BRUNSWICK — An eight-person committee wants to make sure the fifth anniversary of the closing of Brunswick Naval Air Station will not pass unnoticed. The group is planning a reunion for anyone who served on the base, either in the military or as a civilian employee. The base was officially closed on May 31, 2011, following […]
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Harpswell Police Beat: Feb. 26
Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from Feb. 14-21.
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Harpswell pesticide ordinance going to Town Meeting
HARPSWELL — The Board of Selectmen on Wednesday voted to send Town Meeting a pesticide ordinance crafted by the Conservation Commission. Mary Ann Nahf, who co-wrote the ordinance, said the intent is to “reduce the overall application of pesticides in town.” It would do that by prohibiting the outdoor, non-agricultural use of a class of pesticides […]
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Harpswell residents organizing again to save water tower
HARPSWELL — Selectmen have decided not to send Town Meeting a warrant article to preserve the aging water tower at Mitchell Field. Instead, an article designating $22,000 for the tower’s demolition will be put to voters March 12. Some residents, however, wish it were the opposite. Basin Point Road resident David Chipman, who is also chairman […]
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Harpswell Police Beat: Feb. 19
Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from Feb. 7-14.
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Mid-Coast program picks solar panel provider
DAMARISCOTTA — The Midcoast Economic Development District, a regional planning organization, has selected Sundog Solar, of Searsport, to implement its solarize program. The solarize program allows residents in participating towns to purchase solar panels at a discounted rate through a regional bulk purchase. Residents of Arrowsic, Bath, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Belmont, Camden, Georgetown, Harpswell, Lincolnville, Northport, Phippsburg, […]
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Harpswell Police Beat: Feb. 12
Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from Jan. 31 to Feb. 7.
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Mid-Coast Meetings: Feb. 12-19
Brunswick Tues. 2/16 7 p.m. Town Council TH Wed. 2/17 10 a.m. Staff Review TH Wed. 2/17 6 p.m. Appointment Subcommittee TH Wed. 2/17 6 p.m. Recreation Committee TH Thur. 2/18 6 p.m. Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Corp. TH Fri. 2/19 9 a.m. Brunswick Development Committee TH Harpswell Fri. 2/12 10 a.m. Planning Board Site […]
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Project hopes to boost Harpswell seafood sales
HARPSWELL — Call it a tale of two cities, except they’re both towns on the coast of Maine. “Many people in Brunswick don’t realize that there’s this gorgeous fishing community 10-15 miles away,” Monique Coombs, seafood program director for the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association, said about Harpswell in an interview Tuesday. “There’s just sort of this […]
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SAD 75 mulls size of future Topsham high school
TOPSHAM — With support from its towns for building a new Mt. Ararat High School on the existing campus, School Administrative District 75 still has several other big decisions ahead, including the size of the school. Residents of Topsham, Harpswell, Bowdoin and Bowdoinham voted 85-0 in a show-of-hands straw poll Jan. 21 in favor of […]