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  • Kevin Wentworth aboard The Result.
    March 8

    Launchpad program will help small business owners

    We have heard that having access to patient, flexible capital is essential for their community-focused businesses to work.

    Briana Warner

    Media, Economic Development

  • Brendan Hinman, left, is an 18-year-old freshman at Unity College from Colchester, Vt., majoring in conservation law enforcement. Lauren Kircheis, 19, of Bucksport, is a wildlife biology major.
    March 1

    Unity College fertile ground for green—and blue—recruiters

    The small private school, with a student body of about 675, bills itself as “America’s Environmental College.” Students major in such subjects as conservation law enforcement, aiming at careers as game wardens, park rangers and police officers.

    Tom Groening

    Media

  • Detail from Jane Crosen's map of Penobscot Bay
    February 1

    Map-making as art

    “I do still believe there is an innate appeal of maps that is going to continue to drive individual interests in maps they can put on their walls…” —Steve Engle

    Stephanie Bouchard

    Media

  • Newman & Gray boatyard
    January 30

    Passing the torch—Helping next generation of boatyard owners protects jobs, access

    Boatyards, marinas and boat builders represent a large part of the state’s island and coastal economies, accounting for more than 2,200 jobs. But these businesses, often run by families, are facing obstacles as they plan for future management and ownership.

    Nick Battista

    Briana Warner

    Media, Economic Development, Marine

  • Dana Durst, left, and Jay Brown are the new owners of Stonington's Inn on the Harbor.
    January 30

    New owners take helm at Stonington’s Inn on the Harbor

    The back deck is a communal place of wooden staircases, small upper-story decks, and silvery cedar shingling.

    Laurie Schreiber

    Media

  • A cruise ship seen from the North Ridge Trail on Cadillac Mountain.
    January 30

    Cruise ship industry important to Maine, but so is environment

    The company will pay a $40 million fine and eight of its ships will be monitored…

    Staff Writer

    Media

  • January 30

    Cruise ship regularly used ‘magic pipe’ to discharge oil waste

    If a person is environmentally conscious, she said, then “maybe a cruise ship is not the vacation you take.”

    Craig Idlebrook

    Media

  • Harvester
    January 30

    ​A tale of three winter fisheries

    The first commercial urchin landings were recorded in the early 1930s, with urchin roe already a valuable commodity for ethnic markets in Boston and New York

    Heather Deese, Ph.D.

    Susie Arnold, Ph.D.

    Media

  • Swan's Island's Burnt Cove Light.
    January 26

    PUC vote raises question: Are we all Swan's Island?

    If you live in Jonesport, Rangeley or New Sweden, you may not feel like you have much in common with Swan’s Island and neighboring Frenchboro Island. But a recent decision at the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) suggests you have more in common than you might think.

    Suzanne MacDonald

    Media, Energy

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