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Behind Bar Harbor’s Holiday Glow: Volunteers, Laughter, and a Very Stubborn Tree
Holiday Preparations Bring MDI Together as Volunteers Deck the Island
9 hrs ago
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Carrie Jones
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Stabilized but Still Evolving, Holy Redeemer Church Pursues District Change for Accessibility and Parking
Why a Bar Harbor Church Wants a Downtown Residential Rezone for New Parking
12 hrs ago
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Carrie Jones
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Top-Ranked Bar Harbor’s Conners-Emerson Tapped—Yet Again—for Random National Student Assessment
The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Wealth Management.
16 hrs ago
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Carrie Jones
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Smokey Bear Coming to Trenton Soon
Community Resilience Grants and Comprehensive Planning Moving Forward
Dec 3
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Shaun Farrar
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Holiday Happenings!
Our round-up of MDI region holiday events . . . so far.
Dec 3
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Carrie Jones
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Near a Century-Old Landfill, a Subdivision Stalls Over Questions of Soil Safety
Southwest Harbor Board Seeks Deeper Soil Tests for Trundy Farm Plan Near Landfill
Dec 3
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Carrie Jones
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Southwest Harbor Boy Sustained Serious Injuries After Hit By a Truck.
Police updates for Bar Harbor, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, Tremont, State Police and Hancock County Sheriff's Department.
Dec 2
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Shaun Farrar
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What’s Really Going On Under Mount Desert’s Streets?
Infiltration and old pipes: Mount Desert will look for a methodical plan to fix private and public lines.
Dec 2
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Carrie Jones
3
Bar Harbor’s New School May Get Double the Expected Energy Credit
Officials preview a draft moving schedule that could keep students out of school for two weeks during the transition
Dec 2
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Carrie Jones
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Town Hill Bear Marked Safe From Bear Season 2025
The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund.
Dec 1
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Shaun Farrar
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A Teacher’s Kid Turns CEO, Lizz Sturm Puts Community First on MDI as Do Good Group Makes First Big Donation
Do Good Group Puts Profit Where the Need Is and Calls for Community to "Match Us"
Dec 1
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Carrie Jones
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THINGS TO DO IN THE MOUNT DESERT ISLAND REGION THIS WEEK
And in the near future.
Dec 1
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Carrie Jones
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