Bar Harbor Bankshares Increases Quarterly Dividend by 1.8% to $0.275

Bar Harbor Bankshares

, today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of 27.5 cents per share of common stock, representing an increase of 0.5 cents or 1.8% from prior quarter, and an increase of 1.5 cents or 5.8% compared with the third quarter of 2010. The quarterly cash dividend is payable to all shareholders of record as of the close of business August 17, 2011 and will be paid on September 15, 2011.