HARPSWELL — Harpswell residents will vote at Town Meeting this Saturday on a $5.2 million budget, which is an increase of just over 3 percent from the current budget. A slew of other issues will also be on the ballot March 10, including two warrant articles that will determine the fate of the controversial Mitchell Field […]
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SAD 75 budget could rise 2% in FY '19
TOPSHAM — Next year’s School Administrative District 75 budget could increase 1.95 percent over current spending, according to a draft unveiled Monday. Superintendent Brad Smith’s recommended $38 million budget is subject to change in the weeks ahead, as it is vetted by the Finance Committee and goes to three public forums later this month. The […]
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Harpswell Police Beat: March 2
Arrests 2/23 at 12:44 a.m. Nils D. Wessel, 27, of Bristol Way, was arrested on Bristol Way by Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputy Arthur Brown on charges of aggravated assault and violating conditions of release.
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Harpswell Police Beat: March 2
Arrests 2/23 at 12:44 a.m. Nils D. Wessel, 27, of Bristol Way, was arrested on Bristol Way by Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputy Arthur Brown on charges of aggravated assault and violating conditions of release.
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Harpswell Police: Feb. 23
No arrests or summonses were reported from Feb. 14-21.
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Harpswell Police: Feb. 23
No arrests or summonses were reported from Feb. 14-21.
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Harpswell school raises more than $2K for beloved lunch lady
HARPSWELL — Theresa Desjardins often says no one leaves her kitchen hungry. Desjardins, known as “Ms. D.”, has been the cook at Harpswell Community School for nearly 13 years In recent months, however, she has been out of work while recovering from a long-awaited kidney transplant. Although she is set to return next week, in her […]
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Communities share 'age-friendly' ideas, strategies
BATH — After two brainstorming forums on ways to make Bath and its neighboring communities more “age friendly” to seniors, a new panel of area residents plans to pool ideas and may hold another informational gathering in May. A Feb. 15 meeting, hosted by Ruth Lawson-Stopps at Patten Free Library, followed a gathering held Jan. […]
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Harpswell to ask voter approval for browntail moth research
Voters will decide whether to allocate $9,500 for the University of Maine to study the town’s moths.
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Topsham school evacuated following bomb threat
TOPSHAM — Students were evacuated from Woodside Elementary School Friday morning in response to a bomb threat, one day after reports of threats at Mt. Ararat High School. “In an abundance of caution in response to a safety threat to Woodside School, we have relocated all Woodside staff and students to the Orion (Performing Arts […]