J. Craig Anderson

After weeks of anticipation, the sale of Harpswell Coastal Academy’s campus has been completed and the buyer’s name revealed. Still, the buyer said he hasn’t yet chosen what to do with the site, leaving more questions than answers about the property’s future.

Numerous co-owners of a sliver of working waterfront on Orr's Island, which has been treated as a public amenity for generations, may have to sell their shares soon if one of them prevails in court.

This year's Harpswell Lobster Boat Races will honor a young Harpswell lobsterman who died in a vehicle crash last fall by featuring his buoy colors on event merchandise, with proceeds going to a local charity.

An unidentified individual or group appears to have broken the windows of four unoccupied vehicles on Orr's and Bailey islands on the evening of Saturday, June 17, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.

"Affordable housing" might be a pejorative term to some, but members of a working group appointed by the town of Harpswell say the community's lack of it could lead to a host of future problems, including economic stagnation.

Maine School Administrative District 75 has chosen its director of special education, Heidi O’Leary, to serve as its interim superintendent of schools for the coming academic year.

Central Maine Power is nearly finished with a project to upgrade more than three miles of power infrastructure leading to the Harpswell Town Office and surrounding facilities, according to the utility. The town needs the upgrade to make planned improvements such as a new office HVAC system and recycling center enhancements.

Completing the first major update to Harpswell’s comprehensive plan in nearly two decades will require input from a wide variety of local interests, said officials at an open house on Wednesday, May 24, designed to explain individual components of the plan and gather residents’ feedback and suggestions.

Nearly 150 residents of Harpswell, Topsham, Bowdoin and Bowdoinham have endorsed the $52.8 million Maine School Administrative District 75 budget for the upcoming academic year.