Jim Gerberich

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Jim Gerberich is a former staff photojournalist and executive with The Associated Press who now works in the technology sector. He lives on Bailey Island.

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Features

Kids learn how to sail — and a lot more — at Orr’s Island school

It's never too early to find your balance on the water. You know it's summer in Harpswell when small sailboats from the Orr's-Bailey Yacht Club begin dotting the horizon on Merriconeag Sound.

byJim Gerberich

September 27, 2025

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Features

With simple tools and a big field, fishermen mend purse seine to harvest baitfish

There is camaraderie in the air early one May morning in a field off Knight Way in West Harpswell as Mark Cota, Larry and Avery Anderson, and Alan Auclair patiently crisscross a purse seine, a type of fishing net, looking for holes to mend. Between the four, they have more than 100 years of experience in commercial fishing.

byJim Gerberich

June 28, 2025