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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-14-003970
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20141021
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20141021
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20141021

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000743367
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				010393663
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			ME
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1122

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13349
		FILM NUMBER:		141166218

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		82 MAIN ST
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 400
		CITY:			BAR HARBOR
		STATE:			ME
		ZIP:			04609-0400
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2072883314

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		82 MAIN ST
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 400
		CITY:			BAR HARBOR
		STATE:			ME
		ZIP:			04609-0400
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      <font style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>FORM 8-K</b></font><br><br><br>
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      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b><br><br><br>
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            Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)&#160;&#160;&#160;October 21, 2014
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            <b>Bar Harbor Bankshares</b>
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            <b>Maine</b>
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          (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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            <b>01-0393663</b>
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            <b>&#160;&#160;&#160;P.O. Box 400</b>
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            <b>&#160;&#160;&#160;Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME</b>
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            <b>(207) 288-3314</b>
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      TABLE OF CONTENTS
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            Item 8.01 Other Events
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            Page 1
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            Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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            Page 1
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            Signatures
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            Page 1
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            Exhibit Index
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            <b>OTHER EVENTS</b>
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      Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB) (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) issued a press
      release on October 21, 2014, announcing that the Company&#8217;s Board of
      Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of 23.5 cents per share of
      common stock, representing an increase of 0.5 cents, or 2.4% compared
      with the prior quarter, and an increase of 2.2 cents or 10.2% compared
      with the fourth quarter of 2013. The dividend will be payable to all
      shareholders of record as of the close of business November 14, 2014 and
      will be paid on December 15, 2014. A copy of the Company&#8217;s press release
      is filed with this current report as an exhibit.
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            <b>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</b>
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            (d)
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            Exhibits No. Description
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            99.1 Copy of Company&#8217;s press release dated October 21, 2014 filed
            herewith.
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>SIGNATURES</b></font>
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      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
      Registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
      undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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            Dated:
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            October 21, 2014
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          BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES
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          /s/ Gerald Shencavitz
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          Gerald Shencavitz
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          EVP &amp; Chief Financial Officer
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      <b>EXHIBIT INDEX</b>
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      99.1&#160;&#160;&#160;Press Release dated October 21, 2014
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      <b>Exhibit 99.1</b>
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    <p style="text-align: center">
      <u><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>Bar
      Harbor Bankshares Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend</b></font></u>
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    <p>
      BAR HARBOR, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 21, 2014--Bar Harbor
      Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB), today announced that its Board of Directors
      declared a quarterly cash dividend of 23.5 cents per share of common
      stock, representing an increase of 0.5 cents, or 2.4%, compared with the
      prior quarter and an increase of 2.2 cents or 10.2% compared with the
      fourth quarter of 2013. This dividend represents the Company&#8217;s
      fourteenth consecutive quarter with a dividend increase. The quarterly
      cash dividend is payable to all shareholders of record as of the close
      of business November 14, 2014 and will be paid on December 15, 2014.
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      Bar Harbor Bankshares is the parent company of its wholly owned
      subsidiary, Bar Harbor Bank &amp; Trust. Bar Harbor Bank &amp; Trust, founded in
      1887, provides full service community banking with fifteen branch office
      locations serving downeast, midcoast, and central Maine.
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      CONTACT:<br><b>Bar Harbor Bankshares</b><br><b>Cutis C. Simard,
      207-288-3314</b><br><b>President and CEO</b>
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