Bar Harbor is grappling with a shortage of affordable housing. A new proposal by a major hotelier would construct an 84-bed dorm for seasonal employees.
BAR HARBOR — The Board of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association voted at their annual meeting to donate $50,000 toward the construction of the new wading pool and splash
Sophia Bell, a fellow Jamaican here through the H2B program who works at Witham Family Limited Partners, described Samuels’ joy and smile as “infectious.”
Philbert Samuels, a man from Jamaica who has worked at the Bar Harbor Inn for the last 18 seasons through the H2B Visa program, has been diagnosed with kidney failure.