Bar Harbor passes vacation rental regs
Voters passed all seven land use ordinance amendments at town meeting Tuesday, including new restrictions on vacation rentals.
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Voters pass bond for Conners Emerson renovation design
By a count of 1682 yes to 400 no, voters passed the question on the preliminary phase of what is estimated to be a $40 million-plus project.
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Campground moratorium approved in Tremont
More than half of the town’s registered voters cast a ballot in the election, with 482 people voting for the moratorium and 215 voting against.
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Hotel charity donates $100K each to three area nonprofits
There were tears and some shocked chest-clutching from the heads of three local charities this week, after a hotelier who had recently sold three properties announced that he was going to donate $100,000 to each organization.
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Bar Harbor glamping resort wins award
Terramor Outdoor Resort, a glamping facility that opened in August 2020, can now call itself an award-winning destination.
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Town seeks candidates for Comprehensive Plan Committee
Bar Harbor officials are looking for residents to serve on a committee to help shape the new comprehensive plan.
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Teachers’ union charges denied
In a filing Monday with the Maine Labor Relations Board, the Mount Desert Island Regional School System board denied allegations in a “prohibited practice complaint” filed Sept. 14 by the MDI Education Association, the teachers’ union, in connection with negotiations for a new three-year teachers’ contract.
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Tremont residents address campground concerns
The proposed campground moratorium, if approved, would halt all pending campground applications, on top of any new applications for the following six months.
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The Jackson Laboratory rekindles childcare plans with onsite facility proposal
After plans for a childcare facility in partnership with the Mount Desert Island and Down East Family YMCA were halted earlier this year, The Jackson Laboratory has proposed building a new childcare center on its campus in Bar Harbor.
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Details released on crash that killed deputy
A state of Maine crash report said the roadway was dry and weather conditions clear when a pickup truck struck the late Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy Luke Gross, who had been clad in a “high-visibility reflective vest,” at 5:15 a.m. on Sept. 23 on Route 3 in Trenton.
