Award for Harpswell seniors

The Bailey Island Association would like to remind graduating high school seniors from Harpswell that we give an annual award to a selected student for excellence in English in honor of our local poet, Marjorie Johnson.

If you would like to be considered for this award, please speak to your teacher at Mt. Ararat. If you don’t attend Mt. Ararat, please contact Nancy Butman — nbutman@gmail.com — for more information.

Nancy Butman

Bailey Island and Portland

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