Voters in Bar Harbor, Maine, a tourism hot spot in the state known as Vacationland, are set to soon decide whether to turn back incoming waves of cruise passengers. If the ballot question passes ...

The cap was proposed in response to complaints about downtown congestion during Bar Harbor’s cruise season, when more than 150 ships – some carrying thousands of passengers – typically visit.

Bar Harbor is Maine’s largest cruise-ship port of call and the number of ships and ship capacity have been going up. Bar Harbor has been booking more than 150 ships in recent years, ...

BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Several waterfront businesses are challenging Bar Harbor’s limit on the number of cruise ship passengers allowed to disembark in the town.

Cruise ship passengers make up less than 10% of visitors to Bar Harbor each year. But as Mount Desert Island's tourist economy has grown in recent years, cruise ships have become a flashpoint in a ...

Bar Harbor, a classic, picturesque Maine town that draws a great deal of tourists, is putting a moratorium on the number of visitors who arrive by cruise ships. Earlier this week, the Town Council ...

BAR HARBOR, Maine (WABI) - Cruise ship limitations will remain in Bar Harbor. A recount on Saturday upheld the results for Article 4 in the Nov. 5 election.

I was disappointed with Thomas Farragher’s commentary on the controversy over cruise ships in Bar Harbor, Maine (“Barred Harbor,” Page A1, Jan. 16).Nowhere was the environmental impact of ...

American Cruise Lines, operators of small coastal and river cruise ships including American Glory, American Independence ...

BAR HARBOR, Maine (WABI) - Cruise ship limitations will remain in Bar Harbor. A recount on Saturday upheld the results for Article 4 in the Nov. 5 election.