BAR HARBOR — Renovations and upgrades to the Duck Brook water pumping station are tentatively set to begin this fall, following approval of nearly $1 million in additional financing for the project at a special town meeting on June 7.

BAR HARBOR — Veteran firefighter Lyman “Joey” Kane will be promoted to interim Fire Chief here, effective next month when Fire Chief Dave Rand steps down.

BAR HARBOR — Voters here will choose from seven candidates to fill three open seats on the town council when they go to the polls for town elections Tuesday, June 12. Voting takes place at the municipal building from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

BAR HARBOR — Potential new uses for the idle international ferry terminal on Eden Street, including a combination cruise ship pier and public marina, were illustrated in detail May 31 at a workshop held by the professional consultants hired to study the property.

BAR HARBOR — Four decades of teaching math to a room full of sixth-graders seems at the outset like it might lead someone halfway to the nuthouse, babbling equations and muttering about integers and variables. For Marlene Hurd, however, the work has been energizing and deeply fulfilling.

BAR HARBOR — Construction of a $3.4 million public works complex on town land in Hulls Cove was approved by nearly a three-to-one margin at the annual town meeting in the Conners Emerson School gymnasium Tuesday.

BAR HARBOR — The discharge of soapy water by the coastal cruise ship Independence while it was tied up to the town pier on Memorial Day, May 28, was the result of crew error, according to an investigation conducted by harbormaster Charlie Phippen.

BAR HARBOR — The third annual Sierra Club summer environmental film series opens this weekend at Reel Pizza Cinerama with a compelling look at preeminent environmental activist, writer and broadcaster David Suzuki.

BAR HARBOR — Voters will weigh in on a school budget of $5.2 million, a municipal budget of $13.5 million and $3.4 million bond issue for a new public works complex in Hulls Cove when they gather on Tuesday, June 5 for the annual open town meeting.

BAR HARBOR — Several changes to the shellfish ordinance designed to improve conditions for commercial clammers here received favorable review from town councilors this month and will be considered for permanent addition when the council meets again in June.