The cap was proposed in response to complaints about downtown congestion during Bar Harbor’s cruise season, when more than 150 ships – some carrying thousands of passengers – typically visit.

Last November, Bar Harbor residents backed tougher restrictions on visitors in a vote of 1,780 to 1,273. In Portland, voters declined to cap the number of disembarking passengers, by a vote of ...

From late April through October, some 150,000 of those people clamber ashore in Bar Harbor, happily injecting $20 million into the local economy, despite the fact that Bar Harbor isn’t a particularly ...

When the town of Bar Harbor bought a defunct ferry terminal from the Maine Department of Transportation in 2019, it had a vision to redevelop it as a marina for a variety of stakeholders.

Bar Harbor voters passed a referendum in 2022 barring more than 1,000 cruise ship passengers a day from disembarking in town ... the difficulty of enforcing the law at privately owned docks, ...

Bar Harbor is an irresistible cocktail of history, charm, and that postcard-perfect seasonal beauty New England is famous for. It’s the kind of place where you can watch the sunrise from a ...

Bar Harbor Boat Tours is ranked #3 out of 11 things to do in Bar Harbor. ... The Acadian offers free, on-site parking near its dock at the Atlantic Oceanside Hotel.

I’m scheduled to arrive in Bar Harbor on May 24 for a two-week stay. My niece, Abi, and her 6-year-old son, Sam, will join me for a few days. We’ll drive up to the top of Cadillac and look out ...