8+ hour, 36+ min ago   (816+ words) All of this is happening while Mainers are making anxious choices between whether to see a doctor or to feed their children, or whether they can afford to live in Maine at all. The irony draws some to anger, many…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (526+ words) The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Bar Harbor Historical Society. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Kalie Hess resigned from the Southwest Harbor Select Board Tuesday, saying she had reached a point where she could no longer give her family, work,…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (509+ words) The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Bar Harbor Bicycle Shop. WASHINGTON, DC—When Representative Jared Golden (D-Maine) broke with his party last week during a procedural rule, he was just one of two Democrats to do so. He’s…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (268+ words) Each week we compile briefs and put them initially only on the website (Substack) and then send them all on Friday or sometimes Saturday if things are chaotic like they have been for us this week. We do that so…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (702+ words) The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Restaurant Barn. BAR HARBOR—The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine has sent a letter to the Town of Bar Harbor’s town manager and town councilors stressing that one of its residents…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (530+ words) Bar Harbor Story | Carrie Jones | Substack Wabanaki and conservation leaders discuss land return and stewardship BAR HARBOR — The growing movement to return land, authority, and stewardship to Wabanaki communities is the focus of the final College of the Atlantic Coffee…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (381+ words) Bar Harbor Story | Carrie Jones | Substack One Nation, Under Fraud: The Penobscot Remonstrance and the Fight for Sovereignty September 10, 2026 at 5:00pm Jesup Memorial Library BAR HARBOR - On Thursday, September 10th at 5:00pm, join the MDI Historical Society, the Abbe Museum, and the Jesup…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (178+ words) Bar Harbor Story | Carrie Jones | Substack Andrew M. Horton, Active Retired Justice, Maine Supreme Court, to Present McCue Lecture SOUTHWEST HARBOR—On Thursday, September 3 at 5:30 p.m., Andrew M. Horton, Active Retired Justice, Maine Supreme Court, will give the McCue Lecture “The…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (427+ words) The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Maine Seacoast Mission. SOUTHWEST HARBOR—The Musson Group’s Noel Musson sat at the long desk in the Southwest Harbor Meeting Room with the members of the town’s Land Use Ordinance Review…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1767+ words) The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Thrive Juice Bar & Kitchen. BAR HARBOR—In two big decisions made during its Tuesday night meeting, the Bar Harbor Town Council unanimously agreed to extend its lodging moratorium and declined to put…...