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The Town Council, reacting to community angst, extended and broadened a ban on certain commercial development for another 180 days while town staff continues to gather certain “data”.

Meanwhile everyone agrees the former Park Entrance Motel, deteriorating and now dormant for two decades needs a come to Jesus moment with an excavator and a complete remake.

Indeed to not only improve our sadly deteriorating for-profit-tax base, but improve our precious view shed plainly articulated by Dennis Bracale in the second article about our front dooryard approach to downtown Bar Harbor covered so well by Carrie and Shaun.

One has to wonder why Mr. Bracale wasn’t at the forefront of an earlier debate about which corridor to run a much needed high voltage power line into Bar Harbor advocating for the less unsightly alternative?

Utilities, while much needed and appreciated, generally are considered less aesthetically pleasing than almost any development, especially in Bar Harbor where design, narrowly defined and allowed, is constantly scrutinized.

One has to wonder what our priorities are?

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