These girls are a remarkable bunch. They instinctively hand off real time leadership from one to the other…

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.

By Meghan Vigeant

“Carpenter” is a reference to Jesus, but the Carpenter’s Boat Shop is not a proselytizing organization and doesn’t subscribe to any specific faith, but it does emphasize cultivating a deep spirituality.

Anywhere else I probably wouldn't have served on the planning board, become an EMT, started leading Pilates classes or opened a bakery.

“The merchant marines is more about asking than telling,” says Capt. Mike Flanagan.

Nancy Prisk, a long-time seasonal resident who has been living fulltime in Southport since 2007, saw the opportunity to secure public use of the house to serve social and educational needs. Last year Prisk formed Land for Southport’s Future as a nonprofit, and is working to raise the $849,000 the town hopes to earn from the sale.

In the Arctic, islanders are being forced to abandon the land where they’ve lived for generations, because eroding coastlines and rising sea levels have made their homes uninhabitable. As permafrost melts and the ice retreats, they are losing the fishing and hunting on which their livelihood depends.

An online and print survey of Maine's island residents on ticks has garnered more than 500 responses, but more data is being sought.