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SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Jarrod Kushla was brought on as the town’s harbormaster in mid-October.

Oliver Curry has resigned as Southwest Harbor’s harbormaster.

All articles pass at Southwest Harbor Town Meeting  Residents stand in line to sign in on Saturday at Southwest Harbor’s annual Town Meeting. More than 100 registered voters attended the meeting that lasted two hours. ISLANDER PHOTO BY SARAH HINCKLEY SOUTHWEST HARBOR  — The firehouse, with doors wide open, was packed with people, safely distanced from one another, for the annual Town Meeting on Saturday. Voters approved every article on the warrant, most with very little discussion.  Even Article 43, a request to apply for a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant, passed with no vo...

Southwest Harbor harbormaster steps down SOUTHWEST HARBOR — You’ll probably still see Jesse Gilley on the water in Southwest Harbor after this week, but it won’t be in his capacity as the harbormaster.   “A job came up that worked a little better for my family and I couldn’t refuse it,” he said.   Gilley, who was brought on by the town earlier this year, has taken a job as a boat captain with John W. Goodwin Jr. Construction, where he’ll run a transport barge to the islands off Mount Desert Island.   “I really enjoyed this job,” Gilley said of his five months i...

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 ha...