
By Hannah Miller • June 9, 2026
The Harpswell Select Board appointed Frank True interim fire administrator on Thursday, June 4.

By J.W. Oliver • June 9, 2026
On April 16, 1993, 19-year-old volunteer firefighter Mike Drake had just arrived at a burning building in Bath when someone said a baby was inside. Drake grabbed a ladder and raced to an upstairs window. Once inside, he plucked the 18-month-old girl out of her crib before hustling back down.

By Jeffrey Good • June 5, 2026
"My sister, Mary Patricia, and I grew up on the east side of Lowell's Cove with my grandfather and grandmother, John and Mary Tibbetts. My grandfather was related to everybody over there. When I was old enough, maybe 7 or 8 years old, I started working on the lobster boat, like young boys did at that time and still do."

By Bisi Cameron Yee • June 4, 2026
A new coloring book for all ages features landmarks and wildlife from throughout Harpswell, each page hand-drawn by an illustrator who grew up on the islands.

By J. Craig Anderson • June 2, 2026
Harpswell voters will weigh in on the proposed school budget and two other education spending questions, a change to town leash rules, and party nominees for county, state and federal offices on Tuesday, June 9.

By Jim Gerberich • June 1, 2026
You know summer is just around the corner when boys and girls begin gathering at the Trufant-Summerton Athletic Field on Great Island for another season of baseball.

By Jessica Rivers • May 29, 2026
The Grammy-winning pianist Paul Sullivan performed to a full house at Islands Community Church on Bailey Island on May 2. The church put on the concert in memory of Jean Johnson, a member and volunteer who died when she was struck by a vehicle in January.

By J. Craig Anderson • May 29, 2026
A report by the investigator of an October 2025 house fire on Harpswell Neck confirms that a 78-year-old man found dead by firefighters had died of natural causes before the fire started, and that the fire started because another occupant failed to properly dispose of a lit cigarette.
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