School board chair to finish term, despite talk of resignation
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Library Connections: What it takes to run a small library
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Never Not Amazed: The symptoms of aging
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‘The old country store’: Memories of Sinnett’s in the 1950s
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Wilson fundraiser nets $23,500
Mar 15, 2023


Harpswell pediatrician to compete in state pageant
Mar 13, 2023


Greenleaf, Beattie take school board seats
Mar 11, 2023



Local students make dean’s lists
Mar 7, 2023



Cook’s raises $20K to heat homes
Feb 28, 2023

Harpswell selectman seeks 4th term
Feb 27, 2023




Benefit to support Orr’s Island lobsterman
Feb 19, 2023




Town proposes budget with 9.57% increase
Feb 11, 2023

Verizon ‘in talks’ to join tower at Mitchell Field
Feb 11, 2023


Joint Venture remains at bottom of Lowell’s Cove
Feb 2, 2023

Town reviews needs of Harpswell’s private cemeteries
Jan 30, 2023




PBS series features local host, local scenes
Jan 23, 2023

Climate committee seeks $100K fund
Jan 20, 2023

New deal locks in Curtis contribution
Jan 12, 2023

3 seek 2 seats on school board
Jan 11, 2023

$50K grant to boost heating aid
Jan 10, 2023

Anchor contributor to publish book of poems
Jan 6, 2023

Town picks firm for energy audit
Jan 6, 2023




McCreight reflects on 8 years in Legislature
Dec 31, 2022

Uncle Pete’s is for sale — but not to just anyone
Dec 30, 2022





Town election season begins
Dec 8, 2022


Burpees for Turkeys benefits food bank
Dec 4, 2022


Town adds 3rd part-time firefighter
Nov 23, 2022

Tower at Orr’s Island Fire Station comes down
Nov 22, 2022

Town’s new streetlights friendly to skies and budget
Nov 16, 2022

Firm to study town’s broadband options
Nov 15, 2022









Harpswell man, 21, dies in crash on Mountain Road
Oct 31, 2022



Prince de Neufchatel: An American privateer
Oct 20, 2022

Voters to elect new state representative
Oct 19, 2022

McCreight honored by American Cancer Society
Oct 18, 2022

State reopens 500 acres of clam flats
Oct 17, 2022

Running Tide puts Mitchell Field expansion on hold
Oct 13, 2022




Absentee ballots available Oct. 11
Oct 5, 2022




Town inks deal for new website
Oct 3, 2022


Basin Point Road work to start in October
Sep 26, 2022




Working group exploring bike paths
Sep 11, 2022

Two McCreight bills take effect
Sep 8, 2022



Shredding returns to Recycling Center
Sep 5, 2022


HNPEA event raises $5K for tennis courts
Sep 2, 2022

Comprehensive Plan Task Force selects consultant
Sep 1, 2022





Harpswell tax rate down 86 cents after revaluation
Aug 17, 2022


Meraki Gallery finds new home on Harpswell Neck
Aug 17, 2022



Esther Root Adams: Lessons on living large
Aug 5, 2022







Affordable Housing Working Group appointed
Jul 29, 2022


R.A. Webber & Sons celebrates 60 years in business
Jul 21, 2022




Sheriff’s Office shuts down fireworks show
Jul 17, 2022



Arizona restaurant chain buys Bailey Island wharf
Jul 14, 2022

Giant’s Stairs to become ‘EarthCache’ site
Jul 12, 2022






Bailey Islander honored for vaccination drive
Jul 8, 2022






Select board OKs plaque for cattle pound
Jun 30, 2022

Town hires animal control officer, parks monitor
Jun 29, 2022

Lightning strikes Orr’s Island Fire Station
Jun 29, 2022

Installation of LED streetlights to begin soon
Jun 26, 2022

Resiliency committee to present plan
Jun 25, 2022

Town establishes Affordable Housing Working Group
Jun 23, 2022

Harpswell introduces shark hotline
Jun 22, 2022


Local, state ballots head to June vote
Jun 12, 2022













New Anchor celebrates 1st anniversary
May 28, 2022


HCS students raise $400 for kids in Ukraine
May 26, 2022


Harpswell’s first postmaster: Washington Garcelon
May 18, 2022


Booster club dissolves, snack shack to come down
May 12, 2022

Special referendum set for June 14
May 12, 2022



Collection brings in 75 pounds of medications
May 10, 2022

Lobster boat races will move to Mitchell Field
May 10, 2022



Town hires ‘multi-office assistant’
May 9, 2022







Harpswell Hiking Challenge to return
Apr 30, 2022



Ash Cove Pottery: Magic in the making
Apr 27, 2022



School board names next superintendent
Apr 14, 2022


Library renovations continue with siding job
Apr 11, 2022


Robert P. Tristram Coffin: An accidental discovery
Apr 10, 2022








Second Republican enters House race
Apr 2, 2022


Landmark Bailey Island restaurant to reopen
Mar 31, 2022


Selectmen pick Warren for school board
Mar 17, 2022




MSAD 75 to make masking optional Wednesday
Mar 7, 2022


Town office to end mask requirement
Mar 4, 2022





Voters to elect tax collector, town clerk
Feb 27, 2022

‘Outstanding’ animal control officer to resign
Feb 25, 2022

Cook’s Lobster gives $10K to heat homes
Feb 24, 2022

Shibles to enter Maine Basketball Hall of Fame
Feb 23, 2022


Feedback wanted on streetlight proposal
Feb 21, 2022

Town airboat aids in rescue on Sebago Lake
Feb 21, 2022



Candidates lining up for House race
Feb 2, 2022







Paramedic ‘fly car’ crashes during snowstorm
Jan 23, 2022

Town orders $554,592 fire truck
Jan 21, 2022

March election to see race for school board
Jan 20, 2022

First carrier on new tower nearly ready
Jan 18, 2022

Propane truck rolls over on Harpswell Neck
Jan 17, 2022


Wooden boat-building class to return
Jan 8, 2022



Select board declares Joint Venture abandoned
Jan 3, 2022



School board aims to hire superintendent in April
Dec 19, 2021


Fire in Cundy’s Harbor displaces 3
Dec 17, 2021

Boat sinks in Lowell’s Cove
Dec 15, 2021









Harpswell Community School ranks 10th in state
Dec 1, 2021

Holiday lights dazzle around Harpswell
Nov 28, 2021


Bailey Island Motel closes, will become condominiums
Nov 18, 2021





Legislature honors former town clerk
Nov 10, 2021









School board votes to continue mask mandate
Oct 22, 2021


Eager to attract subs, school board offers 32% raise
Oct 17, 2021


Task force to take on comprehensive plan
Oct 9, 2021







Morse’s Cribstone Grill closes permanently
Sep 28, 2021


DOT to reduce speed limit in Cundy’s Harbor
Sep 17, 2021





Town expects $519K in federal funds
Sep 8, 2021

New monument on Orr’s honors 171 island veterans
Sep 7, 2021









Harpswell boys reflect on World Series run
Aug 19, 2021

Town pursues solar energy deal
Aug 16, 2021



Tax rate up by 2 cents
Aug 11, 2021







Harpswell has a new road
Jul 25, 2021

200-year-old sugar maple comes down
Jul 25, 2021

Town re-ups contracts with county
Jul 25, 2021

Salvaged boat removed from beach
Jul 25, 2021

Town lands benefit from donations, volunteerism
Jul 25, 2021

Town to observe Juneteenth
Jul 25, 2021



Town ends state of emergency
Jul 24, 2021
Columns & Letters
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Editor’s Corner: Why I work at the Anchor
Mar 28, 2023


Never Not Amazed: The symptoms of aging
Mar 18, 2023


Thinking in Public: New discoveries
Mar 15, 2023

Carbon emissions and dark skies
Mar 12, 2023

The legacy of HCA
Mar 5, 2023

A day to celebrate
Mar 3, 2023

Cooking at 43° North: A recipe from the heart
Feb 13, 2023




Harpswell Naturalist: The bald eagle
Feb 5, 2023

Thinking in Public: On being quiet
Feb 4, 2023

Clash of cultures
Feb 1, 2023

A good man
Jan 30, 2023

Why I’m running
Jan 28, 2023

Running for school board
Jan 27, 2023

Trash Talk 101: Resolve to recycle in the new year
Jan 15, 2023

Lost on a Loop Trail: Memento mori quack quack
Jan 14, 2023

Harpswell Naturalist: Too many deer?
Jan 13, 2023


Preserving our lobstering heritage
Jan 7, 2023

Thinking in Public: Anticipation
Jan 7, 2023

Theater binds us together
Jan 5, 2023

Library Connections: Choosing your preferences
Jan 5, 2023

Finest public librarian we know
Jan 4, 2023

Santa’s elves, working in the dark
Jan 3, 2023

Never Not Amazed: Announcing the year of …
Jan 1, 2023

Disappointment and disbelief
Dec 30, 2022

Never Not Amazed: Santa
Dec 21, 2022

Lugging the Anchor inland
Dec 18, 2022


Library Connections: Book clubs of Cundy’s Harbor
Dec 16, 2022

Lost on a Loop Trail: Faux Food for Thought
Dec 15, 2022

Harpswell Naturalist: Eiders down
Dec 14, 2022

Cooking at 43° North: A taste of the Maine coast
Dec 13, 2022


Thinking in Public: Eyes on the road
Dec 11, 2022

Thank you to Harpswell
Dec 7, 2022

Johnson poems back in print
Dec 6, 2022

Verizon signal weak on water
Dec 5, 2022

Never Not Amazed: On gratitude
Nov 14, 2022


Harpswell Naturalist: Coyotes in Harpswell
Nov 11, 2022


Thinking in Public: A season too soon
Nov 7, 2022

Law limits landowner liability
Nov 4, 2022

Marjorie Johnson: Bailey Island’s favorite poet
Nov 3, 2022

Imperative that young people vote
Nov 1, 2022

Teel is the real deal
Oct 29, 2022

Impressed with Golek
Oct 28, 2022

Lost on a Loop Trail: Leech Wars, Episode II
Oct 16, 2022

Never Not Amazed: The best-laid plans
Oct 15, 2022

Property owners’ liability
Oct 12, 2022



We need Golek in Augusta
Oct 9, 2022


Thinking in Public: Can we talk?
Oct 7, 2022

Take up the cause
Sep 30, 2022


Library Connections: What is a library?
Sep 22, 2022

Poems From Home: Writer and photographer Cate Wnek
Sep 19, 2022

Lost on a Loop Trail: Leech wars, Episode I
Sep 18, 2022

Never Not Amazed: What, me worry?
Sep 16, 2022

Harpswell Naturalist: Insect invasion
Sep 14, 2022


Thinking in Public: The smoker and the cough
Sep 10, 2022

Support library at Mitchell Field
Sep 4, 2022

A special and fun event
Sep 3, 2022

Honor to provide TV services
Sep 2, 2022

Property tax freeze for seniors
Sep 1, 2022

Maine, memories and delicious food
Aug 29, 2022

Lost on a Loop Trail: So b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l
Aug 14, 2022

Eager to help neighbors
Aug 10, 2022

Never Not Amazed: Crows and the future of flying
Aug 10, 2022

Harpswell Naturalist: Moonbug
Aug 9, 2022


Thinking in Public: Misunderstandings
Aug 7, 2022

Removal of campaign signs
Aug 1, 2022

The days of wine from roses
Jul 22, 2022

Student Voices: Breaking ground on graduation
Jul 21, 2022


Cooking at 43° North: Keeping it simple with lobster
Jul 13, 2022

Harpswell Naturalist: Harpswell from the sea
Jul 10, 2022

Observations on the field
Jul 9, 2022


Corn fritters
Jul 6, 2022

A unique volunteer experience
Jul 5, 2022


Great job on Hiking Challenge
Jun 30, 2022

A heartfelt thank you
Jun 28, 2022

Poems from Home: Harpswell Community School students
Jun 23, 2022

Lost on a Loop Trail: No peas, please
Jun 13, 2022

Harpswell Naturalist: The osprey
Jun 8, 2022


Thinking in Public: Easy pickin’s
Jun 5, 2022

Musician in search of musicians
Jun 5, 2022

Pick up, please
Jun 4, 2022

Sam’s enthusiasm for the library
Jun 3, 2022

Harpswell Naturalist: Moving month
May 15, 2022



Thinking in Public: Positively aging
May 6, 2022

Dyakuyu, School House 1913
May 1, 2022


Notes From the Mad Farmer: Civil War experiences
Apr 12, 2022

Cooking at 43° North: All about the sides
Apr 9, 2022


Harpswell Naturalist: Tick time
Apr 5, 2022

Thinking in Public: Every winter
Apr 4, 2022

Do you need a hand?
Apr 3, 2022

The needs of the many
Apr 1, 2022

John Gilliam Day
Mar 31, 2022

Cooking At 43° North: Supper in 20 minutes
Mar 9, 2022



Thinking in Public: Pleasant surprises
Mar 6, 2022

Poems from Home: Richard Craig Sipe
Mar 5, 2022

Letter writer to be commended
Mar 1, 2022

Adapting to the times
Feb 28, 2022

Washburn’s experience is invaluable
Feb 26, 2022

School board elections count
Feb 26, 2022

Covey seeks second term on select board
Feb 26, 2022

Excellent addition to school board
Feb 24, 2022

All about the kids
Feb 24, 2022

Teachers can’t just be replaced
Feb 12, 2022

Cooking at 43° North: Comfort in a bowl
Feb 11, 2022

Perfect for a library
Feb 9, 2022

Lost on a Loop Trail: Just a little bit
Feb 8, 2022

Walk on the left
Feb 7, 2022


Community arts and poetry project
Feb 6, 2022


Student Voices: Confronting the future
Feb 5, 2022

Harpswell Naturalist: Raptor madness
Feb 4, 2022

Wish you were here: Postcards from Bailey Island
Jan 16, 2022


What it’s like to lobster for a living in winter
Jan 13, 2022



A holiday goose
Jan 2, 2022

Harpswell Naturalist: Wild Harpswell
Jan 1, 2022


Neighbors helping neighbors
Dec 12, 2021


Thinking in Public: 21st-century plague
Dec 8, 2021



Live Well, Harpswell: Renewable Energy and You
Nov 5, 2021

Thinking in Public: The little things
Nov 3, 2021

Harpswell Naturalist: Deer time
Nov 2, 2021

Survey story all too familiar
Nov 1, 2021

Coming to our rescue
Oct 30, 2021

MSAD 75 school board elections
Oct 26, 2021

Evidence supports mask-wearing
Oct 13, 2021


Notes From a Mad Farmer: Work ethic
Oct 7, 2021

Thinking in Public: The old man and the Scout
Oct 5, 2021

Town must balance revenues, safeguards
Sep 9, 2021

A Harpswell Coastal Academy introduction
Sep 8, 2021

Harpswell Naturalist: Maine’s Atlantic puffins
Sep 6, 2021


Thinking in Public: Morning on the rock
Sep 4, 2021


Keep the Forest Playground alive
Jul 25, 2021