In the winter of 1815, at the end of the “Second War of Independence” against Great Britain, the legend of “one of the most successful Yankee Privateers in the War of 1812” was cemented in Maine’s maritime lore. And despite her mysterious disappearance in January 1815, this great “Ghost Ship” has been known to haunt […]
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Mound control: Mt. Ararat baseball rides pitching depth to A North top seed
The Eagles are looking for their first regional final appearance since 2017.
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Topsham-area voters approve $57.9 million school budget
The fiscal year 2026 budget reflects a 5.52% increase from the previous year.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
A Harpswell chocolatier wants to make her Buoy Pops Maine’s next iconic treat
It started with a question: ‘Why has nobody made a lollipop shaped like a lobster buoy?’
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Harpswell Neck boxer knocked out opponents — and discrimination
Lisa Kuronya Coombs is tall and thin, a graceful blonde with light blue-green eyes that sparkle like a crystal chandelier. You might think she’s a fashion model. You’d be wrong. Kuronya Coombs is a boxer. And she’s a regional, national and international women’s boxing champion. Fighting from 2001–2009, she racked up three national Golden Gloves […]
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$6M fire station, building demolition top June ballot in Harpswell
Harpswell voters will decide a handful of major issues, including the fate of a $6 million municipal fire station proposal, in a special town referendum on Tuesday, June 10. Two referendum questions — the fire station and the proposed demolition of a town-owned building at George J. Mitchell Field — were held over from a […]
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Bill to facilitate coastal rebuilding in Harpswell expanded to all towns
A bill initiated and co-written by Harpswell officials to facilitate coastal rebuilding from the January 2024 storms has been expanded to include all coastal communities in Maine. Maine Senate President Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, submitted the bill, L.D. 1864, to the Legislature in early May. It would allow working waterfront property owners to bypass certain zoning rules so they […]
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Phippsburg got its name from a Maine knight who ended the Salem Witch Trials
One of the great legends in New England history rose from modest beginnings on Maine’s Midcoast. He became the first man knighted in the North American Colonies, the first royal governor of Massachusetts and he ended the most notorious mass hysteria in American history. William Green Phips was born at Nequasset in present-day Woolwich on […]
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Celebrating business success and free Midcoast fun options for summer
In these columns, I spend a great deal of time looking ahead at what is to come. To be sure, I do some of that below because keeping you informed is a key role I play for the community. However, there have been a number of events in May, and despite this being one of […]
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Cooking at the Cove: Fried rice followed by Rhubarb Sticky Pudding
I’ve been doing yard work between rain drops and haven’t spent as much time in the kitchen as usual. Because I have to travel a distance to town, I very seldom order takeout, and delivery is not an option. So when I crave a bit of traditional takeout food, I just make it myself. It […]