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After 10-Year Hiatus Bar Harbor Moves To Restore International Ferry Service

The town of Bar Harbor is closer to seeing the return of international ferry service after a 10-year hiatus. Last Thursday the town closed on the $3.5 million purchase of the Eden Street ferry terminal property from the Maine Department of Transportation.

Bar Harbor Town Manager Cornell Knight says Bay Ferries Ltd., which operates The Cat Ferry, anticipates signing a lease over the next week or so.

 

"But they're still working out details with customs and border protections, which have been delayed due to the government shutdown," Knight says.

 

Knight says the Town Council has authorized him to sign a 5-year lease with the company.  He says Bay Ferries was shooting for a June start date, but the delays have made that more difficult. He says the company still hopes to have the service up and running this season.

 

For the past three seasons Portland has hosted the ferry service to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.     

 

 

 

 

Ed is a Maine native who spent his early childhood in Livermore Falls before moving to Farmington. He graduated from Mount Blue High School in 1970 before going to the University of Maine at Orono where he received his BA in speech in 1974 with a broadcast concentration. It was during that time that he first became involved with public broadcasting. He served as an intern for what was then called MPBN TV and also did volunteer work for MPBN Radio.