Eight years ago, as a symbol of our intention to stay on North Haven indefinitely, I bought apple trees and asparagus crowns for Bill as a Chanukah present.

Anyone around Little Cranberry Island would say my husband Bruce, a lobster fisherman, has a knack for getting involved in some very interesting media situations. (See “One lobsterman’s 15 minutes of fame” at workingwaterfrontarchives.org.)

The natural resource-based economies of the past are adapting to new populations…

A chance encounter with a Prince Edward Island lobsterman at the gathering led to a trip to the Canadian island province for two high school students...

Setting up a new town was not cheap...

“I guess I have a gimmick and didn't even know it." —Rachel Noyes

I got the van warmed up and all the temperature and fan controls just the way I wanted them.

“We're exposing visitors or seasonal residents to the artists on the islands…” —Carrie Brezzo

Tempers flared at the July 12 meeting of the Maine State Ferry Advisory Board about, ironically enough, angry ferry passengers.