Sam Lemonick

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Sam Lemonick is a freelance reporter. He lives in Cundy's Harbor.

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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.

bySam Lemonick

July 15, 2024

6 minute read

Features

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.

bySam Lemonick

June 28, 2024

4 minute read

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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.

bySam Lemonick

June 11, 2024

5 minute read

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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.

bySam Lemonick

April 26, 2024

5 minute read

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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.

bySam Lemonick

March 31, 2024

3 minute read

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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.

bySam Lemonick

March 7, 2024

6 minute read

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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.

bySam Lemonick

January 5, 2024

6 minute read

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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.

bySam Lemonick

January 4, 2024

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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.

bySam Lemonick

October 27, 2023

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Officials, residents discuss how to curb speeding near town line on Route 24

Town, county and state officials heard from frustrated Harpswell residents about speeding and unsafe driving on Route 24 near the Gurnet Strait bridge in a meeting at the Town Office on Tuesday, Oct. 3.

bySam Lemonick

October 9, 2023

Sam Lemonick

Town hires full-time planner

Multiple efforts gathering data about PFAS in Harpswell waters

Estimate to build boat ramp at Mitchell Field doubles to nearly $2M

Bob Anderson, founder of the original Harpswell Anchor, dies at 70

Carl Jung’s legacy on Bailey Island endures, 88 years after historic lectures

An early Percent for Art project, school proscenium displays Harpswell symbols

From Bath to Bar Harbor, Maine communities share struggle with affordable housing — and optimism about solutions

Affordable housing development on Neck is a success, but hard to replicate

State to swap yield signs for stop signs at Cundy’s Harbor Road intersection

Officials, residents discuss how to curb speeding near town line on Route 24

Bronze flag holders disappear from veterans’ graves in apparent theft

Harpswell’s Private Chef: A pasta salad for summer

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