J. Craig Anderson

Citing safety concerns, the local school board has decided to cancel all K-12 classes across the district on Monday, April 8, because of a total solar eclipse set to occur that afternoon.

Keegan Rowe and Aidan Saunders may still be in their teens, but they've already been swimming together diligently for well over a decade.

Those seeking to rehabilitate a 70-year-old public building at Mitchell Field in Harpswell should be given a chance to try to raise private funds to save the structure before the town tears it down, a Midcoast Council of Governments senior planner said.

Roughly half of Central Maine Power’s customers in Harpswell remained without power on Tuesday afternoon, March 26, two days after an ice storm knocked out power to the entire town.

The entire town of Harpswell remained without power early Monday, March 25, following a mixed-precipitation storm that dumped about 6 inches of snow on the Midcoast region, along with sleet and freezing rain.

President Joe Biden has approved Maine's request for a major disaster declaration to help eight coastal counties, including Cumberland, recover from storms on Jan. 10 and 13 that brought significant flooding and damage to Harpswell and other coastal areas, according to Gov. Janet Mills' office.

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has filed a civil rights complaint against a Harpswell father and son who Frey said "vandalized road signs and roadways in Harpswell, Brunswick, Bath, and Topsham with antisemitic and racist phrases and symbols."

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she has secured $15 million to help communities recover from coastal infrastructure damage in the latest federal appropriations bill.

Organizers of one of the oldest East Coast fishing tournaments say they are working to bring back the annual event this summer following a four-year hiatus.