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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-16-006106
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160719
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160719
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160719

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:		161773368

	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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            <b>Bar Harbor Bankshares</b>
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            <b>Maine</b>
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          (IRS Employer Identification No.)
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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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            Signatures
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            Page 1
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            Exhibit Index
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            <b>ITEM 8.01</b>
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            <b>OTHER EVENTS</b>
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    <p style="text-align: justify">
      Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB) (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) issued a press
      release on July 19, 2016 announcing that the Company&#8217;s Board of
      Directors declared at its meeting held on July 19, 2016, a quarterly
      cash dividend of 27.5 cents per share of common stock, representing an
      increase of 0.5 cents, or 1.9% compared with the prior quarter, and an
      increase of 2.0 cents or 7.8% compared with the third quarter of 2015.
      The dividend will be payable to all shareholders of record as of the
      close of business August 15, 2016 and will be paid on September 15,
      2016. 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 &#160;&#160;&#160;Copy of Company&#8217;s press release dated July 19, 2016 filed
            herewith.
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt"><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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            July 19, 2016
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          &#160;
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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 July 19, 2016
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<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 99.1
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      <b>Exhibit 99.1</b>
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    <p style="text-align: center">
      <u><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt"><b>Bar
      Harbor Bankshares Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend</b></font></u>
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    <p>
      BAR HARBOR, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2016--Bar Harbor Bankshares
      (NYSE MKT: BHB), today announced that its Board of Directors declared at
      its July 19, 2016 meeting, a quarterly cash dividend of 27.5 cents per
      share of common stock, representing an increase of 0.5 cents, or 1.9%,
      compared with the prior quarter and an increase of 2.0 cents or 7.8%
      compared with the third quarter of 2015. The quarterly cash dividend is
      payable to all shareholders of record as of the close of business August
      15, 2016 and will be paid on September 15, 2016.
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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 fourteen branch
      office locations serving downeast, midcoast, and central Maine.
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      CONTACT:<br><b>Bar Harbor Bankshares</b><br><b>Curtis C. Simard,
      207-288-3314</b><br><b>President and CEO</b>
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