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.

The Burleigh at Kennebunkport Inn becomes the Tinsel Bar, decked from floor to ceiling with Christmas ornaments, lights, and garlands. And no one does the holidays quite like Batson River.

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’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 & Coastal Maine Tourists sit on the rocks off the Ocean Path Trail in Acadia National Park on June 3. (Esta Pratt-Kielley/Maine Public) The Maine coast stretches some 3,500 miles ...

Bar Harbor, Maine — 'human-made and natural beauty' Travel + Leisure said that Bar Harbor is one of the most beautiful beach towns in the world, giving it the No. 11 spot on the list.