Fire damages apartment above School House 1913 restaurant
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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Category: Health & Safety
Police added patrols around Harpswell home during hunt for Lewiston shooter
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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State to swap yield signs for stop signs at Cundy’s Harbor Road intersection
Recent attention to speeding in the Gurnet area has also brought scrutiny to the nearby intersection of Route 24 and Cundy’s Harbor Road. Now, the Maine Department of Transportation says it will replace that intersection’s yield signs with stop signs by December.
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Officials, residents discuss how to curb speeding near town line on Route 24
Town, county and state officials heard from frustrated Harpswell residents about speeding and unsafe driving on Route 24 near the Gurnet Strait bridge in a meeting at the Town Office on Tuesday, Oct. 3.
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New Wilderness Rescue Team forms in response to trail incidents
In the wake of challenging responses to injuries suffered by hikers on Cliff Trail, Devil’s Back and the Giant’s Stairs, fire and rescue personnel in Harpswell are working together to form a Wilderness Rescue Team.
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MSAD 75 parents demand action to stop ‘escalating violence’ among students
A group of concerned parents is calling for additional measures to combat what they described as a recent increase in violent incidents and threats against students in the local public school system.
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Hurricane Lee to bring high winds, coastal flooding to Harpswell Saturday
Harpswell residents are being advised to hunker down and avoid the shoreline Saturday as Hurricane Lee grazes the Maine coast.
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Town orders sunken boat removed from Mackerel Cove
The Harpswell Select Board has ordered the owner of a boat that sank in Mackerel Cove, Bailey Island, this spring to remove it by mid-September.
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Historic East Harpswell Baptist Church vandalized
The East Harpswell Baptist Church on Cundy’s Harbor Road was vandalized the weekend of Aug. 5-6, according to the building’s owner, the Harpswell Historical Society.
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Sheriff’s Office renews enrollment push for program that tracks ‘wandering’ residents
In a sprawling community that is home to many older people, there is a greater risk of some residents with dementia or other cognitive issues getting confused and lost when they venture outdoors.
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Multiple vehicles vandalized Saturday on Orr’s and Bailey islands
An unidentified individual or group appears to have broken the windows of four unoccupied vehicles on Orr’s and Bailey islands on the evening of Saturday, June 17, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.
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Select Board approves ‘advisory shoulders’ in effort to curb speeding on Basin Point Road
The Harpswell Select Board hopes to address persistent complaints about speeding on Basin Point Road with a new striping pattern and potentially with “speed cushions.”
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Joint Venture remains at bottom of Lowell’s Cove
The powerboat Joint Venture remains at the bottom of Lowell’s Cove more than a year after sinking in November 2021. The town continues to pursue state funds to pay for the boat’s removal, but may remove the boat itself if the funds are not forthcoming.
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Town adds 3rd part-time firefighter
The town has added a third part-time firefighter as it seeks to maintain 12 hours of daytime coverage on weekdays. The Harpswell Board of Selectmen agreed to hire Mike Drake for the position on Nov. 10, with a start date of Nov. 14.
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Tower at Orr’s Island Fire Station comes down
Workers removed the lightning-damaged emergency communications tower at the Orr’s Island Fire Station in seven hours on Monday, Nov. 21.
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Leaders of Verizon campaign turn in petition with 800 signatures
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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Harpswell man, 21, dies in crash on Mountain Road
A 21-year-old Harpswell man, Mason Warren, died when he crashed his pickup truck on Mountain Road in Harpswell shortly before 7 a.m., Monday, Oct. 31.
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Region 10 welding students build channel markers, mooring hauler for Harpswell
Students at Brunswick’s Region 10 Technical High School fabricated new channel markers for Will’s Gut and a mooring hauler for Harpswell’s harbor master this year, in “live work” projects that allow students to gain real-world experience and serve their community.
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Firefighters overcome drought, remote location to put out Great Island woods fire
Smoke rises from a woods fire on the east shore of Long Reach, Great Island, on Saturday, July 30....
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Cundy’s Harbor Volunteer Fire Department ‘holding on’ amid volunteer shortage
Cundy’s Harbor Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Aaron Despres (left) and Jonathan...
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