Harpswell seeks answers as PFAS spill contaminates local waters
Harpswell is seeking accountability and answers about PFAS pollution coming from the former Brunswick Naval Air Station after a spill of firefighting foam last summer.
Neighbors hope to save Bailey Island house owned by radio station
Across from the Bailey Island firehouse, a radio tower rises above the neighborhood, broadcasting prayers and teachings from an international network of evangelical stations. Below, a house on the property is slated for demolition.
Harpswell has 44 of Maine’s 600 remaining overboard discharge systems
With no municipal sewer system, almost all of Harpswell's homes and businesses rely on septic systems to handle their wastewater. But a few dozen properties that are too small or too rocky for conventional septic systems still use what are called overboard discharge systems, even as the state and town governments work to replace them.
Lifelong Harpswell Neck fisherman remembered as cribbage competitor, neighborhood mentor
Sheldon Morse Sr. died Dec. 5, two weeks shy of his 86th birthday. He lived his whole life on the land where he grew up on Allen Point Road, fishing into his late 70s on a boat he built with his father and named after his daughter. Family and fishing were the focal points of his life.
New committee gets to work addressing Harpswell’s housing needs
Harpswell's Housing Committee has begun to explore both near- and longer-term solutions to the town's housing shortage. Its first meetings have focused on how to boost housing options such as home sharing and accessory dwelling units, and exploring the creation of a housing trust or similar entity that could build or manage housing.
OBIFD proposes, then withdraws, alternative to central emergency services facility
The Orr's and Bailey Islands Fire Department recently proposed an alternative to the town's proposed central emergency services facility, then withdrew the plan in the face of stiff opposition.
Select Board appoints permanent Housing Committee
The Harpswell Select Board appointed five members to a new, permanent Housing Committee on Nov. 6. Bob Gaudreau, Cheryl Golek, Steve Normand, Sean Ruel, and Courtenay Snellings were the only applicants and received the board's unanimous approval.
Harpswell recreation director resigns after 16 years
Gina Caldwell, Harpswell's recreation director and community services coordinator, resigned effective Friday, Nov. 8, after more than 16 years working for the town.
At an under-the-radar studio in Cundy’s Harbor, grapplers find community in martial arts
Tom Bennett is on his back on the floor of a house halfway down Cundy's Harbor Road. Another man has his arm around Bennett's neck, and he's squeezing. Seconds tick by. Bennett's fingers tap the ground. The man releases him.
Local innkeeper and restaurateur remembered for commitment to community
Dick Moseley was not born in Harpswell, but he made himself a fixture here. The most obvious way was through his cooking. He ran the Pot Luck restaurant in Harpswell Center and the Harpswell Inn on Lookout Point with his wife, Anne, and cooked for the Auburn Colony in South Harpswell.
