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Bar Harbor's hope for 'local options' sales tax fails in Maine legislature again
BAR HARBOR, June 22, 2025 - The latest bid for a “local options” tax so that tourist towns may exact a small percentage of the Goliathan sales tax…
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Lincoln Millstein
OSHA slaps $46,350 fine on Ocean Properties in death of worker at Regency
BAR HARBOR, June 21, 2025 - Ocean Properties, owner of the Bar Harbor Regency hotel, has been fined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration…
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Lincoln Millstein
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Proof of residency for vacation permits looms as 1st big test of new BH council
Previous council left plenty undone as town faces multiple challenges
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Lincoln Millstein
Entire neighborhood in Southwest Harbor blasts appeals board, code officer for allowing 'monstrosity' building addition
SOUTHWEST HARBOR, June 13, 2025 - How do you alienate one of the island’s venerable summer colonies in just a few weeks?
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Lincoln Millstein
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SWH eyes taller buildings for workforce housing - 'going up instead of out'
Contract zoning's time has come - Part 2 of series on MDI's limited 'carrying capacity'
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Lincoln Millstein
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Saving Northeast Creek: Part 1 of series on MDI's limited 'carrying capacity'
BAR HARBOR, June 8, 2025 — Mount Desert Island is the second-largest island on the East Coast.
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Lincoln Millstein
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UPDATE: Final thoughts on Bar Harbor municipal elections as low turnout expected
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Lincoln Millstein
UPDATE: Final thoughts on Bar Harbor municipal elections as low turnout expected
BAR HARBOR, June 7, 2025 - There are off-year elections, and then there are “off, off-year elections.”
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Lincoln Millstein
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Ex-code officer says Bar Harbor's method is overreaching its authority to seek proof of residency
In stinging rebuke, Angela Chamberlain calls out former bosses
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Lincoln Millstein
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New York Times constitutional expert dissects Trump-Leonard Leo spat
MOUNT DESERT, June 1, 2025 - The New York Times this morning finally caught up with the Donald Trump-Leonard Leo contretemps in which Trump called the…
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Lincoln Millstein
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May 2025

Trump turns against Leonard Leo for judicial decisions, calls him a 'real sleazebag'
NORTHEAST HARBOR, May 30, 2025 - Leonard Leo, the right wing activist who raised billions in dark money from his waterfront home here, has become Donald…
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Lincoln Millstein
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Eaton Peabody, law firm with major MDI presence, announces its closure
MOUNT DESERT, May 30, 2025 - The 108-year-old law firm Eaton Peabody, which is embroiled in some of MDI’s most contentious cases, announced last night…
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Lincoln Millstein
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