“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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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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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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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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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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Sparkling spring sunshine pours through the windows of the beautifully appointed Sue Fisher Moren Memorial Reading Room in the Orr’s Island Library. Nearby, a box of donated books waits to be sorted.
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A 5-foot-tall robot races across the floor. Wheels on one side lift off the ground as it corners hard. For a split second the robot looks sure to tip over, then it settles and zooms on toward its target.
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Harpswell native Evan Whidden has been hauling lobster traps since he was 5 or 6. He grew up around his family’s lobster and fishing business on Harpswell Neck, spent summers lobstering in high school and college, and ran his own lobster boat for two years after he graduated from the University of Maine.
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Harpswell’s first fire administrator, Arthur “Art” Howe III, will retire July 10 after six years on the job and nearly a half-century in public safety. Howe, 68, announced his retirement “with bittersweet feelings” on March 23.
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A March fundraiser at Cook’s Lobster & Ale House brought in $23,500 to support Mark Wilson and his family as Wilson recovers from a stroke.
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Three students who live in Harpswell made the dean’s lists of their college or university for the fall 2022 semester.
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Orr’s Island lobsterman Mark Wilson suffered a stroke recently while at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He received immediate care but remains hospitalized at Mass General.
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After more than 30 years of picking up trash and recyclables from hundreds of customers throughout Harpswell, Cheryl Ward made her last rounds in December.
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Renowned Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary Sr.’s home on Eagle Island will remain closed in summer 2023 for a third straight year for major renovations and eradication of mold.
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After 36 years behind the Orr’s Island Library desk, Oct. 31 was Librarian Joanne Rogers’ last day. It was not the way she wanted to end her long and influential tenure.
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The leaders of a campaign to pressure Verizon to join the tower at George J. Mitchell Field have turned in a petition with 817 signatures. The signatures were accompanied by a letter of support from the Harpswell Board of Selectmen.
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Bob Bailey retired a couple years ago, but you’d never know it standing in his Dingley Island workshop. He’s currently building or repairing a dozen or more engines for customers and friends across the Northeast and all the way down to Florida.
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A working group of bicyclists and advocates is exploring the possibility of creating bike paths in Harpswell and welcomes new members to join the effort.
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Free flower seedlings and a photo display at the Harpswell Community Garden 10th-anniversary...
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It’s been more than two years since Julie Dimperio Holowach died in a shark attack off...
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