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.
Read Moreby J.W. Oliver | Nov 29, 2023 | Health & Safety | 0
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.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Nov 7, 2023 | Health & Safety | 0
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.
Read Moreby Sam Lemonick | Oct 27, 2023 | Government & Politics, Health & Safety | 0
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.
Read Moreby Sam Lemonick | Oct 9, 2023 | Government & Politics, Health & Safety | 0
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.
Read Moreby Doug Warren | Sep 22, 2023 | Health & Safety | 0
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.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Sep 21, 2023 | Education, Health & Safety | 0
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.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Sep 15, 2023 | Health & Safety | 0
Harpswell residents are being advised to hunker down and avoid the shoreline Saturday as Hurricane Lee grazes the Maine coast.
Read Moreby J.W. Oliver | Sep 7, 2023 | Health & Safety, Nature & Environment | 0
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.
Read Moreby J.W. Oliver | Aug 10, 2023 | Health & Safety | 0
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.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Aug 9, 2023 | Health & Safety | 0
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.
Read Moreby J. Craig Anderson | Jun 22, 2023 | Health & Safety | 0
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.
Read Moreby J.W. Oliver | May 5, 2023 | Government & Politics, Health & Safety | 0
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.”
Read Moreby J.W. Oliver | Feb 2, 2023 | Health & Safety | 0
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.
Read Moreby J.W. Oliver | Nov 23, 2022 | Government & Politics, Health & Safety | 0
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.
Read Moreby J.W. Oliver | Nov 22, 2022 | Health & Safety | 0
Workers removed the lightning-damaged emergency communications tower at the Orr’s Island Fire Station in seven hours on Monday, Nov. 21.
Read Moreby J.W. Oliver | Nov 9, 2022 | Community, Health & Safety | 0
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.
Read Moreby Harpswell Anchor | Oct 31, 2022 | Health & Safety | 0
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.
Read Moreby Rebecca Norden-Bright | Aug 29, 2022 | Education, Health & Safety | 0
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.
Read Moreby J.W. Oliver | Aug 1, 2022 | Health & Safety | 0
Smoke rises from a woods fire on the east shore of Long Reach, Great Island, on Saturday, July 30....
Read Moreby Sam Lemonick | Jul 30, 2022 | Health & Safety | 0
Cundy’s Harbor Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Aaron Despres (left) and Jonathan...
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