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December 1
New owners for Penobscot Island Air
New Hampshire couple relocated to Matinicus
A business providing a vital link to Maine’s offshore islands has new owners. Sean and Andi Creeley, who are based in Portsmouth, N.H., purchased Penobscot Island Air in November from Terry Waters. In a telephone interview, Sean Creeley said he expects little to change in the operation of the business, which was founded by Kevin Waters in 2004. Waters died…
December 1
Blue crabs on the rise in Maine waters
Growing population raises questions about impacts, good and bad
[caption id="attachment_38937" align="alignleft" width="300"] After trapping blue crabs in the New Meadows River, Manomet’s Jessie Batchelder tags the crustaceans before releasing them. PHOTO: COURTESY MANOMET[/caption] Blue crabs are expanding their…
November 30
Kozak’s Acadia
Vintage views of Maine’s most popular park
[caption id="attachment_38924" align="alignnone" width="650"] One of the many boat trip tours led by ANP ranger-naturalist Maurice Sullivan in the 1930s. Some of them featured singalongs. PHOTO: COURTESY ACADIA NATIONAL PARK[/caption]…
November 30
Domestic abuse—voices and vocabulary found
Women’s stories in panel discussion reveal familiar patterns
After their break-up, Sarah noticed her ex-partner seemed to run into her more often than was coincidental. At the gym. At the grocery store. At daycare. It was no coincidence.…
November 28
Columbus, Squanto, and our original sin
Holidays should focus us on restoring Native status
This, the December/January issue of The Working Waterfront, prints between a couple of holidays that are sort of related—Indigenous Peoples Day and Thanksgiving. The history embedded in these dates is…
November 16
A 'common' mistake, island schools
Letters from readers
A common mistake To the editor: While I always enjoy reading The Working Waterfront and Tom Groening’s Rock Bound column, the one in the October issue has an error that…
October 31
On the lee side of Lee
Hurricane threat magnifies island resilience
On a sunny September Sunday, Hurricane Lee was still six days away. The spaghetti lines of possible storm paths did not bode well for the Cranberry Isles. We knew we’d…
October 31
The horror, the horror…
Halloween memories of terrorizing others
Over the years I’ve made the most of Halloween. It came naturally because haunts and hauntings were a part of the lives of my three younger brothers and me. I…
October 31
Wood, fire, and rocks
The elemental way of cooking is pleasing
Cooking food made it possible for ancient human bodies to divert energy from digesting food to evolving larger brains, according to biological anthropologist Richard Wrangham, who wrote Catching Fire, a…
October 31
A room of one’s own
Island group’s housing work pays off
Whatever the subject matter of my column is, the overarching theme is always life on North Haven. As Bill and I enter our 19th year on this little unbridged slice…
Island Postcards
EPISODE 10: Keep the Light Shining
Two ambitious young women swam around the entire Island of Isle au Haut during the summer of 2019 to raise money for crucial renovations to the lighthouse.
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