The Islands Community Church, on Bailey Island, delighted locals with the sounds of woodwinds at its first-ever holiday concert on Saturday, Dec. 2. The concert featured performances by the Midcoast High Winds Flute Choir, led by Carolyn Lanigan, and Midcoast clarinet ensemble The Clarinotes, led by David Collier.
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Organizers of the Harpswell Santa Fund hosted an all-day fundraiser on Saturday, Dec. 2, and they plan to make it an annual tradition. Organized by local residents including Pammy Douglas, Jodi Wallace and Evan Weston, the event was held jointly at Pammy’s Ice Cream Parlor and the adjacent Harpswell Neck Fire and Rescue station.
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A Bailey Island woman who serves the community through initiatives for older adults and leadership in her church received the Brunswick Rotary Club’s Walter H. “Doc” Phillips Memorial Award during a ceremony at the Harpswell Town Office on Nov. 16.
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Sometimes the story behind the story is just as fascinating as the story itself. That’s the case with “Dry Tinder,” a new historical novel written and published by Harpswell Center resident Janice Thompson that evolved out of Thompson’s successful but bittersweet effort to restore a historic home in Massachusetts.
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On Nov. 14, the Harpswell Comprehensive Plan Task Force held a public meeting at Harpswell Community School to gather comments on current land use standards and potential changes for the future. The meeting supplemented an earlier meeting on land use held in October.
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The trial has been postponed for a lawsuit seeking to force the sale of a sliver of working waterfront on Orr’s Island known as Barleyfield Point. A three-day bench trial was scheduled to begin Wednesday, Nov. 29, but has been rescheduled for 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 9, according to court documents.
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Fire damaged an apartment over The School House 1913 on Tuesday, Nov. 28, but a swift response prevented the fire from spreading to the restaurant.
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The Harpswell Select Board has appointed a task force to examine the impact of short-term rentals and draft a policy. Nine members were chosen from among 29 applicants, demonstrating strong interest in how the town might regulate the growing industry.
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Family, friends and admirers attended a ceremony outside Harpswell’s Centennial Hall on Nov. 10 to dedicate a native black tupelo tree to the late owners of the Vegetable Corner, a beloved local market that closed last year.
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After several months of discussion and debate, the local school board has unanimously approved its first-ever policy intended to protect transgender and gender-expansive students from bullying and discrimination.
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After months of delays, the Itty Bitty Coffee Shop in Harpswell Center will have a “soft opening” from Nov. 28 to Dec. 1. Starting Dec. 12, the tiny coffee shop — hence its name — will be open every Tuesday-Saturday, from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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The town will use a $50,000 grant from a state climate change program to design improvements for two roads where flooding could cut off residents from their homes and fishermen from town landings and wharves.
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Pete Arnold, owner of Uncle Pete’s Community Market on Harpswell Neck Road, has signed a contract to sell the store. The market, the land, and the gas and diesel pumps had been on the market for nearly a year.
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Harpswell voters were in step with the rest of the state on Tuesday, Nov. 7, opposing a public takeover of Maine’s power companies while backing a “right to repair” for independent garages by wide margins.
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On the night of two deadly mass shootings in Lewiston, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office added patrols around the shooter’s ex-girlfriend’s home in Harpswell to protect her and watch for the suspect, according to police.
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A week after being closed for two days following back-to-back mass shootings in Lewiston, area schools were placed on temporary lockdown Thursday, Nov. 2, in response to alleged threats of violence by a Caribou man who was later arrested.
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The town of Harpswell is moving forward with plans to build a centrally located facility on Mountain Road that would offer round-the-clock fire and emergency medical services to the surrounding community.
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The Harpswell Select Board has approved a partnership agreement between the town and Freeport-based nonprofit The Presumpscot Foundation to jointly submit a bid to acquire Little Mark Island and its nearly 200-year-old tower in Casco Bay from the National Park Service.
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The new owners of the former Vegetable Corner site at Harpswell Neck and Mountain roads say they plan to open a seasonal market, bakery and cafe called Corner Market with the eventual goal of making it a year-round business.
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Maine voters will have the chance to decide on proposals including a consumer-owned electric utility, a ban on foreign campaign contributions, and various other citizen initiatives and amendments to the Maine Constitution in the upcoming referendum election.
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