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March 17
From virus to vaccine, island-specific works best
Island communities share resources, but find their own plans
As a resident of Vinalhaven, I have had family and friends from across the country and world reach out during the last nine months to ask about my island’s experience with COVID-19. People were curious: What is the “island experience”? When is an island the best place to be? Can you get COVID tests? How do you social distance in…
March 17
Because Maine can’t wait to confront climate change
Maine Climate Council proposes bold proposals to reverse warming
In the fall of 1970, 11-year-old Suzanne Clune wrote a letter to her U.S. senator. She lived on the banks of the Little Androscoggin River, a once-pristine tributary where deer…
March 17
We’re ready for pandemic 2.0
How to deal, when the expected is capsized
Surely by now we have figured out that 2021 isn’t going to be all that different from 2020. On New Year’s Eve, lots of us bid a joyous farewell to…
March 17
Cold water is the tonic for suspended life
New year brings a return to the sea
It’s winter. This time of year usually feels like an extended denouement following the climax of Labor Day weekend, Indigenous People’s Day, and “the holidays,” meaning the blur of Thanksgiving,…
March 17
Rethinking insurance as investment, not pay-out
Premiums might be directed toward mitigation
If investment is risk, then insurance is a means by which to diminish the damage from unforeseen events, liability, and damage to come. And then there is re-insurance, the insuring…
March 10
Putting down retail roots on Islesboro
Sky and Marianne Purdy take over as owners of Island Market
Sky and Marianne Purdy met while hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2007, and for six seasons, both worked at a lodge in Denali National Park in Alaska at the end…
March 10
Tanks foul air, threaten health, South Portland residents say
Consent decree in place, by lack of DEP jurisdiction cited
South Portland’s industrial waterfront lies at the mouth of the Fore River, across a widening expanse of water from Portland’s busy commercial district. Protected, and with deep water anchorage, it’s…
March 9
My personal race story
How I learned I could no longer avoid the question
Twenty-five years ago, I made a conscious choice to avoid the issue of race. And because I am a white woman, living in a majority white community, I had the…
March 9
Coastal briefs: Saco erosion, seafood branding, Acadia reservations, boat builders show
Maine delegation seeks action in Saco Army Corps asked to address Camp Ellis beach erosion U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and Rep. Chellie Pingree have written their support…
March 9
In the classroom—Island author inspires island students
Writing process gathered student writers across islands
We listened attentively as writer Anica Mrose Rissi read a chapter from an upcoming book. Everyone in the Zoom room was captivated—eyes widening during spooky parts, smiling and laughing during…
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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