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After a fisherman spotted a shark swimming near Bailey Island's Cedar Beach in late June, Harpswell town officials raised a purple caution flag alerting beachgoers to the potential risk. But rather than continue to raise and lower warning flags at this and other swimming spots as shark sightings occur, they've decided to keep them up throughout the summer tourist season.

A speedy response by bystanders helped prevent a diesel spill of about 40-50 gallons from polluting the waters of Cundy's Harbor on Wednesday, June 24.

The cutting of a thin orange tape with household scissors marked the opening of the long-awaited Mitchell Field boat launch on the sunny afternoon of June 11.

The contractor for the new town dock at Potts Point expects to complete the project on Tuesday, June 23.

A 40-foot Tartan sailboat was towed to Safe Harbor Great Island marina on the afternoon of Friday, June 19, after its crew abandoned the vessel off Pond Island the previous day, according to Harpswell Harbormaster Darcie Couture.

Harpswell voters supported the school district's 2026-27 budget and backed Democrat Nirav Shah and Republican Bobby Charles in Maine's gubernatorial primaries on Tuesday, June 9.