Connie Sage Conner

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Connie Sage Conner is a former editor of The Virginian-Pilot. She lives in Harpswell and serves on the Harpswell News Board of Directors.

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News

Fishnet Cafe to open on Bailey Island after 12-year absence

After a 12-year hiatus — and after saying "I was never going to do this again" — Joan Ouellette is bringing back her popular Fishnet Cafe. Only this time, the restaurant is moving from the Orr's Island side of the Cribstone Bridge to Bailey Island, next door to the post office.

byConnie Sage Conner

April 30, 2022

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News

Landmark Bailey Island restaurant to reopen

Zac Leeman is coming full circle. As a 13-year-old, he washed dishes in the iconic restaurant at the Bailey Island end of the Cribstone Bridge.

byConnie Sage Conner

March 31, 2022

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News

By crane, barge and tug, a 3-bedroom house travels to Haskell Island

Maybe you’ve seen a tractor-trailer trundling down the highway hauling a mobile home. But have you ever seen a 73,000-pound, two-story house being moved — on a barge — to an island in Casco Bay?

byConnie Sage Conner

December 7, 2021

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Features

Holiday lights dazzle around Harpswell

From Cundy's Harbor to Bailey Island, Great Island to Orr's Island, and Harpswell Islands Road to Harpswell Neck Road, dazzling holiday lights illuminate the darkness enveloping our town this time of year. Soon, snow will cloak evergreens in gossamer and shoreline ice will sparkle like the queen's tiaras.

byConnie Sage Conner

November 28, 2021

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Features

‘I’m good now’ — Harpswell’s ‘umbrella lady’ brightens days at recycling center

Standing by the town trash compactor with a smile as big as Casco Bay is a ray of sunshine. She’s wearing a multicolored, pint-sized umbrella on her head; purple glasses; a grubby, fluorescent-green T-shirt; and jeans.

byConnie Sage Conner

October 29, 2021