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Photo gallery: Kite-flying fun at Mitchell Field

April 27, 2025

1 minute read

Children and families fly kites on the waterfront at George J. Mitchell Field on Harpswell Neck on Wednesday, April 23. (Jessica Picard photo)

Harpswell Recreation put on a kite-flying event with decorating and snacks at Mitchell Field on Wednesday, April 23.

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Jessica Rivers

4 minute read

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‘What would that be if it were jewelry?’: Harpswell jeweler draws inspiration from landscape

If it's possible for a place to be in a person's DNA, Harpswell and the surrounding area are in jeweler Keith Field's. With four generations of Mainers behind him, he has a sense of place and time rooted in community, and that sense informs his art.

byErin O'Mara

July 20, 2022

5 minute read

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First Person: Orr’s Island mechanic John Kaler ‘just can’t say no’

"My stepfather ran gas stations all his life. He was old style, where you'd go in and someone would pump your gas, check your oil, wash your windshield. When it was slow at the pumps, he'd show me how to work on the cars in the garage. Growing up, my friends and I had cars, and we'd do our own work."

byJeffrey Good

May 7, 2026

6 minute read

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State testing in Lombos Hole often provides early warning of red tide

When it comes to monitoring for red tide in Maine, one of Harpswell's countless inlets and coves often provides the first alarm. During a red tide event, concentrations of potentially lethal toxins begin to accumulate in shellfish that feed on phytoplankton, one-celled plants that thrive in the sunlit upper layer of the ocean.

byJohn Gormley

August 2, 2024

6 minute read

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Local high schoolers resist phone rules — but their reasons might surprise adults

As a national movement to ban cellphones in schools grows and Mt. Ararat High School considers a new policy on the subject, three Harpswell teenagers are raising their hands to say, in effect, a cellphone ban would not address more serious issues. Their big-picture view of the debate might surprise adults.

byKenneth Z. Chutchian

March 30, 2025

Photo gallery: Kite-flying fun at Mitchell Field

Intertidal: Male seahorses carry eggs and ‘give birth’ — and they live in Maine

Forum about future of district schools, including HCS, draws little interest

Emergency services need broader conversation

Photo gallery: Kite-flying fun at Mitchell Field

Intertidal: Male seahorses carry eggs and ‘give birth’ — and they live in Maine

Forum about future of district schools, including HCS, draws little interest

Emergency services need broader conversation

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‘What would that be if it were jewelry?’: Harpswell jeweler draws inspiration from landscape

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Local high schoolers resist phone rules — but their reasons might surprise adults

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