Harpswell on the Anchor: Nancy West

We've all heard it a thousand times or more: how social media has supplanted journalism. How local newspapers have folded because advertising revenue has dried up. How some of us can't agree on what is factual and what isn't.

Why donate to the Anchor? This video shows you how access to news is a public good, worthy of financial support.

Lifelong Bailey Islander David Johnson, a small-business owner and community leader, has joined the board of Harpswell News, the nonprofit publisher of the Harpswell Anchor.

We are thrilled to announce the publication of our first-ever Impact Report. This report, informed by the reader survey we initiated last spring, outlines the way that our reporting has changed the way our readers think and act in relation to important issues facing the community.