TIMES RECORD • August 12, 2024
Back-to-back storms on Jan. 10 and 13 caused extensive damage and flooding along the Midcoast. Now, seven months later, thousands of businesses that reported losses have begun to receive federal disaster relief aid. The looming question: Is it enough? According to Chris Hole, owner of Henry Allen’s Seafood, “it’s not.” Despite being one of the six waterfront owners in Harpswell to receive a state grant, without flood insurance, he described himself as stuck between a rock and a hard place. Anecdotal reports from the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association indicate that 60% of the state’s working waterfront was destroyed. Harpswell and Georgetown were hit especially hard.