New publication offers tips on working waterfront life“Scuttlebutt: How to Live and Work in a Waterfront Community” is a new guide created by the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association, featuring Harpswell and aimed at educating the … Continue reading
Maine’s Historic Harbors: Cundys Harbor, Harpswell
It takes quite a while to get to Cundys Harbor in Harpswell. First you turn off Route 1, head past the mall and assorted fast food businesses, then down Route 24 for what seems like … Continue reading
Harpswell Returns to Lobster Race Circuit
After a four-year hiatus, lobstermen will again be hauling in prizes at the Harpswell Lobster Boat Races. The races will take place Sunday, July 29, at Pott’s Harbor beginning at 10 a.m. There will be … Continue reading
In the News: November 2014
First published in Landings, November. 2014. Traps turn into glasses A 25-year-old Harpswell man thinks there’s money to be made in old lobster traps. When John Turner took a walk on Willard Beach in South … Continue reading
Interstate Lobster Coop finds that small is better
First published in the MLA newsletter, October, 2010. Brilliant September sun and a stiff northwesterly breeze make the water off the Interstate Lobster Cooperative dock shine like beaten silver. The tiny parking lot above the … Continue reading