State Rep. Cheryl Golek, who represents Harpswell and part of Brunswick, proposed a bill that would allow mobile homes on single-family lots.
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January storms leave many working waterfronts in Maine adrift
Back-to-back natural disasters caused significant damage to Maine’s coastal infrastructure, leaving some wharf owners to wonder what it will take to rebuild and how they’ll pay for it.
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Father-son duo accused of painting antisemitic graffiti face more charges in Brunswick
William Deary and his son, Hayden, allegedly painted swastikas and a racial slur on speed limit signs in Cook’s Corner, according to Brunswick police.
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Harpswell man, son accused of painting antisemitic graffiti
Authorities said the vandalism by William Deary and his son, Hayden, could qualify as a hate crime.
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Coastal Journal Meetings: Feb. 9-16
Bath Tue. 2/13 6 p.m. Community Forestry Committee Rec Department Brunswick Mon. 2/12 11:30 a.m. Social Services Committee Town Hall Mon. 2/12 4 p.m. Climate Action Task Force Zoom, Town Hall Tue. 2/13 4:30 p.m. Teen Center Advisory People Plus Tue. 2/13 6 p.m. Planning Board Zoom, Town Hall Wed. 2/14 8 a.m. Trust Fund […]
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Topsham-area school district holds safety forums amid rising threats to students
Maine School Administrative District 75 recently hosted two forums to explain steps it is taking to keep children safe in an academic year marked by an unusually high number of threats to local students. The forums, held Jan. 22 and 30, had a secondary purpose of teaching parents the proper way for them to respond […]
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Harpswell woman writes about fishing life with ‘full heart’
The new “A Full Net: Fishing Stories from Maine and Beyond” details Sue Daignault’s love of the sport and her gratitude for “all the great things that have come my way.”
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Harpswell honors eldest resident with Boston Post Cane
Richard Bradford Parks, a 99-year-old veteran of World War II and former lobsterman, woodcarver, game biologist, and state conservation official, is officially Harpswell’s eldest resident. Harpswell Select Board Chairperson Kevin Johnson presented Parks with the town’s Boston Post Cane during a ceremony at the Town Office on Thursday, Jan. 25. Parks’ son and daughter-in-law attended […]
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Coastal Journal Meetings: Feb. 2-9
Bath Tue. 2/6 6 p.m. Planning Board City Hall Wed. 2/7 6 p.m. City Council Zoom, City Hall Thu. 2/8 8 a.m. Climate Action Commission City Hall Brunswick Mon. 2/5 6:30 p.m. Town Council Zoom, Town Hall Tue. 2/6 5 p.m. Town Commons Zoom, Town Hall Tue. 2/6 6:30 p.m. Comp. Plan Steering Zoom, Town […]
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Running Tide oyster hatchery in Harpswell changes ownership
The former Running Tide oyster hatchery at George J. Mitchell Field in Harpswell has been sold to a local entrepreneur for an undisclosed sum, parties involved in the transaction said this week. The buyer, Topsham entrepreneur Matt Nixon, said he would continue to operate the facility as an oyster hatchery and would retain three of […]