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June 22
Keeping credit cards working on an island
Isle au Haut one outpost to benefit from broadband
At an April 4 event celebrating a federal award to expand Maine’s broadband access, Peggy Schaffer, director of ConnectMaine, put it best when she called establishing the high-speed internet a “team sport.” The $28 million federal grant would not have been awarded without community members, internet service providers, elected officials, and state and nonprofit organizations working together. In this wave…
June 22
Sea-inspired ceramics succeeding in Boothbay Harbor
Alison Evans took the leap from New York
When it was time for ceramist Alison Evans to “get real” about her life, she “naturally” gravitated back to a community where she spent much of her youth: Boothbay Harbor.…
June 22
Beaches conference: Future, past collide
Archaeology reveals how colonies shaped coast
More than 400 years after the Plymouth colony was established, historians are still unraveling what the New England coast looked like, before and after. One fresh understanding of that history,…
June 16
Letters: Racism, reconciliation, and lots of context
Readers respond to issues reported in The Working Waterfront
Racism heritage To the editor: Thanks very much for your article on our heritage (“Maine’s not-so-clean history on race,” May issue). Having lived away in Denver for more than 30…
June 16
String theory—violin lessons embraced by islanders
Learning an instrument has appeal across broad spectrum
Reflections is written by Island Fellows, recent college grads who do community service work on Maine islands and in coastal communities through the Island Institute, publisher of The Working Waterfront.…
June 16
‘On-demand’ lobster gear permitted
Feds OK testing of technology offshore
A Massachusetts group aiming to help develop lobster traps that eliminate standing buoy lines recently received a split decision about whether the trap technology could be tested in waters closed…
June 15
A love letter to my hometown
Reflections on writing 'Images of America: Eastport'
Writing Images of America: Eastport—about the place I grew up—was like writing about a very old and dear friend. Doing so from a distance of more than 1,100 road miles…
June 8
Maine—as it should be, as it is
Maine Times, Down East two sides of same coin
On a recent rainy day, I was able to indulge two interests—history and journalism. I was researching 1980s history for a story for our annual Island Journal about working waterfront…
June 2
MDI region’s history now gathered and shared
History Trust collaborative preserves and digitizes collections
Historical societies, libraries, and museums of the Mount Desert Island region have long been assembling evidence of local history in records and artifacts. Through the History Trust, these organizations are…
June 2
Running the regulation gauntlet
Island fishing economies face new hurdles
My husband, Bruce, launched his lobster boat at the end of March and was setting traps by the first week of April. He spent the winter painting buoys, repairing old…
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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