HARPSWELL ANCHOR • November 9, 2026
In an interview Roy Knight gave for the book “Salt in Their Veins: Conversations With Coastal Mainers,” he described briefly taking a job at Bath Iron Works after the lobster season ended. The interviewer asked if he needed the money. It wasn’t about money, Roy told him: “The way I grew up, you worked.” That value is apparent from the long list of things Roy did in his life. He fished. He traveled. He raised three kids. He ran the Interstate Lobster Co-op. He and his wife, Debbie, started the Harpswell Santa Fund. They ran a catering business. He was a volunteer with Harpswell Neck Fire and Rescue.