J.W. Oliver

Harpswell Coastal Academy is offering to sell its campus back to the town as it prepares to shutter at the end of the school year. The offer was a condition of the property's sale from the town to the nonprofit Harpswell Coastal Academy Inc. in 2015.

Harpswell will elect one member of its Board of Selectmen and two representatives to the Maine School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors in March, all for three-year terms.

A $32,203 grant from Maine's Community Resilience Partnership will allow the town to install efficient lighting and conduct an energy audit of the Town Office.

The town has added a third part-time firefighter as it seeks to maintain 12 hours of daytime coverage on weekdays. The Harpswell Board of Selectmen agreed to hire Mike Drake for the position on Nov. 10, with a start date of Nov. 14.

Workers removed the lightning-damaged emergency communications tower at the Orr's Island Fire Station in seven hours on Monday, Nov. 21.

A contractor installed 144 LED streetlights throughout Harpswell in late October and early November, after delays in the project.

The town will pay a Maine firm $13,725 to identify gaps in high-speed internet service in Harpswell and develop a plan to fill those gaps. Casco Bay Advisors LLC, of Embden, helps communities and service providers expand the availability of affordable, reliable high-speed internet, according to its website.

The leaders of a campaign to pressure Verizon to join the tower at George J. Mitchell Field have turned in a petition with 817 signatures. The signatures were accompanied by a letter of support from the Harpswell Board of Selectmen.

Democrat Cheryl Golek will become the new state representative for Harpswell and east Brunswick after taking 57.44% of the vote in Maine House District 99.

The Harpswell Heritage Land Trust has completed its "Forever Campaign," raising $2.14 million to create an endowment and acquire a 57-acre preserve on Great Island.