Recount upholds Bar Harbor cruise ship limit

A Saturday recount of an attempt to repeal Bar Harbor’s cruise ship ordinance (Article 4) on the Nov. 5 ballot upheld the original vote, keeping in place a limit of 1,000 cruise ship passengers a day in the town.

The recounted vote was upheld 1,779 (no) to 1,714 (yes).

The ballot measure (Article 4) originally failed by 63 votes or less than 2 percent, with a tally of 1,713 in favor of the repeal to 1,776 against.

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