byBisi Cameron Yee

2 months ago | harpswellanchor.org | Bisi Cameron Yee |byBisi Cameron Yee

Figure skaters from around Maine performed in an exhibition on March 9, organized by two coaches from Harpswell, to honor the victims of American Airlines Flight 5342 and raise money for their families. The Skating Exhibition for a Cause, put on by the Skating Club of Brunswick at Bowdoin College’s Sidney J. Watson Arena, brought in about $6,000. The money will go to families of 28 members of the figure skating community lost in the Jan. 29 plane crash.

Mar 5, 2025 | harpswellanchor.org | Bisi Cameron Yee |byBisi Cameron Yee

Scene: Kayleigh Brumet, 13, sets a newly printed script at each seat along a configuration of four banquet tables inside the Orr’s Island Schoolhouse. It’s 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3. Her grandfather, Mike Brumet, turns on the lights and sets the thermostat. Mike Brumet is a founding member of a loosely structured group of Orr’s and Bailey islanders who have named themselves the Island Players and made it their mission to help revitalize community theater in the town of Harpswell.