The new Ram & Bull tavern in downtown Brunswick will open Thursday, May 1, the third area restaurant launched by a Harpswell native and his wife in three years. Formerly Joshua’s Restaurant & Tavern, the 123 Maine St. pub shuttered last September after three decades. Zac and Khristine Leeman signed a lease the following month […]
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Two Midcoast heroes of historic 1947 Texas disaster
On Wednesday, April 16, 1947, one of the deadliest disasters in United States history ripped through a Texas City waterfront near Galveston, and two heroes of this disaster were a man and a woman from Harpswell. When World War II began in December 1941, Florence Alice Bibber was a registered nurse who worked at the […]
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Construction on fiber internet network to start in Bath
The internet provider Fidium is expanding its all-fiber internet network in Bath, with construction scheduled to begin as soon as April 18 to bring high-speed internet to more than 9,600 homes and businesses. Construction requires installing new fiber optic lines along roads and in public utility areas and may include digging and climbing of utility […]
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Maine’s young people are still leaving — here’s how we keep them
There’s a quiet ache many Maine communities feel today — not from a single event, but from a slow, steady shift. You notice it when a local high school graduation gets smaller each year. When the town store closes early because there’s no one to work. Or when a neighbor’s grandchild leaves for college and […]
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Former Midcoast lawmaker charged in connection with December crash
Jeremy Saxton of Harpswell was arrested Saturday in connection with a crash five months ago that killed 75-year-old Donald Harding of Yarmouth.
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High schoolers resist phone rules — but their reasons might surprise adults
The Maine School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors is considering a proposal where student cellphones are secured in a special pouch that denies access until the pouch is unlocked at the end of the school day.
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Maine musicians to play benefit concert in Bath
Two Midcoast natives will perform an acoustic concert in Bath to raise restoration funds for the Winter Street Center next week.
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Change is inevitable — a farewell column
“Change is inevitable and you won’t like it.” That’s a saying I developed as I experienced the world changing at an accelerated rate, while I could not keep up. One change is occurring in the media. When I first became a freelance journalist almost 60 years ago, people mostly got their news from the print […]
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White sharks make frequent visits to Maine’s coastal waters, new data reveals
But most white sharks tracked during a new study only hung out for about 15 minutes at Maine’s most popular sandy beaches before moving on, and the number of shark visits is still low compared to hotspots like Cape Cod.
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Harpswell seeks answers as PFAS spill contaminates local waters
Harpswell is seeking accountability and answers about PFAS pollution coming from the former Brunswick Naval Air Station after a spill of firefighting foam last summer. In a February letter, the Harpswell Select Board asked the commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection who is responsible for testing waters affected by the spill. The board […]