In June Bar Harbor had their highest sales tax receipts in their history. The only loss they are feeling is the loss of air & water pollution & cruise passenger congestion. @localmattersbh.bsky.social

“Protect our Patients.” Protect women’s healthcare. Protect our COMMUNITY. Local Control. Local Choice. Local Matters.

THURSDAY, May 8th at 12pm NOON at the Village Green. Please come and stand up for OB services at MDI Hospital! Bring your mothers and daughters and sons and fathers! Stand up for women’s healthcare! bit.ly/MDIH-OB-Rally Local Control. Local Choice. Local Matters.

“Birthing unit closures a terrible omen for Maine hospitals. Unless something changes soon, Houlton Regional Hospital will become the 10th Maine hospital in a decade to close its birthing unit, leaving only a minority of the state's 32 remaining community hospitals offering maternity services…”

This is not good news for the cruise industry or it’s passengers… www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

Ending OB services at MDI Hospital affects not only childbearing women. It’s also health care for half of the island's population, as women of all ages are affected by the loss of providers who specialize in women’s health. Community health care is being reduced. We oppose your FINAL decision!

Another Maine town weighing economic benefits of cruise ship against pollution, and overcrowding. Local Control. Local Choice. Local Matters. www.pressherald.com/2025/04/01/g...

The audience at last night's MDIH "Town Hall" expected a Q&A session, but only questions were collected with no answers provided, leaving the purpose unclear. Maguire stated, "We believe in taking care of women…We are not abandoning women's health." Actions speak louder than words.

Grow it… Don’t close it! #3

Please join us in support of our OB department at MDI Hospital: today Thursday, April 3rd at 4:00 PM at the Jesup Memorial Library. Please come and bring your questions! Registration for online Zoom: www.jesuplibrary.org/events/hospi... Sign the petition: forms.gle/VV2XcurGmW5K...

Grow it… Don’t close it! #2

Grow it… Don’t close it!

“We’ve lost over 1/3 of our birthing units in the last 15 years and this will be the third closure in 2025 alone. Aside from being robbed of the choice to birth in our own cherished communities, this is also becoming fundamentally unsafe.” - Doula Sarah Tewhey forms.gle/VV2XcurGmW5K...

MDI Hospital must think outside the box! Instead of closing OB services, let’s expand it countywide. forms.gle/VV2XcurGmW5K...

Please consider signing this petition to stop the closure of our OB department at MDI Hospital. This closure would be so dangerous for women and future babies in our community. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We stand by our beloved nurses of MDI Hospital who oppose the closure of the hospital’s OB Department. They are the backbone to a healthy, growing residential population, and we need their expertise and presence here on the island more than ever.

Bar Harbor Town Warrant Committee has 6 upcoming openings Looking for a positive way to contribute? Consider running for the Warrant Committee! The Warrant Committee consists of 15 Bar Harbor citizens who serve as a check on the Town Council.

The Mayor of Nice, France says “Overtourism and pollution generated by these floating cities are scourges that we want to combat in Nice.” Maybe it is time for Big Cruise to rethink their production model and build smaller cleaner ships. www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...

Go Sitka! We stand with you! Stop Big Cruise from destroying our communities, our air, water, and our way of life. alaskapublic.org/news/2024-12...

@localmattersbh.bsky.social What do you think of the latest? barharborstory.com/2025/01/12/s...

Will Big Cruise and corporate greed succeed in the continuing destruction of our community with overcrowding and pollution from big ships? newspaper.pressherald.com/infinity/art...

Bar Harbor Citizens protecting the environment and promoting responsible tourism.