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Friedmann to run for House seat

If you live in Bar Harbor and happen to be a Democrat, you will get the opportunity to vote for Gary Friedmann twice on Tuesday, June 11.

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Town Council moves $28M draft budget to public hearing

BAR HARBOR — The Town Council in regular session last week voted unanimously to move the current version of the 2025 budget, set at just over $28 million, to a

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Jill Goldthwait writes her final 'State of Maine' column

BAR HARBOR — Jill Goldthwait has written her 1,092th (more or less) and final “State of Maine” column for this week’s Islander and Ellsworth American. The first one appeared in

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New Acadia visitor center starts to take shape

The Acadia Gateway Center on the west side of Route 3 is well into its second phase and meant to be completed in 2025.

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Town council moves land use amendments forward

BAR HARBOR — Four proposed land use ordinance amendments will be put forward to voters at the June Town Meeting. Following months of public discussion based on years of planning

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Maine must develop healthy offshore wind energy

"Refusing to take the steps necessary to mitigate climate change could have deadly consequences."

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Councilors debate reduced solar project

BAR HARBOR — Is the scaled-down solar project at Higgins Pit worth the money at its current size and cost to the taxpayer? That is what members of the Town

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Talk of the Towns 1/10/24: Town Planning for Climate Resilience | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives

Producer/Hosts: Ron Beard and Liz Graves Theme music for Talk of the Towns Theme is a medley from Coronach, on a Balnain House Highland Music recording. Talk of the Towns: Local Community concerns and opportunities This month: – Many towns, business owners and home owners think about and plan for the future in some way… how has the issue of climate sharpened focus on the need to plan for and adapt to sea level rise and warming? – What does “climate resilience” look like from each of your perspectives… what examples provide you with inspiration? – What are the key challenges you face as you engage your communities and plan for climate resilience? Who do you get to answer sceptics? – Where can other communities get help with these challenges? Other examples of working within and across town boundaries, etc. Guest/s: Kathleen Billings, Town Manager, Stonington Susie Arnold, director Center for Climate and Community Resilience, Island Institute Carla Guenthher, Senior Scientist, Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries Linda Louise Nelson, Director of Community Development, Stonington FMI: www.stoningtonmaine.org coastalfisheries.org www.islandinstitute.org/priorities/climate-solutions/ www.aclimatetothrive.org About the hosts: Ron Beard is producer and host of Talk of the Towns, which first aired on WERU in 1993 as part of his community building work as an Extension professor with University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Sea Grant. He took all the journalism courses he could fit in while an undergraduate student in wildlife management and served as an intern with Maine Public Television nightly newscast in the early 1970s. Ron is an adjunct faculty member at College of the Atlantic, teaching courses on community development. Ron served on the Bar Harbor Town Council for six years and is currently board chair for the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor, where he has lived since 1975. Look for him on the Allagash River in June, and whenever he can get away, in the highlands of Scotland where he was fortunate to spend two sabbaticals. Liz Graves joined Talk of the Towns as co-producer and co-host in July 2022, having long admired public affairs programming on WERU and dreamed of getting involved in community radio. She works as the Town Clerk for the Town of Bar Harbor, and is a former editor of the Mount Desert Islander weekly newspaper. Liz grew up in California and came to Maine as a schooner sailor.

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Trash talk: Towns' garbage in Maine landfills is up nearly 50%

More disposable products, fewer recycling opportunities and a larger population are contributing to the problem, lawmakers are told.

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Maine towns are landfilling 50 percent more garbage

In response, Maine environmental regulators have called for expanding the capacity of the Juniper Ridge Landfill.

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