TOPSHAM — School Administrative District 75 next fall may for the first time admit 4-year-olds in a pre-kindergarten program. A task force composed of parents, staff and SAD 75 directors has met since June to research implementation the program. The work has included discussions with the pre-kindergarten coordinator in neighboring Regional School Unit 1. “We’re […]
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How and why Hillary Morin Peterson happened upon a whole new species of wasp in Harpswell
She was doing battle with invasive moths (using science).
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Harpswell Police Beat: Dec. 22
No arrests or summonses were reported from Dec. 13-20.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Harpswell, Cape Elizabeth, South Portland get Coastal Community Grants
AUGUSTA — Harpswell, Cape Elizabeth and South Portland will be able to move forward with environmental projects after being awarded Coastal Community Planning Grants by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. The department allocated nearly $167,000 to support six projects that help preserve the coastal economy and provide natural hazard prevention. Harpswell was […]
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Harpswell cuts $125K from cost of Mitchell Field pier demolition
HARPSWELL — The Board of Selectmen unanimously approved a change in the Mitchell Field demolition project that reduces the $3.2 million contract by $125,000. The board voted at a special meeting Monday, Dec. 18, where Barney Baker of Baker Design Consultants explained the revision. Demolition began Dec. 7 with a ceremonial “pierbreaking,” following several years of discussion about […]
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Harpswell Police: Dec. 15
No arrests or summonses were reported from Dec. 6-13.
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Harpswell ceremony takes shots at Mitchell Field pier
HARPSWELL — With the first ceremonial swing of a sledgehammer Dec. 7, a new era was ushered in for Mitchell Field and its longstanding pier. Nearly two years after the Mitchell Field Committee recommended demolishing the structure, a relic from a former U.S. Navy fuel depot constructed in the 1950s, town staff held a “pierbreaking” to […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Shellfishing ban from Cape Elizabeth to Harpswell adds New Meadows
HARPSWELL — A precautionary shellfishing closure remains in effect in many areas of Casco Bay after a toxin that can be lethal to humans was detected last week. The ban prohibits fishing for mussels, clams, quahogs, oysters and carnivorous snails from the affected water until further notice. Domoic acid, the bio toxin produced by a […]
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Harpswell Police Beat Dec. 8
No arrests or summonses were reported from Nov. 29-Dec. 6.
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Harpswell Police Beat Dec. 8
No arrests or summonses were reported from Nov. 29-Dec. 6.