Harpswell’s part-time town planner, Mark Eyerman, plans to retire this summer or fall, and the town intends to hire a full-time planner in his place. Eyerman, a contractor, works about 20 hours per week for Harpswell.
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After the early success of a homegrown program to recruit young volunteer firefighters, the town is adopting the program — and hiring one of its members. The town will now fund the program at a cost of $6,000 per year, which will go toward certifications, supplies and training with outside agencies.
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Richard Bradford Parks, a 99-year-old veteran of World War II and former lobsterman, woodcarver, game biologist, and state conservation official, is officially Harpswell’s eldest resident. Harpswell Select Board Chair Kevin Johnson presented Parks with the town’s Boston Post Cane during a ceremony at the Town Office on Thursday, Jan. 25.
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We often say the Harpswell Anchor is your newspaper. We, the staff, are the stewards of the newspaper. But the newspaper belongs to the community. The Anchor’s coverage of last week’s weather exemplifies this community ownership. You, the people of Harpswell, were covering the storms.
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The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office is investigating antisemitic graffiti at an intersection on Great Island.
The graffiti includes a swastika and a brief message invoking the Holocaust. It is on the pavement of Stevens Corner Road at the intersection with Harpswell Islands Road, one of two main roads through the town.
