The annual races drew nearly 100 boats and 1,200 people from up and down the coast of Maine.
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Woman swimming off Harpswell killed by shark in 1st such Maine fatality
A 2nd woman who was swimming with the victim off Bailey Island on Monday was not injured, officials said.
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Decades of chemical pollution suspected in Maine’s seal die-off
As the number of dead and stranded seals washing up on southern Maine beaches rises by the day, researchers are linking the sudden die-off to decades of chemical pollution that made the seal population vulnerable to toxins and disease. “We don’t think there is any possibility that these animals are biologically healthy,” said Susan Shaw, […]
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Mass. man dies after 25-foot fall off Harpswell ledge
HARPSWELL — A Massachusetts man died Saturday from injuries after falling 25 feet off a ledge Friday evening. John Bernadi, 62, of Sherborn, Mass., was visiting friends at 118 Brick Yard Cove Road in Harpswell when he slipped and fell off a ledge about 7:45 p.m. He struck his head on a rock before landing […]
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Cousins chased from Harpswell home at 3 a.m. charged with burglary
Two men were arrested early Wednesday morning after two residents found them breaking into their Harpswell home. Brunswick police and deputies from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office were called to a burglary in progress at 3:20 a.m. at 850 Cundys Harbor Road. Two people who live in the home were awakened by noises coming from […]
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Ralph L. Judd Jr.
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — Ralph L. Judd Jr., 91, died at his home Thursday, April 12, following a long illness. He was born in Lisbon on Aug. 7, 1926, the son of Ralph L. Judd Sr. and Elsie Beal (Judd) Chase. He attended Lisbon schools. Upon graduation, he joined the U.S. Army in 1944 and served […]
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Free program teaches boat building to local kids
HARPSWELL — For most people, Sunday is a day of rest, but for the past two months, Ann Flannery and her team of boat builders have been hard at work. In mid-January, Flannery, a longtime woodworker and Cundy’s Harbor resident, launched a program for local children ages 6 and older known as “Harpswell Boat Builders.” […]
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Car crashes into roof of Harpswell home; injured driver unnoticed for 10 hours
A Harpswell man was stuck in his car with serious injuries for 10 hours Wednesday morning after he lost control of the vehicle and it went airborne and slammed into an unoccupied house, according to police. Kevin O’Connor, 35, of Harpswell, was driving a 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass on Harpswell Islands Road when he crashed near […]
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Student discovers new species of wasp in Harpswell
HARPSWELL — Hillary Morin Peterson got more than she expected out of a summer internship. Peterson, a Brunswick native studying for a doctorate in entomology at Pennsylvania State University, discovered a new species of wasp in Harpswell oak trees as an undergraduate at the University of Maine. Although she conducted the initial research for her […]
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Maine's youngest fishermen: hooked on tradition, challenged to innovate
HARPSWELL — Josh Todd’s memories of growing up aboard his father’s fishing boat are of deck hands shoveling shrimp and being allowed to place rubber bands on lobsters as they came out of the ocean. When he was old enough, the Chebeague Island native was allowed five lobster traps of his own. Now a rising […]