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Harpswell has more coastline than any municipality in the state, at 216 miles, and more moorings too — about 2,400 scattered throughout the town's maze of harbors, channels and inlets.

Heading into October, Mainers become aware of the changing of the seasons. And while the seasons go ‘round and ‘round, the generosity of Harpswell residents toward those in need is a constant, even in uncertain times.

Photographer Robert Freson has, over the course of his lifetime and the better part of the 20th century, shown that a picture is worth far more than a thousand words.

As chaos swirls in Haiti after the assassination of its president in July and a deadly earthquake in August, former U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Pamela A. White — a Maine native who lives on Orr's Island — says America should shift its approach to a country long plagued by poverty and violence.

A pair of 12-year-old baseball players from the Harpswell islands recently returned from Florida, where they experienced the…

The course of sailboat racing on Merriconeag Sound was charted more than a century ago through the prescient…

Last year, businesses were forced to pivot, over and over again, in the midst of a pandemic. Now, as the dust is beginning to settle, businesses are adapting for the ups and downs of the long term, with a labor shortage at the forefront.

From July 23 to Aug. 8, athletes from around the world will compete for national and personal glory…

Her name appears in countless reports about the only fatal shark attack in Maine history — first in the media frenzy last summer and now as the state takes measures to avoid another tragedy. But who was Julie Dimperio Holowach to Bailey Island and the family and friends who mourn her?