Connie Sage Conner

45 posts

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

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