7+ hour, 57+ min ago  (321+ words) The Harpswell Anchor Town should keep us informed Thank you, Anchor, for your article in June about the challenges facing the new Emergency Services Building Committee (Emergency services building project faces rising costs, possible delays," Page 12). Before your article, there…...

9+ hour, 8+ min ago  (257+ words) A speedy response by bystanders helped prevent a diesel spill of about 40-50 gallons from polluting the waters of Cundy's Harbor on Wednesday, June 24. The spill occurred around 1 p. m. when a commercial lobster truck punctured its fuel tank on its way to…...

9+ hour, 19+ min ago  (218+ words) A person who was staying in a shed in North Harpswell suffered burns and smoke inhalation when the structure caught fire on Wednesday, June 24. Harpswell Neck Fire and Rescue responded to 23 Smokehouse Road, off Route 123, shortly after 7 p. m. and "found a…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1618+ words) Government transparency advocates say the state went too far in redacting an investigator's report on a fatal March 2025 house fire on Bailey Island, withholding details that are typically disclosed after an investigation has concluded. Portland attorney Sigmund Schutz and New…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (269+ words) Mark E. Wallace, 73, died June 6, 2026, at the Marshwood Center nursing home in Lewiston, Maine. Mark grew up in Brunswick as part of a large family, leaving school early to help his family financially. Mark was married twice and divorced twice; he…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (475+ words) The driver in a January crash that killed a pedestrian on Orr's Island has been charged with manslaughter, operating under the influence and cocaine possession. Cumberland County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested Alton D. Wyman, 41, of Wiscasset, on Friday, June 19, according to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (515+ words) Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet." Perhaps it's just me, but I can remember a time when folks appeared to have more empathy and compassion. The ideas of giving and kindness sometimes seem to have been dimmed…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1024+ words) Harpswell voters supported the school district's 2026-27 budget and backed Democrat Nirav Shah and Republican Bobby Charles in Maine's gubernatorial primaries on Tuesday, June 9. The vote in favor of the budget for Maine School Administrative District 75 was 1, 647 to 367. Tuesday's budget validation…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (382+ words) The Harpswell Select Board appointed Frank True interim fire administrator on Thursday, June 4. True, a per diem municipal firefighter and a volunteer with Harpswell Neck Fire and Rescue, retired last year from a career as a fire chief and a…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (671+ words) On April 16, 1993, 19-year-old volunteer firefighter Mike Drake had just arrived at a burning building in Bath when someone said a baby was inside. Drake grabbed a ladder and raced to an upstairs window. Once inside, he plucked the 18-month-old girl…...