BRUNSWICK — Fourteen high schoolers from Harpswell Coastal Academy are now published authors after printing a book of personal narratives with the help of The Telling Room. “What began as a simple game of Two Truths and a Lie quickly evolved into something more profound than perhaps any of us expected,” said Jenny O’Connell, teaching […]
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Coastal History: The infamous pirate Dixie Bull
James Nelson of Harpswell is not only a very successful writer of historical fiction and nonfiction, he is also one of Maine’s best-known pirate impersonators. Each summer you can find him at old Pemaquid, dressed as the dread pirate Dixie Bull. It was there, in 1632, that Maine suffered its worst pirate attack. According to the […]
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Researchers debunk decades-old clamming methods in Harpswell
Researchers found brushing, a technique involving inserting tree branches into mudflats to slow currents so allows juvenile clams to settle, doesn’t increase clam populations.
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Midcoast Meetings: Jan. 31-Feb. 7
Brunswick Mon. 2/3 10 a.m. Staff Review Committee TH Mon. 2/3 6:30 p.m. Town Council TH Tues. 2/4 4:30 p.m. Conservation Commission TH Tues. 2/4 5 p.m. Master Plan Implementation Committee TH Tues. 2/4 6:30 p.m. Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee TH Wed. 2/5 7 p.m. Marine Resource Committee TH Thur. 2/6 6 p.m. Share Your […]
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Harpswell boat-building class passes traditions to next generation
Ann Flannery’s course, still open to new students age 9-16, runs through May.
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Results of experiments on methods to enhance clam Populations in warming seawater to be presented
The Downeast Institute will share the results from field experiments designed to test the effectiveness of brushing, predator deterrent netting, and doing nothing on clam recruitment and survival in each of the three regions of the Maine coast 5 p.m. Tuesday during a meeting of the Harpswell Marine Resources Committee at Town Hall. Brian Beal […]
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Midcoast Meetings: Jan. 24-31
Bath Tues. 1/28 5 p.m. Economic Development Committee CH Brunswick Mon. 1/27 6:30 p.m. Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee SMCC Tues. 1/28 7 p.m. Planning Board TH Tues. 1/28 7 p.m. Recycling & Sustainability Committee TH Wed. 1/29 10 a.m. Staff Review Committee TH Wed. 1/29 2 p.m. Mare Brook Watershed Plan Steering Committee TH […]
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Midcoast Meetings: Jan. 17-24
Brunswick Tues. 1/21 6:30 p.m. Town Council TH Wed. 1/22 10 a.m. Staff Review Committee TH Wed. 1/22 6 p.m. Rivers & Coastal Waters Commission TH Thur. 1/23 5 p.m. Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee TH Thur. 1/23 6:30 p.m. Finance Committee TH Harpswell Wed. 1/22 3 p.m. Cable Advisory TO Wed. 1/22 3 p.m. […]
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Maine Voices: Let voters decide on the future of CMP, Emera Maine
A referendum is a way to act on a proposal to create a public utility while reducing the ability of investor-owned ones to kill it.
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Midcoast Meetings: Jan. 10-17
Bath Mon. 1/13 4 p.m. Solid Waste Advisory Committee CH Brunswick Sat. 1/11 9 a.m. Town Council Retreat TH Mon. 1/13 5:30 p.m. Brunswick/Topsham Water District 266 River Road, Topsham Tues. 1/14 4:30 p.m. Teen Center Advisory Committee PP Tues. 1/14 5 p.m. Master Plan Implementation TH Tues. 1/14 7 p.m. Planning Board TH Wed. […]