The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office and the Cundy’s Harbor Fire/EMS responded to Cundy’s Harbor Road at the intersection with the Oak Ledge Road in Harpswell after a vehicle crashed around 10:15 p.m. Feb. 19. Two occupants escaped injury after their vehicle went off the road and rolled onto its side, eventually erupting into flames, according […]
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Community support leads to preservation of undeveloped Casco Bay islands
The islands of Little Whaleboat West, Nate and Tuck are now protected under the Maine Coast Heritage Trust.
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Fire destroys Harpswell mobile home, kills dog
A dog was killed and a mobile home destroyed in fire in Harpswell on Wednesday. According to Ben Wallace, the fire chief for Cundy’s Harbor Fire Department and Orr’s and Bailey’s Islands Fire Department, emergency personnel responded to a structure fire at 420 Cundy’s Harbor Road around 10:20 a.m. and the scene was cleared at […]
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Harpswell, West Bath, Phippsburg to investigate climate’s impact on future of town landings
Baker Design Consultants will conduct a climate resiliency analysis on three town landings: Garrison Cove boat launch on Bailey Island in Harpswell, Sabino Landing in West Bath, and Acre Lot Wharf in Phippsburg.
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Harpswell deployed new shark warning flag just twice this summer
The flag alert system, intended to warn beachgoers of a possible shark sighting, was adopted a year after a fatal shark attack off the coast of Bailey Island.
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Harpswell oyster hatchery may farm kelp at Mitchell Field
According to Running Tide’s website, the company is growing kelp that floats on the water’s surface to absorb and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as part of a pilot project.
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Harpswell student to be featured in international documentary on Discovery Plus
Sadie Pressman of Harpswell is one of four American students featured in a documentary that chronicles their lives attending high school abroad.
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Ohio fugitive wanted for drug felonies arrested in Harpswell
Brian Woods, 46, was wanted in Ohio for multiple felonies including trafficking fentanyl.
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Anchor aweigh: Harpswell locals revive community newspaper
“It’s a true grassroots effort,” said J.W. Oliver, the Harpswell Anchor’s new editor. “This is a group of people who live in Harpswell and missed their paper and said ‘We’re going to start a new one.’”
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A year after deadly shark attack, Harpswell adopts warning flag
The flag will be hoisted in Mitchell Field, Mackerel Cove and Cedar Beach when there is a reported shark sighting within a quarter mile.