Category: Letters

I would like to thank the town of Harpswell for its efforts to reduce its carbon emissions. A thank you to all the people involved who helped make this possible.

I had the pleasure of being interviewed recently for a living history project at Harpswell Coastal Academy. I found the questions very thought-provoking and, at times, I struggled to find words and keep emotions in check.

I’m writing to celebrate Harpswell’s first in-person town meeting in several years. Interested citizens will once again be able to gather at Harpswell Community School on Saturday, March 11, to hear from the town Select Board and have the opportunity to comment on and vote for the warrant articles.

First, I want to commend the Harpswell Anchor for publishing the article about the firing of the longtime librarian at the Orr’s Island Library. While I suspect that much may not be known of that situation, I’d like to present my 2 cents on the issue.

I wanted to pay a tribute to a very well-known man. On Oct. 12, Jack Eldridge passed in Florida. As you all know, he owned Eldridge’s General Store from 1978-2011.

It’s been 10 months since Harpswell’s Board of Selectmen appointed me to a vacant seat on the Maine School Administrative District 75 school board.

My name is Gregory Greenleaf. I’m a public high school English teacher, have lived with my wife and children in Harpswell for 12 years, and am running for the Maine School Administrative District 75 school board.

When Maine’s lobster industry looks back on 2022, we’ll likely remember the challenges — high bait and fuel prices, low dock prices, shortages of marine supplies, and a complicated legal challenge that threatens to end the fishery as we know it.

Thank you for including pictures from the recent production by Harpswell Community Theater in your December edition (“Harpswell Community Theater returns with pair of one-act plays,” Pages 12 and 13).

My wife and I are retired from careers as librarians and library science faculty. We hold library cards for Orr’s Island, Curtis Memorial, and our library system back home — Buffalo and Erie County Public Library.

I stopped by the Harpswell Neck post office on the morning of Christmas Eve. I had a question on a delivery.
It was dark inside due to the power outage. I took a chance. The main door was unlocked, so I went in.

I read the article “Longtime Orr’s librarian out as board pursues new vision” with deep disappointment and disbelief. The Orr’s Island Library has become the Harpswell institution I love most in the five years I have lived here.

Your recent email mentioned that you wanted news of events from nonprofit organizations. I have one upcoming: my 75th birthday. Since retiring, I have certainly become nonprofit, and I’m as organized as my wife can make me.

As my final term in the Maine Legislature draws to a close, I write to thank the people of Harpswell for allowing me to represent you in the Maine House for the last eight years.

I enjoyed reading Joann Gardner’s article about Marjorie Johnson (“Marjorie Johnson: Bailey Island’s favorite poet,” November) and I’d like to add that her book, “Songs from an Island,” is, at last, available in a reprint edition.

I am writing in support of Verizon installing equipment on the new Mitchell Field tower in South Harpswell. I am not a resident of Harpswell.

The October issue of the Anchor included a letter from Alex Piper with a concern about property owners’ liability. His letter raises a concern about liability that is inaccurate.

I’m a Bowdoin College student, born and raised in Woolwich. I believe it is imperative that young people in our Maine communities vote and recognize the importance of educating themselves on local and national politics.

I am voting for Brogan Teel, a new candidate for Maine Senate District 23 (Brunswick, Chebeague Island, Freeport, Harpswell, Pownal and Yarmouth).

I had the pleasure not long ago of driving Cheryl Golek door to door as she campaigned to become our new representative for Maine District 99 (Harpswell and the Cook’s Corner area of Brunswick).