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CASTINE, Maine — Concerns about safety overshadowed the rest of the agenda at the select board meeting on Monday, Oct. 7 at Emerson Hall. Resident Sarah Stammen spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting and described two alleged incidents involving Maine Maritime Academy students and youngsters in town. Some two dozen residents attended the meeting. In one alleged incident, children as young as 6 years old were offered alcohol and c…

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Castine residents raise concern about Maine Maritime student behavior

The November election ballot in Bar Harbor, Maine, one of the top, seasonal cruise ports in New England,  will offer voters the chance to repeal a 2022 law that capped daily cruise arrivals at 1,000 and replace it with one that roughly triples the number of people allowed to disembark in the destination. Under the […]

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Bar Harbor to Consider Repeal of Cruise Arrivals Cap

HAPPENING ON SUNDAY: The MDI Marathon and Team Relay start at 8 a.m. at 200 Main Street, while the half marathon begins at 8:30 a.m. and takes off in Northeast Harbor at 5 Manchester Rd. All races finish in front…

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The making of a marathon: How the twenty-first running of the MDI Marathon came together

BAR HARBOR — The recently released 2024 MDI Housing Summit Solution Summary Report highlights key barriers and potential solutions involved in the housing crisis on Mount Desert Island in an 18-page document, prepared by The Musson Group (TMG).

MDI Housing Solutions Summit releases annual report

New food and dining developments are taking place all across Maine. Here are some recent updates to keep you in the know: 
South Berwick-based Lee Franks has opened a second location of their burger and hot dog restaurant in Wells. It is located at 321 US Route 1. They’re currently open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Mussette owner Jonathan Cartwright has announced plans to launch Caring Community Cuisine, a new initiative to “focusing…

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Maine Food & Dining News: Bar Harbor, Wells, Kennebunkport, Saco, Dixfield, Biddeford, Westbrook - Portland Food Map

Two years after voters passed a citizen’s initiative to sharply reduce cruise ship traffic — leading to an ongoing stream of legal complaints — Bar Harbor officials hope that another vote next month will bring the resulting lawsuits to an end. But voters will have to agree to repeal the limits they approved in November 2022 for that to happen. The town council is asking voters to approve a new measure — Article 4 on the town’s Nov. 5 ballot — th…

Bar Harbor asks voters to loosen controversial cruise ship limits

BAR HARBOR — Officials gathered last Wednesday to cut the ribbon on an infrastructure project that has been some time in the making — and to celebrate the adoption of a potential new moniker for the municipality: “Gig Town.”

Bar Harbor officially becomes a 'Gig Town'

"This is four vacation rental violations in one Council packet, it's absolutely ridiculous," said Councilor Maya Caines. "The planning department worked really hard on creating this ordinance, people voted for it, and I think it's absolutely absurd that we're having…

Council OK's action against vacation rental violators

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Castine officials have looked into a resident’s complaint about the behavior of Maine Maritime Academy students, but have concluded the complaints are likely without merit. The complaints about two separate incidents were brought to the attention of town officials during an Oct. 7 meeting of the Select Board. One incident allegedly involved a truck that nearly ran an 11-year old child on a scooter off the road, while in the other MMA students al…

Castine finds no evidence for complaints about MMA students

BAR HARBOR — On Tuesday, Bar Harbor Code Enforcement Officer Angela Chamberlain brought four more instances of properties alleged to have been doing short-term rentals without a current license. At the council’s meeting last month, Chamberlain had brought another alleged violation to the group. The council unanimously voted for Town Manager James Smith to try to create consent agreements with the property owners so that the town does not have to…

More property owners break Bar Harbor’s short-term rental rules

BAR HARBOR — A proposed aquaculture lease in Eastern Bay that had raised concerns over potential effects on navigation, lobster fishing and MDI Biological Lab research in nearby waters was approved Oct. 2, but reduced more than 50 percent in…

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