When the breakwater was built in Bar Harbor 105 years ago, the project was never finished. Now, faced with rising tides due to climate change, the approved height will finally be reached thanks to a $6.3 million upgrade from the federal government.
The hotel group’s donation goes toward the trust’s $3.5 million campaign, which aims to complete a 10-home affordable housing neighborhood on Bar Harbor’s outskirts and to advance other programs.