At 5 p.m. Santa arrives to light the tree and read the Christmas classic, ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas.’ You can also peruse the shops for good deals. Some stores are offering up to 50% off.

Last November, Bar Harbor residents backed tougher restrictions on visitors in a vote of 1,780 to 1,273. In Portland, voters declined to cap the number of disembarking passengers, by a vote of ...

Bar Harbor’s year-round population is 5,269 as of the latest census. But at any given time during the peak tourism season, the population exceeds 30,000. About 10,000 are day-trippers.

BAR HARBOR, Maine (WABI) - When you’re shopping at a small business most likely you’re thinking about the clothes or the food that you’re going to eat.

Bar Harbor, Maine named No. 4 best coastal town A popular vacation destination, Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island is full of breathtaking scenery, including ocean cliffs, rocky beaches, glacier ...

Travel Maine has the best small town in America — again, according to U.S. News & World Report The destination is "small-town Maine at its finest." Bar Harbor, named the best small town in the ...