Bar Harbor urged to buy $3.5 million ferry terminal to ease tourist crunch

Residents will be advised to buy a former ferry terminal for $3.5 million to reduce tourist traffic in town. A Town Council committee agreed Tuesday to advise that cruise-ship tender traffic be split between docks downtown and the Eden Street site of the former terminal, which they hope will become a multi-use marine facility, according to Ruth Eveland, co-chairwoman of the Ferry Terminal Property Advisory Committee .