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Cooking at 43° North: Comfort in a bowl
Welcome, Harpswell cooks! Here we are in the midst of Maine's winter. We find ourselves isolated from one another as we muddle through a pandemic.
Perfect for a library
I understand that the Mitchell Field Committee is considering uses for the Administration Building at Mitchell Field if a donor will come forward to fund repairs.
Lost on a Loop Trail: Just a little bit
"It's warmed up a little bit since this morning," I say to my daughters as Echo, the black Lab, strains at his leash and zooms us down Cundy's Harbor Road.
Walk on the left
We live in South Harpswell, close to the end of Route 123. This stretch of road is popular with walkers, especially in the summer, but it is also busy year-round.
Live Well, Harpswell: Community solar farms — hey, what gives?
Do you get those flyers in the mail for "community solar farms"? Do they sound too good to be true? I thought so, too. That's why I sat down with five friends here in town to take a closer look, ask around, figure out how the farms work and see how much money you'd really save.
Community arts and poetry project
Join in! Is anyone else feeling pangs of anxiety as we enter yet another difficult winter season? I don't know about you, but I need a distraction — something positive and fun to focus on and help stave off those feelings of isolation, gloom and doom.
Thinking in Public: Past the expiration date for safe consumption
If I had been marked with a "best if used by" date, I would have been well past it and trashed 30 years ago. Lately I've felt like that cucumber in the fridge drawer that you forgot about two months ago and stuck your finger through yesterday while reaching for a carrot.
Student Voices: Confronting the future
Senior year of high school is often a bittersweet experience — on one hand, kids are getting their first real taste of freedom and independence as they apply to colleges or branch out into the workforce, but on the other hand, seniors often face anxiety as they look to the great looming future and say goodbye to life as they know it.
Harpswell Naturalist: Raptor madness
It was easy to close on my target because the road in Georgetown was lined with vehicles. I arrived before noon on Jan. 2 to find the lawn packed with at least 60 people bundled up against a cold mist.
