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BAR HARBOR — Sagegrass Gallery, an eclectic artwork and reward boutique, is now back again open up in a new spot in Bar Harbor after a two-12 months hiatus.
Keep proprietor Sue Stanley is no stranger to downtown Bar Harbor or to gallery ownership. In 2007, Stanley acquired the Fairly Marsh Gallery from Russell and Linda D’Allesio and ran it for two yrs in advance of switching the identify to Sagegrass Gallery. Promoting handcrafted presents and apparel, Stanley ran her enterprise on Cottage Road for 4 several years right before she moved it to Primary Road, wherever she shared a area with Leary’s Landing Irish Pub. She leased the room for 6 many years right up until the pub bought the overall making in 2019.
Instead of heading out of company fully, Stanley took a year off and then commenced organizing to move the keep. “I was on the lookout for spaces to hire for a extended time,” she stated. In March, the space at 185 Mount Desert St. turned obtainable and Stanley signed the lease.
Stanley’s boutique functions handcrafted objects and products and solutions that are built in The united states. “I’m mainly American-produced, but I do carry Turkey, Israel and Poland artisans,” claimed Stanley, who extra that no 1 can discover on-line what she sells at her retail store. She also sells items manufactured by Maine artisans.
Sagegrass Gallery does not promote its items on line. “I’m palms on,” claimed Stanley. For now, the enterprise does not have a web page, but can be uncovered on Facebook at Sagegrass Gallery.
Stanley has been operating the retail outlet with enable from her daughter. “So significantly, it’s (primarily) just me, so I’m in this article as substantially as I can be,” Stanley mentioned. Shoppers can come across the keep open up most days all through the summer time from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The shop also features a locals’ lower price.
“I’m content to be again in enterprise and see most people,” explained Stanley, who appears forward to a very good period at her new area.
Ninah Rein, an MDI indigenous, addresses information and options in the Bar Harbor space. She is glad to be again in Maine after earning a bachelor’s diploma in San Diego from the University of California.