State supreme court rejects appeal from Two Coves farmers
The couple who managed Harpswell's last sizable farm have moved themselves and their livestock off the property and lost their latest appeal to Maine's highest court.
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Harpswell Schoolhouse property sold
The Harpswell Schoolhouse property has been sold to the owners of two other local businesses.
Lobster Boat Races again raise record amount for Santa Fund
The Harpswell Lobster Boat Races raised a record $36,000 this year for the Harpswell Santa Fund, which distributes gifts, food, clothing and heating oil to residents in need.
Drivers: District must raise pay, add benefits to end shortage
Bus drivers for the local school district are pressing the school board to offer them competitive pay and benefits in order to end an ongoing driver shortage.
New, $160K bus will alleviate crowding on Harpswell route
The local school board has approved the purchase of a larger, wheelchair-accessible school bus that will reduce crowding on a Harpswell route.
Speedy work by firefighters contains blaze at private art gallery
Fast and strategic work by firefighters kept a blaze that had been growing inside a private art gallery from roaring out of control Saturday evening off Basin Point Road.
Clam die-off from algal bloom could devastate marine life and harvester incomes in Harpswell
Clam diggers and other harvesters are reporting huge shellfish die-offs in mudflats around town. Harpswell's harbormaster and marine resources administrator, Darcie Couture, said it may be linked to a type of algae that's not toxic to humans but is known to kill shellfish.
PFAS from 2024 spill are showing up in Harpswell’s birds
Eider ducks and bald eagles that nest in and around Harpswell have high levels of PFAS chemicals following an August 2024 spill of firefighting foam on the former Brunswick Naval Air Station.
Islands history group buys former B&B from radio station
The Harpswell Islands Genealogy and History Center has a new home on Bailey Island, rescuing a former bed-and-breakfast at the corner of Route 24 and Oceanside Road that had been slated for demolition as recently as last year.
Bench dust-up surfaces tensions in Giant’s Stairs neighborhood
Ruby Pinders grew up in Maine, spent years building a business with her husband in Vermont, and then came home. As her 77th birthday approached this summer, she traveled to the Giant's Stairs on Bailey Island to walk beside familiar waters.
