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By Ed Robinson: May is one of the best months of the year, a time when we climb out of the recliner, shake off the winter cobwebs and shift our patooties into high gear. Mud season is behind us, summer beckons and spring is bursting out all over. An upbeat song by Katrina and The Waves captures the mood of May for me, the classic “Walking on Sunshine” — “I’m walking on sunshine, whoa-oh, and don’t it feel good!”
The World Health Organization needs my help. If you haven’t heard, the current COVID variants are named after Greek letters and there are only 24 letters available. WHO is seeking a new “nomenclature” to use after omega — the last Greek letter — is assigned.
So here’s my small list of new names — all chosen in the spirit of poking fun at the COVID virus and ourselves as we navigate our way into and out of and back into and out of and back into and out of this pandemic.
The Brunswick Rotary Club hopes to mount a plaque at the 1793 cattle pound at Harpswell Center, commemorating a structure vital to early settlers’ lives.
The Harpswell Booster Club has dissolved, and with no boosters to staff it, the town plans to demolish the snack shack at Trufant-Summerton Athletic Field.
Harpswell voters will decide two questions in a special town meeting by referendum on June 14. The town vote will coincide with the primary election and the Maine School Administrative District 75 budget validation referendum.
The select board will hold a public hearing on the ballot at the town office at 6:15 p.m., Thursday, May 12.
When something goes wrong at sea, like a boat capsizing or catching fire, fishermen have moments to make a series of decisions that may determine whether they live or die. But training for disaster can increase the likelihood of survival.
That’s the idea behind a traveling safety training for fishermen that arrived in Cundy’s Harbor on Thursday and Friday, May 5 and 6. The training was free and available to both fishermen and aquaculturists.
The Maine Charter School Commission approved Harpswell Coastal Academy’s consolidation plan in a 4-1 vote on Tuesday, May 10, but the commission’s chair says the charter school remains “fragile” and has much work to do.
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office and the town collected 75 pounds of unwanted medications during a four-hour event at the town office on April 30.
The town hosts collections twice a year, in April and October. Over-the-counter, prescription and veterinary medications are welcome. Needles and thermometers are not accepted.
The Harpswell Lobster Boat Races are moving from Potts Harbor to Middle Bay, where spectators can watch the July event from George J. Mitchell Field.
The races will take place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on July 24, according to the request. The organizers expect 50-200 people to attend. Food trucks and merchandise tables will be set up at Mitchell Field.
The Maine Charter School Commission just voted 4-1 to approve Harpswell Coastal Academy's consolidation plan. Story to come at harpswellanchor.org.
One of the two candidates for the Democratic nomination in Maine House District 99 has ended her campaign, saying she is “facing some health challenges.”
The town office has a new receptionist at the front desk after the retirement of Linda Strickland. Denise Perry, of Harpswell, will staff the desk as part of her duties as a full-time “multi-office assistant.”
