Welcome to the Harpswell Anchor

Welcome to the Harpswell Anchor. Here you can find information on our unique community whether it be local events, historical vignettes, and profiles of some of our unique individual residents.

Anchor Publishing also publishes books, maps and other materials which are on display here.

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The Anchor Staff

The Lobster Conservancy at Work by Stacy Welner

The Lobster Conservancy (TLC) began its inception through the dedication of Diane Cowan, a scientist, who stumbled across some young Harpswell children ‘playing’ with baby lobsters. Fascinated and knowing she had stumbled across something very unique, Cowan began her...
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A Problem of Accessibility by Nelson Barter

It always goes something like this: We receive a call for assistance from a residence on a dirt road, it might be a fire call or for a medical emergency. The road may have originally been used for a...
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You might be a Harpswellite if:

If burning rubber is your idea of a mating call If you think a quiche is a brief, romantic interlude somewhere in France. The only tool you need is a sawzall You’ve attended the lobster boat races, but don’t...
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Update from the Marine Resources Committee

While the second session of the 123rd Legislature was relatively short, I am proud of all the work the Marine Resources Committee completed on behalf of Maine’s fisheries, working waterfronts and the people who are sustained by them. I...
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The Anchor on U-tube

To see the response to our April edition, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mYC8we904U You'll have to copy and paste, it's not a link...
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