Town to hold first meeting for nonresident taxpayers since 2019
Harpswell’s annual meeting for nonresident taxpayers will return on July 5 after a three-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Town contracts expert on affordable housing
The Select Board has hired a consultant from New Hampshire to help the town explore the issue of affordable housing.
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Town ballot asks for $50K to close gap for emergency communications upgrades
In addition to the budget referendum for Maine School Administrative District 75, Harpswell voters will see a town ballot with one question on June 13.
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Gorham firm to replace tower at Orr’s Island Fire Station
The Harpswell Select Board has contracted a Gorham firm to build a new, 100-foot-tall emergency communications tower at the Orr’s Island Fire Station for $121,720.
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CMP nears completion on ‘3-phase’ power upgrade to town facilities in Harpswell
Central Maine Power is nearly finished with a project to upgrade more than three miles of power infrastructure leading to the Harpswell Town Office and surrounding facilities, according to the utility. The town needs the upgrade to make planned improvements such as a new office HVAC system and recycling center enhancements.
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Open house offers deep dive into Harpswell’s comprehensive plan update
Completing the first major update to Harpswell’s comprehensive plan in nearly two decades will require input from a wide variety of local interests, said officials at an open house on Wednesday, May 24, designed to explain individual components of the plan and gather residents’ feedback and suggestions.
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Harpswell’s Ocean Waves Quilters offer comfort to sick, connection to each other
“Your quilts work magic,” says one thank-you card received by Ocean Waves Quilters, of Harpswell. The group of 35 passionate members makes and donates up to 70 quilts a year to Mid Coast Hospital’s palliative care unit, which serves people with serious illnesses.
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Uncle Pete’s employees hope to buy store
Calling themselves “The Three Musketeers,” three women who work in the kitchen at Uncle Pete’s Community Market want to buy the store.
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30 years after rescue of missing woman, searcher reflects on the changes it brought
Thirty years ago, Ann Baribeau fell through a crack. She was on her way from Brunswick to Jackman to visit her niece’s family on a Friday evening when she took a wrong turn.
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New technology returns WWII aviator’s remains to Maine and Harpswell relatives
It’s easy to think of technology as cold and impersonal, but it can be capable of deeply moving feats such as bringing closure to a decades-old tragedy and reviving the memory of a lost loved one.
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Tuna buyer puts his faith and his base in Cundy’s Harbor
Seth Richards, tuna buyer, is back where he got his start, at Holbrook’s Wharf in Cundy’s Harbor.
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Residents overwhelmingly approve $52.8 million MSAD 75 budget
Nearly 150 residents of Harpswell, Topsham, Bowdoin and Bowdoinham have endorsed the $52.8 million Maine School Administrative District 75 budget for the upcoming academic year.
The overwhelming approval of the district’s 6.5% budget increase occurred in a town meeting-style vote at Mt. Ararat Middle School’s Orion Performing Arts Center on Thursday, May 18. The meeting is the first step of a two-step voter approval process. Now the issue will go to a budget validation referendum on June 13.
Private buyer emerges for HCA campus following inconclusive auction
A top official at Harpswell Coastal Academy said a local resident has come forward to purchase the dissolving charter school’s campus on Ash Point Road in Harpswell after a recent auction to sell the property ended in uncertainty. The new buyer’s identity had not been made public as of Friday, May 19.
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Preservation group won’t add Harpswell Coastal Academy campus to its land holdings, but other options ‘in play’
Harpswell Heritage Land Trust has decided not to take ownership of the Harpswell Coastal Academy campus on Ash Point Road in Harpswell, despite pledged donations from a Portland philanthropist and several area residents that would have covered the acquisition costs.
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Outcome of Harpswell Coastal Academy auction generates hope for land’s preservation
An auction to determine the new owner of Harpswell Coastal Academy’s campus ended in a cliffhanger, with the leading bidder offering to donate his bid to the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust if it agrees to raise additional funds to meet the seller’s minimum price for the property.
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School board votes 12-2 to allow rainbow crosswalk
Mt. Ararat High School will get a rainbow crosswalk on June 1, after the school board voted to allow the crosswalk 12-2 on April 27.
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Finalist for MSAD 75 superintendent withdraws, board considers interim hire
The top choice to become Maine School Administrative District 75’s next superintendent has withdrawn, so the district may turn to an interim leader next year.
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Orr’s Island native part of team that found planet engulfed by its star
Morgan MacLeod was an eager sixth grader growing up on Orr’s Island when he first witnessed the grandeur of the universe.
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As auction approaches, residents voice concerns about future of Coastal Academy campus
With the Harpswell Coastal Academy campus set to go up for auction on Wednesday, May 10, more than 100 local residents have signed a letter outlining their concerns about the potential impact of the site being transferred to new ownership. The group hopes to have a say in what happens to the property.
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Construction alert issued for Harpswell area as crews install fiber-optic internet service
Internet service provider Consolidated Communications has issued a construction alert for Harpswell and surrounding communities as the company installs fiber-optic infrastructure for its Fidium Fiber broadband internet service.
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