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Bar Harbor, Maine is located in Hancock County. Zip codes in Bar Harbor, ME include 04609. The median home price in Bar Harbor is $259,000. More Bar Harbor information.

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3 hrs ago | Bangor Daily News

Ecopsychology explored in program at Bar Harbor Library

Discover the emerging field of ecopsychology, at a presentation on Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m. at the Jesup Memorial Library.

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9 hrs ago | SeacoastOnline

Great Bay grads told to keep their imagination

Meagan Cowan began her graduation address to the Class of 2013 at Great Bay Community College with a story about her own struggle at a large university after she graduated from high school in 2006.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Herald Gazette

'In Pursuit of Coastal Light' opens May 24

Archipelago Fine Arts Gallery, 386 Main Street in Rockland, invites the public to a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 24, for "In Pursuit of Coastal Light," a spring show of work by Gary Hoyle of Swan's Island and Andrea Peters of East Boothbay.

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Bangor Daily News

Housekeeper charged in inn fire on MDI

A man working as a housekeeper at a local inn has been charged with two misdemeanor crimes, but not arson, for starting a fire in a bathroom at the inn on Wednesday , according to local police.

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Wed May 15, 2013

Herald Gazette

Riley School takes first place in Maine Student Acting Competition

Students from Bar Harbor, Bangor, Belfast, Lincolnville, Riley, Searsport and Winterport competed in the all day event.

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Mon May 13, 2013

Foster's Daily Democrat

Sustainability conference set for UNH May 21

Sustainability might seem like a new, popular craze, but for New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility, it has been two decades since its start in promoting and educating businesses on sustainability.

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Fri May 10, 2013

Publishers' Weekly

Maine Man: PW Talks with Paul Doiron

A new national park sparks controversy in Massacre Pond, Paul Doiron's fourth mystery featuring Maine game warden Mike Bowditch.

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Boston.com

Maine restaurants feature underutilized fish

Acadian redfish is being featured at Maine restaurants and retailers for the next 10 days as part of an initiative to promote underutilized seafood species in the Gulf of Maine.

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Thu May 09, 2013

The Weekly Packet

Surry Community Improvement Association presents awards, donation at annual dinner

Ted Fletcher received a community service award for, among other things, faithfully arranging transportation for those unable to get to medical appointments.

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Wed May 08, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers Return to Penobscot Theatre Company, 5/25

Penobscot Theatre Company and the acclaimed Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers proudly present a new puppet play, perfect for the whole family, Everybody Loves Pirates.

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State of Maine

Dorothea Dix Award Presented To Former Medical Director

BANGOR – Dr. Roger Wilson of Bar Harbor, former Medical Director of Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center, was recently honored as the 2013 recipient of the Dorothea Dix Award for Community Service.

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Tue May 07, 2013

WABI-TV Bangor

A Bar Harbor Woman's Loss Inspires A Beneficial Business

In January, a pregnant Bar Harbor woman lost her child after contracting the flu.

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State of Maine

Parasitic Flies to the Rescue - 5/7/2013

AUGUSTA – Starting Tuesday, state entomologists from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's division of forestry will be releasing parasitic flies in an effort to try and control and minimize the damage to trees and shrubs done by the Winter Moth.

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Boston.com

Biggest cruise ship to visit Maine ... in 2015

The world's largest cruise ship will be paying a visit to Portland, but residents will have to wait two years to catch a glimpse.

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Mon May 06, 2013

Bangor Daily News

Acadia National Park to open Cadillac Mountain summit road on Saturday, despite federal budget cuts

People gather a few minutes before 7 a.m. on Oct. 22, 2011, at the summit of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park to see the sunrise.

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Capital Weekly

The "Summer Cottages" of Mount Desert Island

In October of last year I brought you the story of the terrible fire at Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island.

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Sun May 05, 2013

Bangor Daily News

Bar Harbor on schedule for record-breaking cruise ship season

The cruise ship Veendam sits in Bar Harbor on Sunday. The ship's first stop on its current tour leaving from Boston was Bar Harbor.

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Tue Apr 30, 2013

Bangor Daily News

COA Joins EPA Food Recovery Challenge - and connects to local elementary school

College of the Atlantic has joined the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Food Recovery Challenge.

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Mon Apr 29, 2013

Marine News

Great Lakes/Seaway in New Cruise Ship's Schedule

Pearl Sea Cruises' 'Pearl Mist', now in final outfitting, will cruise the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway, Canadian Maritimes & New England in 2014, The brand-new, 210 passenger capacity Pearl Mist has arrived in Maryland for final outfitting before going into service in 2014.

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Bangor Daily News

Super cool after-school program on sharks offered at Jesup library Wed. May 1

The Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor is offering "Dissecting Jaws: the Ins & Outs of Shark Biology" with Tony Sohns at the library on Wednesday, May 1 at 3:30p.m. for everyone 6 and older.

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