Bar Harbor has seen political and legal challenges around cruise ship visitation in recent years, with several pending legal cases as the local conversation evolves. “The reductions in Bar Harbor will ...

Princess Cruises' Sky Princess sits behind Bar Island while in port in Frenchman Bay, Maine last month. (Ashley L. Conti for The Wall Street Journal) Residents in Bar Harbor, Maine, easily passed a ...

BAR HARBOR, Maine (WABI) - Following lawsuits against the town after a vote in 2022 to limit cruise ship passengers, Bar Harbor residents will be asked next Tuesday if they want to set a higher cap on ...

With no more than 1,000 cruise ship passengers now allowed to touch shore at Bar Harbor each day, the town is working on ways to enforce that limit. For the 2024 season that runs from May 2 through ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 (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 ...

The Maine town of Bar Harbor is implementing a daily limit of 1,000 cruise passengers, canceling calls reserved after November 2022 by ships that exceed the limit. The town council has directed the ...

Views of Bar Harbor, Maine during a Norwegian Cruise Line Breakaway cruise. Experience the beauty of the coast and seaside town. Bondi Makes Major Announcement on D.C. Bear attack in Florida caught on ...

Cruising is one of the fastest-growing segments of travel, with cruise bookings up 17% in North America between 2019 and 2023. Globally cruise capacity is forecast to grow at least 10% from 2024 to ...