Bar Harbor can only enforce passenger limits for cruise ships in July and August, judge says

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 22, 2026

A federal judge ruled this month that Bar Harbor can only limit the number of passengers coming ashore from cruise ships in July and August. In other months, the town cannot enforce an ordinance that caps daily disembarkments at 1,000, the ruling said. Voters approved that rule as a referendum in 2022, and local businesses sued the town in response.