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 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 and 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.
All meetings are open to the public. If there is an executive session, that part of the meeting is not open.
When things change and we know (agendas are uploaded, meetings are cancelled), we will do our best to update the article as well.
QUICK NOTE:
Town meetings and elections for Southwest Harbor and Mount Desert happen this week. Related articles and profiles of candidates are on our dedicated elections tab here.
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.”
MOUNT DESERT, SOUTHWEST HARBOR, TREMONT, AND TRENTON
MOUNT DESERT
TOWN MEETING AND LOCAL ELECTION
Annual Town Meeting (ballot/election) - May 5, 2025 - 7:45 a.m. to 8 p.m.
2025 Annual Town Meeting (warrant articles/budget) - May 6, 2025 - 6 p.m.
OTHER MEETINGS
SOUTHWEST HARBOR:
TOWN MEETING AND LOCAL ELECTION
Annual Town Meeting
Monday, May 5, 2025
Pemetic Elementary School
6 p.m. Meet the Candidates, Q&A with Select Board
7 p.m. meeting,
Annual Town Election
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
SWH Fire Station
10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Election info
TREMONT:
TRENTON:
Public Hearing is scheduled for May 7, 2025 @7 p.m. in the Trenton Town Office to take comments on proposed changes of Article III and VIII of the Trenton Land Use Ordinance relating to Solar. Copies of the proposed changes are available for pick up at the Trenton Town Office.
Interested parties should plan to attend.
SCHOOL MEETINGS
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