Harpswell adopts ‘right to fish’
Harpswell has a new right-to-fish policy intended to protect the town's working waterfronts and fishermen.
Town hires full-time planner
The Harpswell Select Board voted unanimously to hire Matthew James as full-time town planner at its meeting on Thursday, July 11. James, of Bath, recently left a job as Bowdoinham's code enforcement officer, a role that included working with that town's Planning Board.
Multiple efforts gathering data about PFAS in Harpswell waters
PFAS pollution is ubiquitous in the waters around Harpswell, as it is in most of the marine environment. Recent testing also has found it in seafood, but outside of certain areas, investigators have detected low levels.
Estimate to build boat ramp at Mitchell Field doubles to nearly $2M
The cost to build a boat ramp at Mitchell Field could rise to nearly $2 million, more than twice as much as a previous estimate. Moreover, the town risks losing almost $360,000 in grants for the long-planned project as the state grows impatient with a lack of progress toward construction.
Bob Anderson, founder of the original Harpswell Anchor, dies at 70
Robert Anderson, founder of the original Harpswell Anchor, died March 21 at the age of 70. Anderson's commitment to his hometown was evident in his dedication to the paper that he ran, wrote for, and sometimes supported by digging clams, for more than two decades.
Carl Jung’s legacy on Bailey Island endures, 88 years after historic lectures
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.
An early Percent for Art project, school proscenium displays Harpswell symbols
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.
From Bath to Bar Harbor, Maine communities share struggle with affordable housing — and optimism about solutions
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.
Affordable housing development on Neck is a success, but hard to replicate
Harpswell's current conversations about affordable housing are not new. The town was grappling with many of the same issues a generation ago.
State to swap yield signs for stop signs at Cundy’s Harbor Road intersection
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.
