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Bar Harbor, Maine Patch AM: a 4 min readCheers Bar Harbor! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- An Ellsworth expansion opens a path back to lower Main Street
- She drove 11 hours to help Acadia weather the winter
Also on today's calendar: The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams and 11 more events.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 48 and low of 35 degrees.
- Thursday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 46, low: 38.
- Friday: Mostly cloudy, a little rain, with a high of 44 and low of 39 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Mt. Desert Island Ice Cream Expands Production to Ellsworth (barharborstory.com) — Mt. Desert Island Ice Cream’s purchase of an Ellsworth production building will allow its lower Main Street shop in Bar Harbor to reopen, according to founder Linda Marie Parker. Whether the new Water Street location will also serve customers remains unclear, and any shop there would not open until 2027. 
• She Drove Hours Into the Rain to Care for Acadia. (barharborstory.com) — Nearly 300 volunteers braved Saturday’s rain to clear Acadia’s carriage-road drainage before winter, including Marlene Cosner, who drove 11 hours from Pennsylvania to help. The longtime park visitor joined Take Pride in Acadia Day, where clearing leaves from ditches and culverts helps prevent winter washouts.
📸 Around Bar Harbor
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Upcoming Events in
Bar Harbor
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★ Featured events ★
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The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams →
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, 53 Old Post Rd, Arundel
8:00 pm -
Seacoast Artisans 27th Annual Holiday Fine Arts & Craft Show →
Great Bay Community College, 320 Corporate Dr, Portsmouth
9:00 am
Friday November 13
Saturday November 14
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Other local events
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Figure Drawing →
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Design Review Board Meeting →
Council Chambers, 93 Cottage, Bar Harbor
4:00 pm -
Paddy Mills at Maine Working Waterfront Conference →
Maine Working Waterfront Conference, Bar Harbor
5:00 pm -
(Realtors) Aware & Prepared: Self-Defense →
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AI and the applied philosophy of language: Explorations for education and translation →
Davis Center for Human Ecology, 105 Eden St, Bar Harbor
4:10 pm -
MDI Drama Presents URINETOWN →
Mount Desert Island High School, 1081 Eagle Lake Road, Bar Harbor
7:00 pm -
Open mic →
The Turrets, 17 Turrets Dr, Bar Harbor
7:00 pm -
MDI Drama Presents URINETOWN →
Mount Desert Island High School, 1081 Eagle Lake Road, Bar Harbor
2:00 pm -
Coping with AI in our Communities →
Davis Center for Human Ecology, 105 Eden St, Bar Harbor
6:00 pm -
Bar Harbor School Committee Meeting →
Emerson School Library, Bar Harbor
4:30 pm -
Reserved for Parks and Recreation Committee →
Council Chambers, 93 Cottage, Bar Harbor
4:30 pm -
Planning Department - Project Pre-TRT Completeness Review →
Council Chambers, 93 Cottage, Bar Harbor
10:00 am
Thursday November 12
Friday November 13
Saturday November 14
Sunday November 15
Monday November 16
Tuesday November 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Birch Bay Retirement Village posted a job opening for Housekeeping Staff I - Per Diem in Bar Harbor. Apply here.
- Regional School Unit 24 posted a job opening for Substitute Custodians in Sullivan. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bar Harbor here.
🗞 Nearby News
Southwest Harbor
- Ranked choice voting counting process underway in Augusta (wabi.tv)
- Volunteer Divers Just Discovered a World War II Shipwreck That Had Been Missing for More Than 80 Years (vice.com)
- See 3 coastal Maine house lots for sale (pressherald.com)
Blue Hill
- Ellsworth Council Recount Waits On State Ballot Boxes (wearebangor.com)
Ok Bar Harbor! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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