J. Craig Anderson

Harpswell voters will decide in June whether to let officials issue citations for dog owners who violate leash rules on town-owned properties such as Cliff Trail and George J. Mitchell Field.

The Maine School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors has endorsed a 5.7% budget increase for the 2026-27 school year that includes few changes to staffing or services.

The town of Harpswell's property insurance provider recently approved a claim for repairs to damage caused when a backhoe outside the A. Dennis Moore Recycling Center and Transfer Station slipped on ice and struck the building.

The Maine School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors has unanimously endorsed Hutson Hayward, of Bowdoinham, to serve as its leader for the 2026-27 academic year.

The Harpswell Select Board has approved spending up to $15,000 from the town's Marine Hazard Fund to complete the cleanup and removal of an abandoned boat currently being stored at the Recycling Center.