BAR HARBOR, Maine (WABI) - Bar Harbor is one of Maine’s quintessential summer tourism towns, but a proposed ordinance is looking to decrease population size, specifically for those visiting on cruise ...

Residents in the Maine town of Bar Harbor will decide in November whether to affirm or repeal the 1,000-passenger daily limit on cruise passengers that they approved in a referendum two years ago. If ...

BAR HARBOR, Maine (WABI) - The future is hazy for some Bar Harbor businesses as they worry about the effects of cruise ship passenger limitations. One even plans to relocate out of the coastal town ...

When Valerie Peacock braves the crowded Bar Harbor Hannaford parking lot to get groceries- her 10-year-old son insists on staying home. Because every time she goes into town, Peacock is waylaid by ...

On Election Day two years ago, Bar Harbor voters imposed a limit of 1,000 on the number of cruise ship passengers allowed to come ashore during any given day. At the polls Nov. 5, voters will consider ...

The Norwegian Gem anchors in Bar Harbor, Maine, in September 2024. The ship, which visits Boston dozens of time a year, carries nearly 2,400 passengers and burns more than 50,000 gallons of fuel daily ...

BOSTON — The small town of Bar Harbor, Maine, won a partial victory when the First Circuit upheld much of the lower court’s ruling in its favor regarding the popular tourist destination’s ordinance ...

BAR HARBOR, Maine (BDN) -- Tourist season in Bar Harbor has resumed with the usual crowded sidewalks and hard-to-find parking spots, but there is one noticeable difference this summer. The town’s ...

YORKTOWN, Va. — For now, the waterfront is a picture of serenity. On a recent fall morning in this historic Tidewater town, two men quietly fished on the pier. A scuba diver emerged from the York ...

With tours focusing on local lighthouses and indigenous wildlife, including puffins, lobsters, birds and seals, Bar Harbor Whale Watch Company offers different cruises highlighting the best the Maine ...