The Bailey Island Association would like to remind graduating high school seniors from Harpswell that we give an annual award to a selected student for excellence in English in honor of our local poet, Marjorie Johnson.
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The Harpswell Neck Library Association is proud to announce the creation of a Little Free Library for Harpswell Neck. Thank you, Carl Rich, for the awesome design and building of the Little Free Library.
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This has been quite the winter for storms of all kinds, the effects of which are still with many of Harpswell’s coastal residents and fishing communities.
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To promote Harpswell’s working waterfront community concept, Harpswell Neck is considering setting up a program for lobster trap storage at Mitchell Field.
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The Anchor wants to hear from you. This holds true all the time, but now, we’re adding another option for you to communicate with us.
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Now that winter is (mostly) behind us, we can again start making plans without looking at the weather report. The winter season is perhaps the most difficult for us because the drive into town is not always easy or assured.
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Spring is here! There’s no better way to welcome warmer weather and new beginnings than with a refreshing and colorful dish: watermelon radish salad!
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The movie industry is abuzz over the seven Oscars won by the film “Oppenheimer.” Fifty years ago, a Dustin Hoffman classic, “The Graduate,” also snared seven Oscars.
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It was by happenstance, really. We were at a holiday dinner and I was introduced to another guest. She was seated at my table and we proceeded to have a lovely conversation
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Not too long ago, a rare bird visited Maine and caused a lot of excitement. The bird, a Steller’s sea eagle, is typically found in Asia and must have been using up its travel points to see other parts of the world, which included a stopover in Georgetown.
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In sixth grade, my friends and I volunteered to clean the attic of our friend Kristin’s parents’ garage so we could have a clubhouse. We pushed and swallowed years of dust to carve out a meeting space.
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My world has gotten a whole lot noisier. Some routine happenings are downright deafening and lots of things that were silent are no longer.
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I am writing because I received one of the Mingo Grants last year. I am currently attending Lafayette College, and this grant has been very helpful in covering some of my tuition costs.
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My name is Jocelyne Coombs and I received one of the Mingo Club’s grants last year. I appreciate what the Mingo Club does for the kids in this community. I also appreciate that their grant isn’t just for kids going to college.
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This is a plea to dog walkers on our road. Although Johnson Point Road is a private road, we’ve chosen not to mark it as such and welcome dog walkers and pedestrians.
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Some time ago, I came to realize there were many family caregivers here in Harpswell who were in need of support. As the town with the oldest population in the county with the oldest population in the state with the oldest population, the epidemic of dementia here is real.
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This is a firm but respectful reminder that dog walkers at Mitchell Field must pick up after their dogs. Dog feces are not good fertilizer for grass. It is also unsightly and smelly, and no unsuspecting walker wants to step in it!
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I was baffled to read in your March edition that some citizen deemed it appropriate to complain to an out-of-state activist group about Maine School Administrative District 75’s attempt to create an “affinity group for students of color.”
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Yesterday I was at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick. I was picking up a book for myself and, as is often my routine, I wandered into the new releases room.
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Whether it’s a casual dinner or a special occasion, my go-to recipe for salmon offers an impressive entree for yourself or for your guests.
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