BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 29, 2024
A federal court has denied a request by businesses and river pilots for an injunction to temporarily suspend local cruise ship restrictions that are currently under appeal. If it had been granted, the injunction would have stopped the town of Bar Harbor from pursuing those cruise limits until after the decision on the appeal. The request is now likely headed back to federal court. The new rules in the town’s ordinances and operating procedures cut cruise ship visitations to 1,000 disembarkations a day.