Harpswell Anchor, P. O. Box 448, Harpswell Center, ME (2026)

01/10/2026

By Heather Logan, Cundy's Harbor Library: A survey of our patrons shows respondents have an average of three library cards. A deeper dive tells us they often use the Brunswick or Portland libraries for digital materials, like audiobooks or streaming, while they use our library primarily for on-site book selections and programs. With so many choices available, what does Cundy’s Harbor Library offer to Harpswell? Should we try to compete for patrons? Where do we fit, both within Harpswell and as a member of the Maine State Library system?

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A survey of our patrons shows respondents have an average of three library cards. A deeper dive tells us they often use the Brunswick or Portland libraries for digital materials, like audiobooks or streaming, while they use our library primarily for on-site book selections and programs. With so many...

01/10/2026

By George Bradbury: Happy New Year! If your New Year’s resolutions include giving back to your community, there are many organizations looking for volunteers. Our fire departments always need volunteers. There are opportunities with Harpswell Aging at Home and many more organizations.

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Happy New Year! If your New Year's resolutions include giving back to your community, there are many organizations looking for volunteers. Our fire departments always need volunteers. There are opportunities with Harpswell Aging at Home and many more organizations.

01/09/2026

The Harpswell Select Board has voted unanimously to move two warrant items slated for the March 14 Town Meeting to a secret ballot, citing a desire to boost voter participation.

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The Harpswell Select Board has voted unanimously to move two warrant items slated for the March 14 Town Meeting to a secret ballot, citing a desire to boost voter participation.

01/09/2026

A group of advocates for attainable housing for workers, families and older people in Harpswell held a second community forum on Jan. 5 to promote the idea of a local housing trust and recruit volunteers to implement it.

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A group of advocates for attainable housing for workers, families and older people in Harpswell held a second community forum on Jan. 5 to promote the idea of a local housing trust and recruit volunteers to implement it.

01/08/2026

By Amanda Palma: In the past few years, it has become tradition to build a vision board with my friends. Together, we cut out pictures from magazines, organize them in a meaningful way, then glue them to poster board. This creation represents how we want our lives to look for the upcoming year. Our vision board can contain anything from pictures of the ocean if we want to swim more, pictures of books if we aim to be more intentional with our reading, or a numerical goal to represent a financial target. These pictures aren’t just scraps from an old magazine; they are our aspirations and goals put on a board to help us dream of it all coming together.

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In the past few years, it has become tradition to build a vision board with my friends. Together, we cut out pictures from magazines, organize them in a meaningful way, then glue them to poster board. This creation represents how we want our lives to look for the upcoming year.

01/08/2026

By Kathy D'Agostino: Well, it’s that time of year — time to set goals for the new year and promise ourselves we’ll see them through. We all do it. We often set the bar too high. We promise to eat healthier, exercise more, perhaps read more books or take a class to enhance a skill. New Year’s resolutions have a bad reputation, but they shouldn’t. The new year is a chance to get a fresh start and put the shortcomings of the previous year behind us.

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Well, it's that time of year — time to set goals for the new year and promise ourselves we'll see them through. We all do it. We often set the bar too high. We promise to eat healthier, exercise more, perhaps read more books or take a class to enhance a skill.

01/07/2026

By Ed Robinson: It is curious how we develop affection for certain species in the natural world. Whether flowers, birds or butterflies, we all have our favorites. As with Daniel Boone long ago, I have a warm spot in my heart for a long-lived, slow-growing giant that enhances the character of eastern forests: the American beech.

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It is curious how we develop affection for certain species in the natural world. Whether flowers, birds or butterflies, we all have our favorites. As with Daniel Boone long ago, I have a warm spot in my heart for a long-lived, slow-growing giant that enhances the character of eastern forests: the Am...

01/07/2026

By Gregory Greenleaf: What is this thing called the imagination?

Why do we have it? What is it for?

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What is this thing called the imagination? Why do we have it? What is it for?

01/06/2026

By Erin O'Mara: If you think “cereal” can be classified as soup, we can’t be friends.

Really. If you see me on the street, just scoot on by. Don’t make eye contact that will lure me into thinking you know where cereal belongs in your kitchen and where soup fits in your life. Don’t say hello.

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If you think "cereal" can be classified as soup, we can't be friends. Really. If you see me on the street, just scoot on by. Don't make eye contact that will lure me into thinking you know where cereal belongs in your kitchen and where soup fits in your life. Don't say hello.

01/06/2026

By Butch Lawson: The calendar says it’s still autumn, but I know winter when I see it. As I write this, there is snow on the ground, it’s 30 degrees, and the weather station says there’s a 30-mph westerly wind gusting to over 40. There are whitecap rollers in the bay and I’m loving Maine being Maine. But, for some reason, today’s weather makes me think of a time long ago when Maine weather taught me a life lesson that I’ll share with you.

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The calendar says it's still autumn, but I know winter when I see it. As I write this, there is snow on the ground, it's 30 degrees, and the weather station says there's a 30-mph westerly wind gusting to over 40. There are whitecap rollers in the bay and I'm loving Maine being Maine. But, for some r...

01/05/2026

Question from Ted Goulette: Being a part-time Harpswell resident, I have always been interested in Harpswell history. Our place is on Basin Cove, and from what I was told, there used to be a tidal grist mill at the entrance. I was wondering about the mill, where the grain came from, where the flour went, how long it was in operation, and when. Was there more than one? Why did it shut down?

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Question from Ted Goulette: Being a part-time Harpswell resident, I have always been interested in Harpswell history. Our place is on Basin Cove, and from what I was told, there used to be a tidal grist mill at the entrance. I was wondering about the mill, where the grain came from, where the flour....

01/05/2026

Letter to the editor from Ned Toll: While my family knows this all too well, I am hesitant to make it generally known that I am absent-minded. However, after I left my spotting scope at Wharton Point in Brunswick on Nov. 18, I need to thank a number of people in the Harpswell and birding communities who acted quickly to make sure it was returned to me.

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From Ned Toll: While my family knows this all too well, I am hesitant to make it generally known that I am absent-minded. However, after I left my spotting scope at Wharton Point in Brunswick on Nov. 18, I need to thank a number of people in the Harpswell and birding communities who acted quickly to...

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