Features

Power tools fascinate me, call me and repel me. I'm drawn to the power and potential. I love that an electrified saw makes quick work of tough jobs. I'm also sure if I use one, I'll cut my hand off.

One of the most wonderful features of Harpswell is its people, past and present. Samuel Merritt, who was born in Harpswell, was one of its most unusual and distinguished citizens.

Linda Strickland will retire at the end of April after 27 years of service to the town, mostly as the receptionist at the town office. Townspeople know Strickland as the friendly and helpful woman who answers the phone and greets visitors, but she does more behind the scenes.

Adam Hewison wants you to believe. To believe in the power of prayer and a positive attitude. To believe that better days are yet to come. To believe that a cancer diagnosis was the best thing that ever happened to him.

People settle in Harpswell for many reasons. Back in 1989, Alan Lightman and his wife, Jean, were looking for a summer retreat "where I could write, and she could paint," he said.

From the sand dunes of Cape Cod to the rugged shores of Penobscot Bay, there is one woman who hearkens to the call of the wild in every fiber of her being.

A 10-year-old girl from Cundy's Harbor hopes to finish treatment for leukemia this spring and hear doctors declare her cancer-free for the second time, five years after her original diagnosis.

As global leaders negotiate commitments to reduce emissions around the world, a small group of Harpswell residents gathers in the town office to address climate change at the local level.

Though she keeps a low profile in Harpswell at her cottage compound on Middle Bay, off Basin Point Road, Martica "Tica" Sawin is a world-renowned art historian, teacher, curator and author who counts a host of high-profile artists and curators as friends.

Digging for wild shellfish in the intertidal is one of the oldest traditions along the Maine coast. Shellfish provided a food source for the first inhabitants of Maine and continues to do so in the present day.