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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-24-014887
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240530
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240530
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240530

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TOOTHAKER SCOTT G
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001242207
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13349
		FILM NUMBER:		241005767

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		302 SURRY RD
		CITY:			ELLSWORTH
		STATE:			ME
		ZIP:			04605

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000743367
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		IRS NUMBER:				010393663
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			ME
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		82 MAIN ST
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 400
		CITY:			BAR HARBOR
		STATE:			ME
		ZIP:			04609-0400
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2076696784

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		82 MAIN ST
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 400
		CITY:			BAR HARBOR
		STATE:			ME
		ZIP:			04609-0400
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<html><head><title>FORM. Form of SEC Power of Attorney (POA) &nbsp;(40110682.DOC;1)</title><meta name="author" content="WMLM"><meta name="date" content="05/30/2024"></head><body style="margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="center"><b>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints <b>OLIVIA&nbsp;ERICKSON</b> <b>AND ANDREA&nbsp;MCGUIRE</b> and each of them signing singly, the undersigned&#146;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#146;s capacity as an officer and/or director of Bar Harbor Bankshares (the &#147;Company&#148;), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 and 5 and timely file such form with the Securities Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(3)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which; in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact&#146;s discretion.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&#146;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. &nbsp;The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned&#146;s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned&#146;s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:13pt"><b>IN WITNESS WHEREOF</b><b style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;">, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 17th day of January, 2023.</b></p>
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