Bailey Island Library Hall has hosted countless dances, suppers, plays and lectures since it was built more than a century ago. In 1936, it was the site of a historic event: the first American lecture by Carl Jung, the pioneering Swiss psychoanalyst.
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Surely many Harpswell elementary students through the years have found their attention drifting to the colorful geometric decoration surrounding the school auditorium’s stage. Adults, too, perhaps as they sit through a Town Meeting.
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Harpswell is not the only place in Maine wanting to figure out how to make housing affordable for its residents. As it gets harder for Mainers to find a place to live, governments, nonprofits and residents across the state are trying out a host of solutions.
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Harpswell’s current conversations about affordable housing are not new. The town was grappling with many of the same issues a generation ago. The 2005 update to Harpswell’s comprehensive plan notes that “statewide, regional, and local trends add up to an increasing shortage of affordable housing,” and lists affordable housing as a top priority for most residents at the time.
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Recent attention to speeding in the Gurnet area has also brought scrutiny to the nearby intersection of Route 24 and Cundy’s Harbor Road. Now, the Maine Department of Transportation says it will replace that intersection’s yield signs with stop signs by December.
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