As summer fades, coastal Maine reveals its charm in new ways. For those considering buying a home on Mount Desert Island or in the surrounding Hancock County towns, fall offers unique [...]

By Laurie Schreiber

Renovations are underway to transition a long-time restaurant in downtown Bar Harbor into a larger location for the Bar Harbor Food Pantry.

The Bar Harbor Food Pantry bought 34 Kennebec Place, home to Mama DiMatteo’s restaurant, from Eric Olson for $1.24 million.

Erica Brooks of the Swan Agency represented the seller and Kim Swan and Hannah Phippen of the Swan Agency represented the buyers. [...]

"Longtime broker and Swan Real Estate Agency owner Kim Swan purchased this 53-acre parcel fronting Flanders Bay and Flanders Stream on Jan. 8 as a “passion project.” There will be an opportunity for the public to see Swan Song Salt Farm and offer ideas for its use at a date yet to be [...]

Explore the feature by Anna Mangum in Decor Maine, showcasing the highlights of the 2023 Bar Harbor Designer Showhouse. Every contribution to this year's Showhouse went towards supporting MDI Hospital.

By Laurie Schreiber

A long-time restaurant on the waterfront in Stonington has sold to Bar Harbor restaurateurs who have been in the business for nearly 50 years.

Laura and Erik Johnson bought 27 Main St. from Rudi Neumayr of Nereus Investments LLC for an undisclosed price.

The list price was $1.195 million.

Erica Brooks of Swan Agency Real [...]

Decor Maine: Gem of Vacationland
by Kathryn Williams

"Places, like people, are hard to pin down, too easy to flatten. And every portraitist, as Pablo Picasso so dramatically demonstrated, has their angle—or angles.  

Painting a picture of Mount Desert Island, Kim Swan’s perspectives are as varied as any cubist master’s: Bar Harbor kid since [...]

by Laurie Schreiber

The buyers of the Blue Hill Inn said they’re embracing both its historic nature and the chance to develop concepts of eco-tourism and green lodging practices. 

Kim and Clair Maxwell bought the inn, at 40 Union St. in Blue Hill, from Duncan Hamilton for an undisclosed price.

Dana Moos of Swan Agency Real Estate represented the seller and Eben Viens of the B&B Team represented the buyers. 

“We were looking on the coast in New England and this one checked all the boxes,” Clair Maxwell told Mainebiz.

The inn is located on two acres in the center of the village of Blue Hill and a block from the head of Blue Hill Bay. Read More