BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 28, 2023
Visitors to Acadia National Park next week are likely to find more locked gates than mountaintop ocean views if the federal government shuts down this weekend. It would be the first time in 10 years that a federal budget dispute closed the park during Maine’s tourist season. But even if the park shuts down at midnight Saturday, people hoping to get out and about on Mount Desert Island may not have to change plans.