J. Craig Anderson

A former educator has launched a petition drive in opposition to the local school district's recently approved policy to protect transgender and gender-expansive students from bullying and discrimination.

A rainstorm on Sunday, March 10, brought additional coastal flooding to Harpswell, further damaging already battered infrastructure, including the causeway at Potts Point, local officials said.

Harpswell voters will decide at a special Town Meeting in May whether to adopt updated flood maps to keep the town enrolled in the National Flood Insurance Program.

Orr's Island resident Scott Gile was disappointed to learn that good Samaritans who pick up coastal debris from January's back-to-back storms must pay to dispose of it at the local transfer station.

In an era of heated conflict for the local school board, Harpswell resident Frank Wright seeks to bring down the temperature with his calm, deliberative, respectful demeanor.

Bailey Island lobsterman and building contractor Guy Baker would like to rebuild the large wharf on his property that was torn to pieces in January’s coastal storms, but there are several unknowns.

Harpswell Select Board member David Chipman is running for reelection against a write-in challenger, fishing industry advocate Jerry Leeman III. Chipman points to his vast wealth of experience serving on town boards and committees, while Leeman says he is running because Harpswell has been placing too many restrictions on private property rights.

The local school district has agreed to change how it promotes a high school affinity group for students of color after receiving a complaint from a think tank known for opposing "woke" anti-racism curricula.

A Harpswell father and son have been charged with two counts of criminal mischief in connection with antisemitic graffiti found at an intersection on Great Island.

Fishing industry advocate Jerry Leeman III, of Orr's Island, announced Monday, Feb. 5, that he is running as a write-in candidate against incumbent David Chipman for a seat on the Harpswell Select Board.