Harpswell News

Something tells me Grassley nor Landrieu have ever had to ask friends and family in the community to help fund health care expenses.

Two orange lobsters that look as though they've just emerged from a steamer pot are definitely alive and pinching in Maine.

Two extremely rare orange-yellow lobsters float among the normal colored variety at the lobster pound attatched to York Fitness Center on Route 1 in York.

When carpenter Greg Douglas rolled his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone.

Officials say it's a mystery where dozens of hypodermic needles that washed up on a beach in Harpswell came from.

Bailey Island From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bailey Island is an island in Casco Bay, and a part of the town of Harpswell, Maine, USA.

More than 80 hypodermic needles were found Wednesday morning on a beach in Harpswell.

A chronological compilation of local police and fire calls from all four editions of The Forecaster, covering 14 Maine cities and towns: Portland, Falmouth, Cumberland, Yarmouth, Freeport, North Yarmouth, Chebeague Island, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, Bath, Brunswick, Harpswell and Topsham.

What started as a lesiurely stroll on a harpswell beach this morning quickly became a health hazard.

AUGUSTA, Maine – Eleven coastal communities have been awarded 12 new Shore and Harbor Planning Grants, totaling more than $140,000, according to Maine Department of Conservation officials.

When Leila Percy showed up for her first Democratic Party fundraiser eight years ago wearing a leather jacket with fringe, she was advised to find something different to wear the next time.

Middleburg, Va., resident Flora Hillman, vacationing on Chebeague Island, comes face to face with one of four seals that recently ended up on an island beach.

People say "politics is politics" and it was never more true than the May 13 meeting of the State and Local Government Committee in Augusta where politics trounced historical research and facts.

A recent spate of thefts from the returnable bottle bins, which provide Harpswell non-profit organizations revenue to carry out their community projects, has local sheriff's deputies on a heightened alert level.

TOPSHAM a ' Several residents opposed to the possible closing of the West Harpswell School are asking the Board of Selectmen to "conduct a detailed review" of the proposal.

When Harpswell's town meeting last March gave its approval to reopen the issue of the boundary between Harpswell and Brunswick, the Carrying Place Assembly wasted no time.

5/19 at 9:55 p.m. Dee R. Rogers, 48, of 64 Theodore Drive, was arrested on Theodore Drive on a warrant arrest charge.

For the 11th year in a row, Shirley Thompson is planning the annual Harpswell Memorial Day parade to be held Monday morning, May 25th.

Thursday's high winds knocked down trees and limbs around Maine, causing scattered power outages.

AUGUSTA a ' A bill that would redraw a portion of the Harpswell's boundary with Brunswick suffered a major setback Wednesday when the Legislature's State and Local Government Committee voted 10-3 against the measure.