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Harpswell voters send Golek back to House, continue support for Democrats

Harpswell voters send Golek back to House, continue support for Democrats

By J.W. Oliver • November 4, 2026

Harpswell voters continued the town's recent trend, backing Democratic candidates by lopsided margins across the ballot on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Mission accomplished, Cundy’s Harbor Library director is moving on

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Mission accomplished, Cundy’s Harbor Library director is moving on

By Kenneth Z. Chutchian • November 3, 2026

Heather Logan gives several reasons for her September retirement as director of the Cundy's Harbor Library. Her multiple responses reflect who she is, who she has been and her excitement about what might come next.

For 71 years, Roy Knight never stopped

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For 71 years, Roy Knight never stopped

By Sam Lemonick • November 2, 2026

In an interview Roy Knight gave for the book "Salt in Their Veins: Conversations With Coastal Mainers," he described briefly taking a job at Bath Iron Works after the lobster season ended. The interviewer asked if he needed the money. It wasn't about money, Roy told him: "The way I grew up, you worked."

Revaluation produces higher tax bills, lower tax bills — and a snapshot of a changing Harpswell

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Revaluation produces higher tax bills, lower tax bills — and a snapshot of a changing Harpswell

By Jeffrey Good • November 1, 2026

After Harpswell's first townwide revaluation in two decades showed a typical property's assessed value had jumped by nearly 50%, officials assured anxious residents that they would not face a similar increase in their tax bills.

Firefighters work into night to knock down stubborn Halloween woodland blaze

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Firefighters work into night to knock down stubborn Halloween woodland blaze

By Jeffrey Good • November 1, 2026

Firefighters from Harpswell and neighboring departments labored until late Saturday night and much of Sunday to successfully contain a stubborn woodland fire that began Halloween afternoon and smoldered for nearly 24 hours.

Harpswell artists share ‘love of place’ in Brunswick library’s new gallery

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Harpswell artists share ‘love of place’ in Brunswick library’s new gallery

By Bisi Cameron Yee • October 31, 2026

The Oct. 7 opening reception for the Doucett New Art Gallery at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick brought out almost 100 supporters to celebrate its collection of original works by local artists.

Land Trust to acquire 228-acre Great Island lot from state

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Land Trust to acquire 228-acre Great Island lot from state

By Sam Lemonick • October 30, 2026

The Baxter State Park Authority is selling the Austin Cary Lot, a 228-acre woodlot on the north end of Great Island, to the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust for $100. The agreement gives a local organization control over a property whose distance from northern Maine made it difficult for the park to manage.