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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000743367-15-000069
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20151020
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20151020
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20151020

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:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13349
		FILM NUMBER:		151166450

	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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<DIV style="width:624px"><P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:16pt" align=center><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-bottom:4px; text-indent:24px; font-size:11pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" align=justify>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)<FONT style="font-size:12pt"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;January 20, 2015</FONT></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-bottom:4px; font-size:12pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" align=center><B>Bar Harbor Bankshares</B></P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:2px; text-indent:121.333px; width:429.333px; font-size:12pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; float:left"><B>001-13349</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-bottom:4px; font-size:12pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;P.O. Box 400</B></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:2px; text-indent:62.2px; width:501.333px; font-size:12pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; float:left"><B>Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME</B></P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:36.267px; width:507.667px; font-size:11pt; clear:left; float:left">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-bottom:4px; font-size:12pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" align=center><B>(207) 288-3314</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=center>(Registrant&#146;s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=center>(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0px; text-indent:24px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (<I>see </I>General Instruction A.2. below):</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=367.133><P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt">Item 8.01 Other Events</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt">Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt">Exhibit Index</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:96px; font-size:12pt; float:left"><B>ITEM 8.01</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt"><B>OTHER EVENTS</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB) (the &#147;Company&#148;) issued a press release on January 21, 2015, announcing that the Company&#146;s Board of Directors declared at its meeting held on January 20, 2015, a quarterly cash dividend of 24.5 cents per share of common stock, representing an increase of 1.0 cents, or 4.26% compared with the prior quarter, and an increase of 2.83 cents or 13.1% compared with the first quarter of 2014. The dividend will be payable to all <FONT style="font-family:CG Times,Times New Roman">shareholders of record as of the close of business February 13, 2015 and will be paid on March 13, 2015.</FONT> A copy of the Company&#146;s press release is filed with this current report as an exhibit.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt"><B>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</B></P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:72px; font-size:11pt; float:left">(d)</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:72px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:11pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits No. Description</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:96px; width:144px; font-size:11pt; float:left">99.1</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:144px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:11pt">Copy of Company&#146;s press release dated January 21, 2015 filed herewith<FONT style="font-size:12pt">.</FONT></P>
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<P style="margin-top:6.133px; margin-bottom:6.133px; font-size:12pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>
<P style="margin-top:6.133px; margin-bottom:6.133px; font-size:11pt">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.</P>
<P style="margin-top:6.133px; margin-bottom:6.133px; font-size:12pt">Dated: <FONT style="font-size:11pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;January 21, 2015</FONT></P>
<P style="margin-top:6.133px; margin-bottom:6.133px; font-size:11pt">BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>/s/ Curtis C. Simard</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Curtis C. Simard</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>President &amp; Chief Executive Officer</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:CG Times,Times New Roman" align=justify>99.1 &nbsp;&nbsp;Press Release dated <FONT style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt">January 21, 2015</FONT></P>
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<DIV style="width:624px"><P style="margin:0px; font-size:16pt"><B>EXHIBIT 99.1</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:CG Times,Times New Roman"><B>For further information contact: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B><B><U>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</U></B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-family:CG Times,Times New Roman"><B>Curtis C. Simard</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-family:CG Times,Times New Roman"><B>President and CEO</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B><U>Bar Harbor Bankshares Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend</U></B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:CG Times,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Bar Harbor, Maine (October 20, 2015) &#150; Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB), today announced that its Board of Directors declared at its October 20, 2015 meeting, a quarterly cash dividend of 26.0 cents per share of common stock, representing an increase of 0.5 cents, or 2.0%, compared with the prior quarter and an increase of 2.5 cents or 10.6% compared with the fourth quarter of 2014. The quarterly cash dividend is payable to all shareholders of record as of the close of business November 13, 2015 and will be paid on December 15, 2015. </P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Bar Harbor Bankshares is the parent company of its wholly owned subsidiary, Bar Harbor Bank &amp; Trust. &nbsp;Bar Harbor Bank &amp; Trust, founded in 1887, provides full service community banking with fifteen branch office locations serving downeast, midcoast, and central Maine.</P>
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