A daily kindness: Lifelong islander feeds seagulls at Mackerel Cove
On a chilly afternoon in early December, a gray Ford Focus putters down Abner Point Road toward Mackerel Cove, where boats are bobbing in the small waves.
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The Harpswell Sound: How four young mothers became local celebrities
It's been nearly half a century since The Harpswell Sound last sang. The barbershop quartet, which once performed all over the state and even won a national singing competition, disbanded in the early 1970s.
A labor of love, renovations polish Cundy’s Harbor Library into a community gem
Take a precious piece of a small community, polish it up with plenty of volunteer elbow grease, apply an infusion of hard-earned grant money and what have you got? A gem.
Harpswell native brings ‘comfy gourmet’ style to Iris Eats
A South Harpswell native has returned from a career as a yacht chef to open a year-round cafe, Iris Eats, at Safe Harbor Great Island.
Holiday lights dazzle around Harpswell
From Cundy's Harbor to Bailey Island, Great Island to Orr's Island, and Harpswell Islands Road to Harpswell Neck Road, dazzling holiday lights illuminate the darkness enveloping our town this time of year. Soon, snow will cloak evergreens in gossamer and shoreline ice will sparkle like the queen's tiaras.
Orr’s Island man, 96, emerged from WWII to pioneer a new way of childbirth in America
A 96-year-old Orr's Island man served as a machine gunner in World War II, helping to liberate Europe from the Nazis — then returned home to become an obstetrician who pioneered modern childbirth methods in America.
Orr’s Island artist and oyster farmer sees connections in everything
The strength of the natural elements has come to define the life and work of Orr's Island artist Doug Bane, who now finds himself evolving with the changing tides in Gun Point Cove.
From grandfather to granddaughter, a fishing tradition continues in Harpswell
“My great-great-grandfather’s boat blew into Cundy’s Harbor in a storm and he decided to stay.” That’s Rob Watson describing how his family ended up there back in the 1850s.
‘I’m good now’ — Harpswell’s ‘umbrella lady’ brightens days at recycling center
Standing by the town trash compactor with a smile as big as Casco Bay is a ray of sunshine. She’s wearing a multicolored, pint-sized umbrella on her head; purple glasses; a grubby, fluorescent-green T-shirt; and jeans.
Before the Harpswell Anchor, there was the Casco Bay Breeze
While doing research for my book, "The History of the Driftwood Inn on Bailey Island," Tiffany Link, of the Maine Historical Society, as well as Ellen Steinbart and Sue Bryer, of the Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick, referred me to the digital archives of the Casco Bay Breeze.
