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🌱 How far did Phippsburg’s rescued harp seal swim from home?

Phippsburg, Maine Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • How far did Phippsburg’s rescued harp seal swim from home?

Also on today's calendar: 2026 Ocean Commotion 5K and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 69 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 63, low: 52.
  • Monday: Some sun with a shower, with a high of 67 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Young harp seal tracked thousands of miles from Maine to the Arctic (wmtw.com) — A rescued young harp seal was released in Phippsburg in late May and has since completed a remarkable 4,500-mile journey to the Arctic, tracked by satellite. The story highlights how Marine Mammals of Maine helped the stranded yearling recover locally before it migrated past Canada and Greenland into the high Arctic waters.
   

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  • Albertsons Company posted a job opening for Food Service Clerk in Bath. Apply here.
  • Health Fitness Corporation posted a job opening for Industrial Athletic Trainer in Bath. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Phippsburg here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bath

  • Bath, Maine: Parent Says Morse Middle School Student Told 12-Year-Old to Harm Himself (theunionstar.com)
  • Cape Coral VFW Launches Scholarship Race with Prizes Up to $35K (englewoodreview.com)
  • You can explore 400 years of shipbuilding history and hit the beach in one Maine afternoon (wheninyourstate.com)

Brunswick

  • Maine nonprofit receives national award for fighting childhood hunger (wmtw.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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