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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.

Property owners will see a two-cent hike in Harpswell's tax rate this year, from $6.74 to $6.76 per $1,000 of valuation.

A flare take-back program in Harpswell — the only program of its kind in Maine — is collecting hundreds of expired flares in its third year, protecting both the community and the environment. Meanwhile, a Harpswell legislator’s bill will help sustain the program and make it possible for more communities to participate.

Big changes are coming to what likely is the most visited place in Harpswell — the Recycling Center and Transfer Station.

Harpswell has a new road as of July: Willow’s Way. Willow’s Way branches off Hildreth Road, which branches off Mountain Road. The Harpswell Board of Selectmen approved the road name July 8.

On July 14, a sugar maple estimated at over 200 years old came to its end. The tree, next to the town pound and the Harpswell Historical Society, may have been planted at the same time the meetinghouse was built, circa 1758, according to South Harpswell arborist Ben Stuart.

The town will pay $451,265.55 for general law enforcement and $277,481.06 for marine patrol this year, contracting the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office for both services.

The town recently demolished and removed a boat from the beach at Mackerel Cove. The boat sank to the bottom of the cove about a year ago, Harbor Master Paul Plummer told the selectmen June 24. The town had sought to have the boat removed by its owner ever since.

Three town properties have new amenities this summer, or will soon, thanks in part to gifts of time and money.