Harpswell Recreation put on a kite-flying event with decorating and snacks at Mitchell Field on Wednesday, April 23.
A child flies a Minecraft kite at George J. Mitchell Field in Harpswell on Wednesday, April 23. Harpswell Recreation put on a kite-flying event with kite decorating and snacks from 10 a.m. to noon. (Jessica Picard photo)
Sam Schechtman, 6, of Topsham, runs with his kite. (Jessica Picard photo)
A child runs with a kite at Mitchell Field on Wednesday, April 23. (Jessica Picard photo)
Tiffany Stuart, 9, of Harpswell, flies her newly decorated kite. (Jessica Picard photo)
Emmer Webster, 5, of Cundy’s Harbor, left, and Alek Perez, 4, of Harpswell, fly kites at Mitchell Field on Wednesday, April 23. (Jessica Picard photo)
Mitchell Field was full of children trying to get their kites in the air the morning of Wednesday, April 23. (Jessica Picard photo)
Brothers Jozziah Perez, 9, and Alek Perez, 4, of Harpswell, fly kites on the beach at Mitchell Field. (Jessica Picard photo)
Alek Perez beams at his kite as it hangs aloft over the beach. (Jessica Picard photo)
The hand-decorated kites of 9-year-old Jozziah Perez and 9-year-old Tiffany Stuart, both of Harpswell, glide in the breeze over Mitchell Field on Wednesday, April 23.