Working Waterfront

Retirements, resignations and tenacious deer—roundup from Maine Islands Coalition

Alton Hadley, part-time school superintendent and principal on Chebeague Island and one-day-a-week superintendent on Long Island, is retiring at the end of the school year, reported Maine Islands Coalition (MIC) representative Beverly Johnson at the group’s Feb. 26 meeting. Chebeague’s administrative assistant, Eric Dyer, also announced he is leaving the town office post. In other… Read more » SEE MORE

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Conference to be held on energy challenges for New England islands

10/23/2014 - PORTLAND, ME—The Island Institute will host the Fifth Annual Island Energy Conference  on November 7th in Portland, Maine. The event will bring together energy experts and island leaders from New England’s year-round island communities and beyond to discuss common energy challenges and to learn more about resources that exist to address those challenges. SEE MORE
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Island Journal

What Scotland’s Islands Taught Me

Sally, our 17-year-old Scottish waitress, shyly replies to a question about the logistics of island education. “It takes an hour and a half on the school bus to get from my house to my school,” she says, taking a moment between customers at this tiny inn in a remote part of the Isle of Lewis.… Read more » SEE MORE

Island Journal

Keeping the Lights On

There’s a joke on Monhegan that the name of the island can be loosely translated as “island of many waitresses.” Like the hundreds of 20-something women that have preceded me, I showed up on this rock to wait tables after finishing college. In between polishing glassware and reciting the daily specials, I got a glimpse… Read more » SEE MORE