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November Absentee Ballot Online Request
November Local Ballot Questions

Select Board Public Hearing and Regular Meeting
September 22, 2020 5:30pm
@ Southwest Harbor Fire Station
 Agenda Link / Join Meeting Live Feed
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Planning Board  October 1, 2020
Agenda Link / Live Feed Link

MDIHS Board of Trustees Meeting October 1, 2020
5:30 PM 
Agenda Link

COVID-19 Information and Community Resources(Link)

MDI Hospital COVID-19 Guidance
​Public Notice - COVID-19
Per Water District Wipe Notice
COVID-19 precautions video

Land Use Ordinance  Changes

Current LUO with Proposed Changes
​LUO Final Draft
Shoreland Zoning Ordinance Final Draft
Shoreland Zoning Map

Marijuana Ordinance Final Draft

Subdivision Ordinance Final Draft

​Island Explorer Service Indefinitely Postponed

Acadia Chamber regarding Oktoberfest
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​Boating Safety in Southwest Harbor

Town Office Opening Plan

New Permanent Office Hours

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8:30 am-5 pm
Tuesday 8:30 am-12:30 pm

The Southwest Harbor Town Office as re-opened for in-person town business. We still ask that you use online services as much as possible.  We require all people conducting business at the Town Office to maintain social distancing guidelines and wear a mask inside the building. Public facilities, such as the public restrooms, Charlotte Rhoades Park, and playgrounds have re-opened and we ask that social distancing guidelines be followed and a mask be worn when distance cannot be maintained. 

For more information about opening businesses click here.
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For more information about entering Maine from another state click here.

For social distancing guidelines click here.

​​Staff and Depts. ​

Town Manager: Justin VanDongen 244.5404
Code Enforcement: John Larson 244-7915
Deputy Code Enforcement: Jesse Dunbar 244-7915
Town Clerk: Marilyn Lowell 244.5404
Dep. Tax Collector, Dep. Clerk, Reg. Voters :  Debbie Clark  244.5404
Harbor Master: Adam Thurston, 244.8713
Fire Dept: Tom Chisholm, Chief, 244.7911
​Police Dept: Alan Brown, Chief, 244.7911
Highway Dept: 244.7917​
Water/Sewer District: 244.3948
                                      
                                     Email Select Board Members
                           Chad Terry, Kristin Hutchins, Allen Willey,
                                        George Jellison, Carolyn Ball

 Local Links                                        

 ​State and Federal Links

Charlotte Rhoades  Butterfly Garden
SWH Transfer Station EMR, Inc. : 244.4347
​                     M-F, 8-5pm; Sat, 8-3pm
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Pemetic Elementary School
Mount Desert Island High School
SWH/Tremont Ambulance Service:
Harbor House Community Service Center
​Southwest Harbor Public Library
SW Harbor & Tremont Chamber of Commerce
Southwest Harbor Ferry

US Coast Guard Base
Acadia National Park
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Registration
Boat Registration
Maine Small Business Development Centers
​Maine Economic and Community Development
Maine Business Answers

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Flood Protection Links

 DHS/FEMA
Floodsmart.gov
Maine Floodplain Management Program