Following 18 years on the job, Bar Harbor Fire Chief Dave Rand has submitted resignation papers to the town. “It is with a heavy heart that I submit my resignation,” Rand wrote in an Oct. 13 letter to Town Manager Dana Reed. “The last 18 years at the Bar Harbor Fire...
On a day of globally coordinated protests loosely linked to the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations, dozens of people met at the Bar Harbor Village Green Saturday, Oct. 15 to discuss the ways in which rising income inequality, and what many described as corporate greed,...
Tremont’s Land Use Ordinance Review Committee and Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee are looking at issues related to questions that surround commercial development and mixed residential/business uses. At its meeting on Oct. 11, the Planning Board heard from...
The town of Bar Harbor has accepted two applications for an open Town Council seat, although one was submitted late. The applicants are Philip Worden, an attorney for a Northeast Harbor law office who has served as legal counsel for the Bar Harbor Appeals Board for...
Bangor Hydro has scheduled a planned power interruption for the Mount Desert village of Seal Harbor from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19. According to a press release issued Monday, the outage will affect several hundred customers in Seal Harbor. Areas to be...
