’t safely download an agenda.
We’ve separated the meetings and agendas by towns and then put school meetings together.
Again, if there are no agendas posted for an event, please verify with the town that it is occurring. We don’t want you heading over for no reason.
BAR HARBOR
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
According to Bar Harbor’s website, “Meetings that are broadcast live can be viewed at home by watching Cable Access Channel 7 or 1303 (Spectrum Cable only) and online at Town Hall Streams.”
All meetings are open to the public. If there is an executive session, that part of the meeting is not open.
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, which are closed to the public.
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.
MOUNT DESERT, SOUTHWEST HARBOR, TREMONT, AND TRENTON
MOUNT DESERT
No meetings
SOUTHWEST HARBOR:
UPCOMING CANDIDATES’ NIGHT—MARCH 20
TREMONT:
TRENTON:
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING – March 10, 2025
The Town of Trenton will hold a Special Town Meeting from 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. on Monday, March 10, 2025 to vote on proposed changes to the Land Use Ordinance, Sections III and VIII Solar. Copies of the proposed changes are available at the Town Office.
PLANNING BOARD
The Planning Board meets the second Wednesday of each month at 7 pm at the Town Office. There haven’t been agendas or minutes uploaded since last year. The second Wednesday of March is this Wednesday. We suggest if you’d like to attend, you call the town office to make sure it’s happening and to see the agenda.
SELECT BOARD
Held every other Tuesday at 7 PM at the Town Office
Meetings may be rescheduled or cancelled. Please check the public notices on its homepage regularly for meeting updates.
Anyone who would like to receive select board agendas or minutes can call the town office at 667-7207 or e-mail Carol Walsh at cwalsh@trentonme.com.
Board of Appeals meets on an as needed basis, the second Thursday of the month.
Planning Board meets monthly on the second Wednesday.
Harbor Committee meets on an as needed basis.
Solid Waste Committee meets on an as needed basis.
Broadband Committee meets every second Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Committee Meetings are currently held remotely via Zoom.
SCHOOL MEETINGS
SPECIAL NOTE: On Monday, March 10, all the following school board meetings will begin immediately following the MDIRSS-AOS 91 school board meeting. Please click through to see their agendas. Each meeting has one item on its agenda: the ratification of the MDIEA Support Staff Agreement.
Bar Harbor 03/10/25 Agenda - special meeting
Mt. Desert Elementary 03/10/25/ REVISED Agenda - special meeting
Southwest Harbor 03/10/25 Agenda - special meeting
Tremont 03/10/25 Agenda - special meeting
Trenton 03/10/25 Agenda - special meeting
MDI High School 03/10/25 Agenda - special meeting
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