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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000743367-16-000172
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161025
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161025
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161025

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:		161950507

	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;October 25, 2016</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:0px; padding-bottom:4px; font-size:12pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" align=center><B>(207) 288-3314</B></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="margin:0px; font-size:11pt">Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits</P>
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<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 October 25, 2016 announcing that the Company&#146;s Board of Directors declared at its meeting held on October 25, 2016, a quarterly cash dividend of 28.0 cents per share of common stock, representing an increase of 0.5 cents, or 1.8% compared with the prior quarter, and an increase of 2.0 cents or 7.7% compared with the fourth quarter of 2015. 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 November 14, 2016 and will be paid on December 15, 2016.</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-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:96px; font-size:12pt; float:left"><B>ITEM 9.01</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt"><B>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</B></P>
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<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 October 25, 2016 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;October 25, 2016</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/ Josephine Iannelli</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Josephine Iannelli </P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>EVP &amp; Chief Financial Officer</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>99.1<FONT style="font-family:CG Times,Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> &nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>Press Release dated October 25, 2016</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-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-size:11pt" align=justify>Bar Harbor, Maine (October 25, 2016) &#150; Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB), today announced that its Board of Directors declared at its October 25, 2016 meeting, a quarterly cash dividend of 28.0 cents per share of common stock, representing an increase of 0.5 cents, or 1.8%, compared with the prior quarter and an increase of 2.0 cents or 7.7% compared with the fourth quarter of 2015. &nbsp;The quarterly cash dividend is payable to all shareholders of record as of the close of business November 14, 2016 and will be paid on December 15, 2016. </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 fourteen branch office locations serving downeast, midcoast, and central Maine.</P>
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