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The town expects to receive $519,000 from the federal government through the American Rescue Plan Act. Possible uses for the funds include equipment for first responders and a study to determine the feasibility of building affordable housing on town land.

About two dozen people turned out to help dedicate the Orr’s Island Cemetery’s new veterans monument during a solemn ceremony on a sunny Saturday, Aug. 7.

Harpswell Heritage Land Trust plans to acquire 57.2 acres of woodlands on Great Island to protect water quality in Quahog Bay, a top conservation priority due to the bay's vulnerability.

While the dedication of an aging core keeps the department functioning, the ranks of volunteers at Harpswell Neck Fire and Rescue have become so thin the department responds to structure fires without enough people to go inside and has half the people it could use to provide emergency medical services.

Walter M. Johnson, a lifelong island resident who served as chief of the Orr’s and Bailey Islands Fire Department, died Aug. 11 at the age of 69.

A major renovation of Harpswell Neck Fire and Rescue's Irving F. Chipman Station should be complete around mid-September.

Construction is underway on a 199-foot wireless communications tower at George J. Mitchell Field that should improve cellular service on Harpswell Neck and may boost signals on the islands too.

The town is pursuing a deal to buy solar energy from an out-of-town installation, a move with potential to shave 15% off its electricity costs.

Cundy’s Harbor Days was back the weekend of Aug. 6-8 with most of its marquee attractions after COVID-19…

Harpswell students will have a new principal when they return to Mt. Ararat High School later this month — one who has a few things in common with them, as a graduate of the school who grew up on Great Island.