Mills vetoes bill to buy out power companies
Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a bill proposing a forced buyout of Maine’s two largest electric utilities on Tuesday.
Politics
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Planning Board meets July 7 to consider Jones Marsh year-round housing
Island Housing Trust’s newest year-round neighborhood – Jones Marsh – has a public hearing at the next Bar Harbor Planning Board meeting, Wednesday, July 7, at 4 p.m.
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Balloon release bill floats through Legislature
A bill that defines the intentional release of balloons as an act of littering passed the state Senate last week.
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Council amends parklet rules in light of dispute
Valerie Griffith, the owner of Arts and Ends in Bar Harbor, complained to the Town Council about the negative effects caused by Blaze’s parklet, which extends in front of her store.
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Trenton voters approve $4.3 million school budget
Voters approved the proposed $4,359,588 budget for the Trenton Elementary School June 12 at Town Meeting,
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Southwest Harbor Town Meeting election results
There were 147 votes cast on Tuesday during the election portion of Southwest Harbor’s annual Town Meeting.
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All articles pass at Southwest Harbor Town Meeting
The firehouse, with doors wide open, was packed with people, safely distanced from one another, for the annual Southwest Harbor Town Meeting on Saturday.
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Incumbents win in Bar Harbor council race
BAR HARBOR — Town Council members Gary Friedmann and Joseph Minutolo were able to hold onto their seats in the annual election Tuesday, handily defeating three challengers. “It was an interesting race,” Minutolo said after the results were announced in the town municipal building. “I just want to give the citizens a voice. That’s really …
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Town Meeting takes place in Southwest Harbor this Saturday
Southwest Harbor’s annual Town Meeting will be held this Saturday at 10 a.m.