Bar Harbor

Bar Harbor,

town (1990 pop. 2,768), SE Maine, on Mount Desert IslandMount Desert Island
, c.100 sq mi (260 sq km), largest island off the coast of Maine; separated from the mainland by Frenchman Bay, Mt. Desert Narrows, and Western Bay. The island's rugged topography is a result of glacial action.
..... Click the link for more information. and on Frenchman Bay; settled 1763, inc. 1796. It was a famed New England resort during the 19th cent. Bar Harbor is a port of entry, and a port of call for cruise ships; from 1956 to 2009 a ferry connected the town with Yarmouth, N.S. In 1947 a large part of the town was destroyed by fire. Jackson Memorial Laboratory for biological research and the College of the Atlantic are there. Nearby Acadia National ParkAcadia National Park,
48,419 acres (19,603 hectares), SE Maine, on the Atlantic coast; est. as Sieur de Monts National Monument 1916, designated Lafayette National Park 1919, renamed 1929.
..... Click the link for more information. is a major tourist attraction.

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Bar Harbor Bankshares is the parent company of its wholly owned subsidiary, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, a community bank.

Bar Harbor Bankshares announces fiscal results

In recognition of the value proposition we represent, all of our Retail and Commercial business lines will begin operating under the Bar Harbor Bank & Trust name.

Bar Harbor Bankshares announces GAAP earnings of $7.8m

"Bar Harbor Bankshares has generated increased value for shareholders through execution of our business strategies, stock price appreciation and quarterly cash dividends," said CEO Curtis C.

Bar Harbor announces 3-for-2 stock split

While in college, he met his future wife, Dorothy Francis Brewer of Bar Harbor. They were married Aug.

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Bar Harbor Bank & Trust (assets: $840 million; 12 locations), Bar Harbor, Maine, has launched two of RewardsNOW's programs--the Pik n' Clik automated rewards program for new bank customers and Full Spectrum Rewards, which turns virtually every financial product the bank offers into a way to earn rewards.

A community bank uses a rewards program to differentiate itself

"Ocean Sounds": Bar Harbor lobstermen / know ocean sounds / rolled up form lowly troughs: / sonorous moos of amorous whales / and moans of moonstruck seals.

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She will call on Martha's Vineyard, MA; Bar Harbor and Portland, ME; Halifax, NS; and St.

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The new tool is scheduled to be delivered in 2005 to the Institute for Molecular Biophysics (IMB), Bar Harbor, Maine.

Coming to America

Information: Nancy Place, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 USA, 207-288-6257, fax: 207-288-6080, e-mail: nancyp@jax.org, Internet: http://www.jax.org/ courses/events/coursedetails.do?id=44

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Eppig of Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, who studies how eggs develop in the ovaries.