J. Craig Anderson

The local school district announced schools would remain closed Thursday as police continued to search for the perpetrator of two mass shootings Wednesday night in Lewiston that left at least 16 people dead.

The Harpswell Planning Board has placed new conditions on its pending approval of a project to redevelop the former Estes Lobster House in South Harpswell into a single-family home, including the completion of stormwater management and landscaping plans.

Internet service provider Consolidated Communications has ramped up activity in Harpswell to install its Fidium fiber-optic residential broadband service, which a town consultant said will close the town's remaining broadband access gap.

The local school board has approved further changes to the district's proposed anti-discrimination policy for transgender and gender-expansive students in an attempt to balance students' privacy rights with parents' right to be informed.

The Harpswell Select Board has approved the creation of a task force to study short-term housing rentals in the community for possible regulation.

The operators of the Bailey Island Motel in Harpswell have listed the property for sale at nearly $2.2 million through Keller Williams Realty.

In a blow to social conservatives, the local school board's Policy Committee has updated its proposed anti-discrimination policy for transgender and gender-expansive students to give schools more flexibility when deciding whether to notify parents or guardians that their child has asked to be recognized as trans.

Dozens of residents shared their concerns about how climate change might affect Harpswell at a recent workshop hosted by the town's Comprehensive Plan Task Force.

A group of concerned parents is calling for additional measures to combat what they described as a recent increase in violent incidents and threats against students in the local public school system.