Town Meeting Concessions

Written by Sheryl Earl Johnson | 16 March 2010

Parents and children from the Harpswell Islands School's fifth grade class will once again be providing food and beverages at town meeting on March 20 to raise funds for their class trip to Boston. Coffee and donuts will be on hand from 9-11AM and lunch will be served from 11AM-3PM. Items available include the following: hot dog, $2.00, pizza slice, $2.00, soda/water, $1.00, chips .75, pastries, .50 and coffee, .50.
It would be GREATLY appreciated that people bring small bills to pay for their purchases as limited funds will be available to make change.
In addition to concessions, the children will also be selling magazine subscriptions from QSP to raise funds for various end-of-year activities. These subscriptions are available at a significant savings compared to newsstand prices. If you currently have a subscription that will soon be expiring, are tired of paying too much at retailers and would like to save some money and support a good cause at the same time, please consider renewing or subscribing with us. Checks will be accepted.

Climate Change In Casco Bay

Written by Bill Millar | 16 March 2010

The Casco Bay Estuary Partnership released the report "Climate Change in the Casco Bay Watershed: Past, Present, and Future." Based on historic climate change data for the Casco Bay region, and on work relating the predictions of global climate models to local conditions, the report reveals striking climate trends in Maine's most populated watershed.

Overall, the region has been getting warmer and wetter over the past century, according to the report. Average annual temperature has increased nearly 2°F across the region. Ice-outs on Sebago Lake now occur nearly three weeks earlier than they did in the 1800s. Rainfall is on the rise, with Portland receiving nearly 20 percent more rain annually than it did one hundred years ago. The report also documents an increase in extreme weather events, a decrease in snow cover days, earlier spring run-off, longer growing seasons, and rising sea levels.

Thefts Update

Written by Amber Skinner | 16 March 2010

In the late fall of last year, a sharp rise in the number of burglaries in Harpswell prompted the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) to issue a warning which has been posted on the town's website (www.harpswell.maine.gov).
The "unusual events" started in October and peaked in November, according to CCSO Captain of Criminal Investigations Don Goulet, with 11 thefts reported in just the first 10 days of that month.