Acadia National Park's celebration of its 100th birthday, along with favorable weather, are two top reasons cited for a surge of visitors and business activity this past summer. Another contributing factor has been a marketing push by the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce, begun four years ago with the hiring of a publicist.
Mount Desert Island’s Acadia Senior College has invited both the company and its critics to make their cases separately in a free, two-part online program on Tuesday, May 10, and Tuesday, May 17.