Select Board members oppose expansion
All three members of the Harpswell Select Board recently expressed opposition to expanding the board to five members, addressing recent calls for the change.
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Town puts off decision on landfill solar proposal
The Select Board will wait to gather more information about building a solar array on a disused town landfill after town staff said they don't have the expertise to evaluate the proposal.
Private pilot recounts spotting smoke from afar, directing fire crews to site of Halloween blaze
Harpswell firefighters are crediting a veteran small-plane pilot with helping them track down and fight a woodland fire that smoldered for hours late on Halloween and into the next day above Gun Point Cove.
Harpswell voters send Golek back to House, continue support for Democrats
Harpswell voters continued the town's recent trend, backing Democratic candidates by lopsided margins across the ballot on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Revaluation produces higher tax bills, lower tax bills — and a snapshot of a changing Harpswell
After Harpswell's first townwide revaluation in two decades showed a typical property's assessed value had jumped by nearly 50%, officials assured anxious residents that they would not face a similar increase in their tax bills.
Firefighters work into night to knock down stubborn Halloween woodland blaze
Firefighters from Harpswell and neighboring departments labored until late Saturday night and much of Sunday to successfully contain a stubborn woodland fire that began Halloween afternoon and smoldered for nearly 24 hours.
Algae bloom is gone, but impacts on clammers and farmers could last for years
September's algae bloom has faded from the waters around Harpswell, but harvesters and growers are still taking stock of the damage.
Land Trust to acquire 228-acre Great Island lot from state
The Baxter State Park Authority is selling the Austin Cary Lot, a 228-acre woodlot on the north end of Great Island, to the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust for $100. The agreement gives a local organization control over a property whose distance from northern Maine made it difficult for the park to manage.
School district green-lights payments to bus drivers
The local school district will give full-time bus drivers $4,800 payments this year as an incentive to stay in their jobs. Part-time drivers will get $2,400.
Harpswell voters to vote for county, state and federal officials Tuesday
Harpswell voters will choose officials at the county, state and federal levels in the upcoming general election, but there will be no municipal candidates or local referendum questions on the ballot.
