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 […]
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Former Mt. Ararat high, middle school employee under investigation, district says
SAD 75 Superintendent Heidi O’Leary calls the allegations against the ex-employee, who has not been charged or arrested, ‘deeply unsettling’ but does not elaborate.
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Bill would aid Harpswell in coastal rebuilding from January 2024 storms
Maine Senate President Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, has submitted a bill to the Legislature that would allow Harpswell’s working waterfront to bypass certain zoning rules to rebuild structures damaged during back-to-back coastal storms in January 2024. The bill, L.D. 1864, would allow an exception for Harpswell property owners whose working docks, piers or wharves were damaged or […]
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The case for accessible child care in Maine
As I think about the future of Maine, one thing is clear: The well-being of our children — and the families who raise them — is at the heart of our success. While I’m not yet a parent, I often think about the daunting question: How would we, as a family, afford child care? For […]