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As Mount Desert Island's tourist economy has grown in recent years, cruise ships have become a flashpoint in a years-long debate over how much is too much. The town of Bar Harbor is openly divided over what to do next.
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Bar Harbor will limit the number of cruise ships and passengers under a new agreement reached with the industry, but residents will have a chance to vote on a more restrictive proposal in November.
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One option is a citizens petition on the November ballot. The second option, born from negotiations between the town and cruise ship industry, would cap the number of daily cruise ship passengers at fewer than 4,000 people each month.
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The petition would limit the number of cruise ship passengers entering Bar Harbor to 1,000 people a day.
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A group of Bar Harbor residents is launching a citizens petition to limit the number of cruise ship passengers who can enter town.
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The Bar Harbor Town Council decided it will form a new group to negotiate potential changes with the cruise ship industry for 2023 and beyond.
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After more than half of the respondents to a survey in Bar Harbor said the cruise ship industry is hurting the town, local officials on Tuesday said they will pursue more restrictions on the amount of cruise ship traffic the popular tourist town gets each year.
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Bar Harbor has decided to close its ports to cruise ships for the remainder of the 2020 season as COVID-19 cases continue to rise around the country.Town…
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SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine - Maine tourism officials are steering a new course for the cruise ship industry.The Portland Press Herald reports the Office of…
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More than 100 Southwest Harbor residents turned out in force Tuesday evening to unanimously enact a 180-day moratorium against the use of any town…