APPLL is an independent group of citizens and businesses who have come together to preserve and protect local livelihoods currently at risk from unfounded and unwarranted efforts to constrain a certain kind of tourism in Bar Harbor.

Cruise ship season in Maine kicks off this month, bringing an influx of visitors to Maine. Last year, about 140,000 passengers visited Portland, and almost 300,000 visited Bar Harbor…

As a native Mainer, mother of three children in local schools, and an 18-year business owner, I’m proud The Association to Preserve and Protect Local Livelihoods (APPLL)…

Bar Harbor welcomed a boatload of visitors Thursday to kick off its cruise ship season.

On Thursday, hundreds of tourists will enter the town of bar harbor as passengers of the towns first cruise ship of the season.

Bar Harbor’s cruise season kicked off Thursday with the arrival of the 965-foot Norwegian Pearl on a cold, gray day.

The cruise ship season begins today with the arrival of the Norwegian Pearl, which docked despite the gloomy weather. It is the first of fourteen boats that are scheduled to visit in May.

However you arrive, the point of a press conference held Thursday, May 4th, was that Bar Harbor Welcomes You! Whether you arrive by car, bus, plane, or cruise ship, representatives stated that Bar Harbor Welcomes All!

Maine’s cruise ship season is underway, and the first cruise ship of the season is arriving in Bar Harbor on Thursday.

Bar Harbor, Maine – Maine's highly anticipated cruise ship season in Bar Harbor is set to kick off on Thursday, May 4, with the arrival of the first ship, the Norwegian Pearl.