Connie Sage Conner

Looking for unique gifts? What about a decorative pillow with a nautical chart of Harpswell? Maybe "Good Morning Captain" soap? Or a fluffy toy goat, chicken or duck?

Abby Wakefield and Sara Kronon hatched a plan to start a new business in Harpswell while slurping oysters on the half shell and quaffing sparkling rose wine at a local restaurant.

Fried chicken on a jumbo biscuit with sausage gravy and a drizzle of maple syrup. Beef on weck, a favorite in Buffalo, New York, with thinly sliced roast beef piled high on a homemade kaiser roll topped with caraway seeds and coarse salt. A "big smoked breakfast" with brisket, pulled pork, smoked sausage, two eggs, home fries and toast. Hungry yet?

Starting at 13, Kelsey Peck pored over the pages of her manuscript, draft after draft, year after year, until publishing her 731-page fantasy novel "Godslayers" in May, right after high school graduation and her 17th birthday.

Live Well Farm, an enchanting Harpswell Neck celebration and wedding venue treasured by scores of brides and grooms, has new owners. And they're no strangers to Harpswell.

For more than 200 years, the sprawling farmhouse and barns at Skolfield Farm, also known as Merrucoonegan Farm, have perched high on a hill like a historical gateway to Harpswell.

Lisa Kuronya Coombs is tall and thin, a graceful blonde with light blue-green eyes that sparkle like a crystal chandelier. You might think she's a fashion model. You'd be wrong. Kuronya Coombs is a boxer.