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.
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“Protect Our Patients” Nurses Fight to Keep Bar Harbor Birth Services

“Protect our Patients.” Protect women’s healthcare. Protect our COMMUNITY.

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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!

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Birthing unit closures a terrible omen for Maine hospitals | Douglas Rooks This is what can happen when profit comes before people.

“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…”

CDC's cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks The steep cuts to the cruise ship inspection team baffled officials in the program, which is not paid for by taxpayer dollars.

This is not good news for the cruise industry or it’s passengers…

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MDIH 'firm' in decision to close labor and delivery unit A series of employee layoffs over the weekend are said to be unrelated to funding levels or the L&D closure, according to hospital officials. It is believed that at least

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!

Group of Bath residents wants fewer cruise ships Bath residents, mostly living in the South End of the city, are concerned about pollution, noise and 'overtourism.'

Another Maine town weighing economic benefits of cruise ship against pollution, and overcrowding.

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MDI Hospital Labor & Delivery Closure Town Hall MDI Hospital Labor & Delivery Closure Town Hall 04-03-2025 A copy of the chat transcript may be accessed here.

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.

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MDI Hospital: Labor & Delivery Closure Town Hall — Jesup Memorial Library For decades, Mount Desert Island Hospital has been honored to provide labor and delivery services, welcoming new lives into the community and supporting families through one of life’s most significant...

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...

We must resist! This is one more way to leave women behind.

Staffing is of course a big concern. What has MDI hospital done to recruit a CNM? Are there such things as traveler CNMs? Might there be unemployed CNMs available in light of other OB department closures? Let’s ask MDI Administrators at the meeting on Thursday. Please come!

Staffing is, of course, a big concern. What has MDIH done to recruit a CNM? Are there such things as traveler CNMs? Might there be unemployed CNMs available in light of other OB department closures? Questions for MDI Administrators at the meeting on Thursday…Please come and bring your questions!

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Grow it… Don’t close it!

MDI nurses host town hall in wake of OB closure announcement BAR HARBOR — The MDI YWCA’s gym was reduced to standing room only on the drizzly afternoon of March 30, three days after an announcement by Mount Desert Island Hospital

“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

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Help us strengthen the MDIH OB To the Administration and Board of Directors of Mount Desert Island Hospital, We, the undersigned, are shocked and saddened by the administration's sudden and unexpected decision to close our hospita...

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

Help us strengthen the MDIH OB To the Administration and Board of Directors of Mount Desert Island Hospital, We, the undersigned, are shocked and saddened by the administration's sudden and unexpected decision to close our hospita...

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.

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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.

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Mayor wages war against 'low cost' cruise ship tourists arriving in Nice The mayor has criticised cruise passengers who do ‘not consume anything’ and ‘leave their rubbish behind them’

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-...

On fourth try, Sitka cruise limit ballot prop goes out for signatures The last three petition applications were denied by the city’s legal department because they were deemed unenforceable, and included confusing or misleading provisions.

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...

This is how the small ships used to disembark passengers. It could work. The local fishermen should weigh in on how it might impact their access.

Small Cruise Ships Tendering to Town Pier? Initial discussions held at town council workshop Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar Jan 12, 2025 BAR HARBOR—During the Bar Harbor Town Council’s Tuesday workshop, which was meant to get a feel from the…

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Court takes up challenge to Bar Harbor’s cruise passenger limit Court takes up challenge to Bar Harbor’s cruise passenger limit

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.