In the winter of 1815, at the end of the “Second War of Independence” against Great Britain, the legend of “one of the most successful Yankee Privateers in the War of 1812” was cemented in Maine’s maritime lore. And despite her mysterious disappearance in January 1815, this great “Ghost Ship” has been known to haunt […]
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A Harpswell chocolatier wants to make her Buoy Pops Maine’s next iconic treat
It started with a question: ‘Why has nobody made a lollipop shaped like a lobster buoy?’
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Harpswell Neck boxer knocked out opponents — and discrimination
Lisa Kuronya Coombs is tall and thin, a graceful blonde with light blue-green eyes that sparkle like a crystal chandelier. You might think she’s a fashion model. You’d be wrong. Kuronya Coombs is a boxer. And she’s a regional, national and international women’s boxing champion. Fighting from 2001–2009, she racked up three national Golden Gloves […]
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$6M fire station, building demolition top June ballot in Harpswell
Harpswell voters will decide a handful of major issues, including the fate of a $6 million municipal fire station proposal, in a special town referendum on Tuesday, June 10. Two referendum questions — the fire station and the proposed demolition of a town-owned building at George J. Mitchell Field — were held over from a […]
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Bill to facilitate coastal rebuilding in Harpswell expanded to all towns
A bill initiated and co-written by Harpswell officials to facilitate coastal rebuilding from the January 2024 storms has been expanded to include all coastal communities in Maine. Maine Senate President Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, submitted the bill, L.D. 1864, to the Legislature in early May. It would allow working waterfront property owners to bypass certain zoning rules so they […]
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Bill would aid Harpswell in coastal rebuilding from January 2024 storms
Maine Senate President Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, has submitted a bill to the Legislature that would allow Harpswell’s working waterfront to bypass certain zoning rules to rebuild structures damaged during back-to-back coastal storms in January 2024. The bill, L.D. 1864, would allow an exception for Harpswell property owners whose working docks, piers or wharves were damaged or […]
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Bailey Island native chosen to lead Maine Maritime Academy
Bailey Island native Craig Johnson, a successful entrepreneur who became fascinated with sailing at a young age, has been appointed the 16th president of Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. Johnson was named president in March of the publicly funded maritime college, part of the University of Maine System. In a recent interview, he talked about […]
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Ram & Bull opens in former Joshua’s location
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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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.