Kenneth Z. Chutchian

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Author and journalist Kenneth Z. Chutchian lives on Harpswell Neck, where he helped Bob Anderson launch the Harpswell Anchor in 1998. He worked for 20 years at newspapers in New England before teaching public high school for 24 years.

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Before Mitchell Field: The Cold War brings the Navy to Harpswell

There are a few people in town who walk on Mitchell Field and see things nobody else sees. While everyone sees the meadows and trails, the beach and the bandstand, a few self-described "old folks" see their childhoods in a time before the U.S. Navy built the Casco Bay Fuel Depot on the site.

byKenneth Z. Chutchian

August 11, 2025

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Amid conflict on trails, town urges compliance with leash laws

Five years after forming a task force to tame the problem of unleashed dogs in public places, the town of Harpswell has made it clear that 2025 is the year to rein in pet owners who let their mutts run around without restraint.

byKenneth Z. Chutchian

May 2, 2025

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Local high schoolers resist phone rules — but their reasons might surprise adults

As a national movement to ban cellphones in schools grows and Mt. Ararat High School considers a new policy on the subject, three Harpswell teenagers are raising their hands to say, in effect, a cellphone ban would not address more serious issues. Their big-picture view of the debate might surprise adults.

byKenneth Z. Chutchian

March 30, 2025