Whitefield
Whitefield, ME · Municipal
harpswellanchor.org
House candidate wants to help young people stay in Harpswell
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Braeden Webber is challenging current state Rep. Cheryl Golek to represent Harpswell and eastern Brunswick as a Republican. He lives on Great Island and works at the Safe Harbor Great Island boatyard while also going to college and helping his grandfather operate the Webber & Sons lobster wharf. He spoke to the Anchor on the phone. The interview has been edited for clarity and length.
lcnme.com
Edgecomb Begins Renovations of Town Hall, Considers New Auditors
Edgecomb will begin the installation of a new countertop in the town hall in the upcoming weeks to begin a series of renovations to the building. At the Edgecomb Select Board’s Tuesday, Oct. 27 meeting, Edgecomb Tax Collector Jessica Mague said she was speaking on behalf of the town’s building committee and that it has found a “suitable countertop” to be used a service counter in the town hall.
harpswellanchor.org
Harpswell seeks public input on Mitchell Field’s future
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Harpswell officials are planning a new round of public meetings to help determine the future of George J. Mitchell Field, including the fate of two remaining buildings and the development of a new long-term plan for the town-owned waterfront property. The plan comes as...
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The Maine State Museum reopens in Augusta after 6-year closure
The Maine State Museum is ready to showcase history once again. After six years, the museum celebrated its reopening Saturday with a ribbon-cutting and a countdown, as hundreds of visitors came through the doors. "They put a lot of detail into remodeling it," said Angel Vinton, who was among those...
The Maine Monitor
How Brunswick raced to keep families housed after their mobile homes were condemned
Holly Ayala was tired of renting when she put nearly all the money she had — $12,000 — into a mobile home in Brunswick. She found the trailer from the 1970s advertised on Facebook Marketplace at Davis Street Trailer Park. Ayala said she understood it would need some fixing up but had been assured by the property management company that the trailer was livable.