La Rochelle

La Rochelle is a beautiful and elaborate “cottage” on West Street in Bar Harbor. Built in 1902 for George S. Bowdoin, a great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton and a partner in the Morgan Bank, the mansion was named after the Bowdoin family’s ancestral town in France. The most recent owners, Ruth and Tristram Colket, donated the […]
Tesla Charging Station on Swans Island

Harbor Watch Inn owner Colleen Hyland (right) looks on as Janice Kenyon of Southwest Harbor, Maine christens the inn’s new charging station with her all-electric 2015 Nissan Leaf. Tesla Motors provided both a Tesla and a universal connector to accommodate any electric vehicle. Photo by George Soules PRESS RELEASE by George Soules ### Swans Island, […]