Eagle Island’s Peary house to see major renovations
Renowned Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary Sr.’s home on Eagle Island will remain closed in summer 2023 for a third straight year for major renovations and eradication of mold.
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Category: History
Harpswell Coastal Academy students learn and serve with cemetery project
Most days, the cemeteries of Harpswell are places of quiet beauty and solitary reflection where “the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep,” to lift a line from “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,” penned by Thomas Gray in England back in 1750.
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Famous for ’88 Everest ascent, Harpswell Neck mountaineer dies at 66
Legendary mountaineer Ed Webster died suddenly on Nov. 22 of natural causes at his home on Harpswell Neck. He was 66.
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Property of Harvard College? Claims were plentiful, conflicting during settlement of Neck
For those of us who live on the Neck, the word Merriconeag is part of our vocabulary. We see it when we pass the Merriconeag Grange in North Harpswell.
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Prince de Neufchatel: An American privateer
My late father, a dedicated builder of wooden model ships, gifted me my favorite model, of the War of 1812 privateer Prince de Neufchatel.
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Esther Root Adams: Lessons on living large
Esther Sayles Root (right) with Marjorie Crocker in the author photo for “Over Periscope...
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Family tradition of challenging Mount Washington links father and son with Harpswell ties
Chuck Cunningham smiles with the winner’s trophy after a stock car race in 1951. (CUNNINGHAM...
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Twice kidnapped, Michael Sinnett found his way home
Michael Sinnett’s grave is in the cemetery behind the old meetinghouse in Harpswell Center....
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Bailey Islander retraces wartime journey of ancestor, a hero of Gettysburg
Jim and Gayle Hays, of Bailey Island, at the mortuary cannon for Jim Hays’...
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Select board OKs plaque for cattle pound
A bronze plaque will soon mark the site of a historic cattle pound in Harpswell Center, after the...
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What’s in a name: The truth about ‘Black Will’ and Bailey Island
A view of Will’s Gut from Orr’s Island, looking toward Bailey Island and Water Cove....
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Saving a local landmark: The history of the Tarr-Eaton House
The 1783 Tarr-Eaton House as it stands today, after a painstaking restoration. (VAN DUSEN FAMILY...
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Harpswell’s first postmaster: Washington Garcelon
Washington and Rosanna Garcelon are buried in the Old Meeting House Cemetery on Harpswell Neck....
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Brunswick Rotary proposes historic marker for cattle pound
The Brunswick Rotary Club hopes to install a bronze plaque to commemorate the 1793 cattle pound at...
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Cemetery plans for restoration of 1800s gravestones after destructive crash
The replacement of a marble monument to the Rich family will cost $27,415. (J.W. OLIVER PHOTO)...
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Robert P. Tristram Coffin: An accidental discovery
A portrait of Robert P. Tristram Coffin by photographer Lotte Jacobi. If I had not tripped over...
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Samuel Merritt: A Harpswell man of distinction and success
Dr. Samuel Merritt, a native of Harpswell, was mayor of Oakland, California from 1867-1869. One of...
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1800s chapel on Bethel Point to host first service since 2019 fire
Bethel Point Church after the fire in November 2019. (TERESA BROCKETT PHOTO) The 19th-century...
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Harpswell a sanctuary for art historian and author Tica Sawin
Art historian and author Martica Sawin at home in Harpswell. (AVERY HUNT PHOTO) Though she keeps a...
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The Harpswell Sound: How four young mothers became local celebrities
Kay Whidden, the last surviving member of The Harpswell Sound, holds a copy of the group’s...
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