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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000743367-17-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170110
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170111
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170111

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:		17523332

	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 10, 2017</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>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=center>(Registrant&#146;s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)</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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<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 11, 2017 announcing that the Company&#146;s Board of Directors declared at its meeting held on January 10, 2017, a first quarter cash dividend. 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 15, 2017 and will be paid on March 15, 2017.</FONT> A copy of the Company&#146;s press release is filed 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 January 11, 2017 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 11, 2017</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 January 11, 2017</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt"><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;<U>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</U></B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt"><B>Curtis C. Simard</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt"><B>President and CEO</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B><U>Bar Harbor Bankshares Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend</U></B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Bar Harbor, Maine (January 11, 2017) &#150; Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB), today announced that its Board of Directors declared at its January 10, 2017 meeting, a quarterly cash dividend of 28.0 cents per share of common stock, representing an increase of 1.5 cents, or 5.7%, compared with the first quarter of 2016. &nbsp;The quarterly cash dividend is payable to all shareholders of record as of the close of business February 15, 2017 and will be paid on March 15, 2017. </P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>In making the announcement, the Company&#146;s President and Chief Executive Officer, Curtis C. Simard, commented, &#147;We had a strong finish to the year driven by organic growth and expense management while we continued preparing for the imminent close of our Lake Sunapee Bank Group acquisition with the related core systems conversion planned for the second quarter. Our current dividend policy reflects the importance of dividends to our shareholders, and we will continue to assess appropriate dividend levels going forward commensurate with the Bank&#146;s strong performance and overall economic conditions.&#148; &nbsp;&nbsp;</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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