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S.O.S. going out for steeple repair
SOUTHWEST HARBOR One of the oldest beacons in the Great Harbor is getting a facelift.
Members of the Southwest Harbor Historical Society are sending out an S.O.S. – Save Our Steeple – for help in funding repairs to the tallest part of what is now called the Manset Meeting House on Seawall Road.
Repairs are estimated to cost $135,000 and are partially being funded with a $60,000 grant from the Maine Steeples Fund. Another donor has offered a $20,000 matching grant towards the project.
“That will take us up to $100,000,” said Aimee Williams, president of the historical society, explaining how the donor will match whatever donations are made to the society up to $20,000.
Island Police: Officer assists with Long Pond rescue
Southwest Harbor
An employee of a business called police on May 19 around 8:30 a.m. to report keys left in the door of a business on Clark Point Road with no one around. When an officer arrived to check the business, the owner had just arrived and there were employees inside.
On May 19, an officer helped with a rescue on Long Pond around 12:30 p.m. of three people who capsized their canoe. Once they were rescued, the canoers were treated by ambulance personnel.
A woman asked police to check on her husband around 5 p.m. on May 19. She believed he wanted to hurt himself. When an officer conducted the well–being check, he found the man with his mother and the man was fine.
New harbormaster addresses broken float problem
SOUTHWEST HARBOR Ever since a post was put on social media regarding Styrofoam polluting the beach at Manset Dock, upset people have been letting Southwest Harbor’s new harbormaster, Jesse Gilley, hear about it. Some have even called him on his personal cell phone late at night.
Four floats owned by three different people who have property on Greening Island are the culprits. The floats were victims of a perfect set of storms that rendered them unusable. The last of these broken floats was towed to the Manset Dock on May 12.
“The floats have been out there for years and are completely broken,” said Gilley in an interview with the Islander. “These floats were all in great shape last fall. They winter well, usually. They just had a rough spring as far as weather goes.”