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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-17-001074
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170418
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170419
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170419

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:		17770064

	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>
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      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>CURRENT
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      SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE</b></font><br><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>SECURITIES
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            Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)&#160;&#160;&#160; April 18, 2017<br>
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            <b>Bar Harbor Bankshares</b>
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          (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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            <b>Maine</b>
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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>82 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME</b>
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            <b>04609-0400</b>
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          (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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            <b>(207) 288-3314</b>
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            (Registrant&#8217;s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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            (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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      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):
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      &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial Unicode MS">&#8414;</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Written
      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
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      &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial Unicode MS">&#8414;</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Pre-commencement
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      <b>Item 8.01 Other Events.</b>
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    <p>
      Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB) (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) issued a press
      release on April 19, 2017 announcing that the Company&#8217;s Board of
      Directors declared at its meeting held on April 18, 2017, a second
      quarter cash dividend. The dividend will be payable to all shareholders
      of record as of the close of business May 15, 2017 and will be paid on
      June 15, 2017. A copy of the Company&#8217;s press release is filed as an
      exhibit.
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      <b>Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits</b>
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      (a)&#160;&#160;Not applicable.
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      (b)&#160;&#160;Not applicable.
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      (c)&#160;&#160;Not applicable.
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      (d)&#160;&#160;Exhibits
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          99.1
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          Copy of the Company&#8217;s press release, dated April 19, 2017.
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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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          BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES
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          Date: April 19, 2017
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            By:
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            <u>/s/ Josephine Iannelli</u>
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          Josephine Iannelli
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          EVP &amp; Chief Financial Officer
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      <b>EXHIBIT INDEX</b>
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          &#160;
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          99.1
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        <td style="text-align: left; padding-left: 0.0px; width: 90%" valign="top">
          Copy of the Company&#8217;s press release, dated April 19, 2017.
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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 Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend</b></font></u>
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    <p>
      BAR HARBOR, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2017--Bar Harbor
      Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB), today announced that its Board of Directors
      declared at its April 18, 2017 meeting, a quarterly cash dividend of
      18.67 cents per share of common stock. The quarterly cash dividend is
      payable to all shareholders of record as of the close of business May
      15, 2017 and will be paid on June 15, 2017.
    </p>
    <p>
      President and Chief Executive Officer, Curtis C. Simard, commented,
      &#8220;With the closing of the Lake Sunapee Bank Group acquisition at the
      beginning of the year and the systems conversion planned for later this
      quarter, we continue executing on our strategies of building a stronger
      franchise through which to provide dividends to our shareholders.&#8221;
    </p>
    <p>
      Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB) is the parent company of its
      wholly owned subsidiary, Bar Harbor Bank &amp; Trust. Founded in 1887, Bar
      Harbor Bank &amp; Trust is a true community bank serving the financial needs
      of its clients for over 125 years. Bar Harbor provides full service
      community banking with office locations in all three Northern New
      England states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. For more
      information, visit <u>www.bhbt.com</u>.
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    <p>
      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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