The town contemplates how to dispose of whale carcass near Cribstone Bridge.
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Artist pays tribute to Midcoast lobstermen
On Father’s Day, the Orr’s Island Schoolhouse was full of visitors eager to view Dennis Wilkins’ exhibition on lobstermen.
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Solar contractor proposes array at Harpswell’s Mitchell Field
A solar contractor is proposing to lease 5 acres of George J. Mitchell Field for up to 35 years to install a community solar farm. ReVision Energy has offices in Montville and Portland, as well as locations in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. A representative of the company will make a presentation to the Harpswell Select […]
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Egg entrepreneur, 11, gets new coop for growing brood
Imagine you had 30 pet chickens. Could you tell them apart and call each by name? Acadia Coombs can. The pint-sized 11-year-old powerhouse sells organic eggs from her family’s backyard farm along Harpswell Neck Road. She’s been an excited egg entrepreneur since she was 6 years old, even though she doesn’t like to eat eggs. […]
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Bailey Islander and Vietnam-era veteran participates in Honor Flight
Retired U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Minerva “Minnie” Vazquez, of Bailey Island, served in the military for more than 20 years. As a medic stationed in San Francisco during the Vietnam War, she cared for troops wounded in combat. Like many soldiers of the time, she encountered hostility from anti-war protesters. But on the last weekend […]
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Water flowing, oysters growing at Harpswell hatchery
Entrepreneur Matt Nixon and his team have been working hard to bring the oyster hatchery at George J. Mitchell Field in Harpswell back up to full capacity after purchasing the operation from a Portland aquaculture firm in January. The former Running Tide oyster hatchery, now operating as Merrymeeting Shellfish Co., had been mothballed for about two […]
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Boothbay botanical garden gets a gift of irises
The late Currier McEwen of Harpswell hybridized dozens of Siberian irises. A collection of his irises will go on display at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.
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Harpswell landowners settle suit over ownership of small parcel of working waterfront
If the settlement is approved, a new nonprofit called Friends of Barleyfield Point will be buying the land with the intent of keeping it open for public use and commercial fishing.
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Stories from Maine: A look back at Pulitzer-winning Midcoast poet
Maine has had many notable authors, writers and poets in its history, and one of the most remarkable of these literary figures was a friendly optimist, a largely forgotten, multitalented man from Harpswell who often wrote of the Pine Tree State, its people and Maine life. Robert Peter Tristram Coffin was born on March 18, […]
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Harpswell resident tries to force sale of historic local waterfront owned by 26 people
John ‘Jack’ Sylvester wants to buy out the 25 other owners of Barleyfield Point, on Orr’s Island, because he says it’s mismanaged and deteriorating. The other shareholders are fighting back, saying they fear that Sylvester’s purchase could signal the end of another working waterfront in Maine.