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November 1
Maine’s place in the urgent work on climate and social justice
Recent experiences weave a web of concerns for our future
By Rob Snyder When I look back on the past few months, I see them as some of the most formative of my career. My work brought me close to diverse efforts addressing a range of problems, but a theme linking them emerged. Climate Week in New York City was incredibly challenging. I was invited to sit with leaders I…
November 1
New collection splits open from-away, native identities
Short fiction reflects Maine’s more diverse experiences, social landscapes
North by Northeast: New Short Fiction by Writers from Maine and New England Agnes Bushell, editor/Littoral Books, Portland, 2019 Review by Dana Wilde In the 1980s, a minor civil war…
November 1
Nothing I’d rather be doing
Making our fun on an island yields quality time
By Courtney Naliboff It was a warm September day, and the horses had congregated in Fiona’s back yard. Not horses of the real, equine variety, but a bunch of women…
November 1
Poems of perception and place
Peter Kilgore earns place in Maine pantheon
Quarry: The Collected Poems of Peter Kilgore -- North Country Press, 2019 Review by Carl Little Over the last half century or so a number of major American practitioners of innovative verse…
October 30
Libby Island a little too quiet for comfort
Fog horn in Machias Bay must be activated by boaters
By Tom Groening Even with the ubiquity of radar and GPS, navigating the waters off the Washington County coast can be treacherous. The bays and estuaries are often foggy, and…
October 29
Ferry rate ‘fix’ is still not the right response
Islesboro fares are hurting mainland and island economies
By Sen. Erin Herbig It’s time for ferry rates that work for everyone. In April 2018, the Maine State Ferry Service more than doubled the ferry rates to Islesboro, devastating…
October 29
Home-grown electrons are the best electrons
Rooftop solar power has the potential to change our world
By Tom Groening When I was eight years old, I invented a perpetual motion machine. As I recall, I was in the back of my family’s station wagon on a…
October 29
On the record with... MDI High School's Korstanje and Dowling
Mount Desert Island students demand action on climate
By Laurie Schreiber A group of Mount Desert Island High School students, with faculty advisor Ruth Poland, are tackling climate change and sustainability issues as the school’s Eco Team. Among…
October 29
On the record with… Sean Todd of Allied Whale
Why right whales matter, and how they can be saved
By Laurie Schreiber The plight of the North Atlantic right whale has steadily made its way into Maine news. One of the world’s most endangered large whale species, the population…
October 29
Pulling back Bar Harbor’s shingled curtain
Maine-based authors mine scandals from MDI’s gilded past
Bar Harbor Babylon//Dan and Leslie Landrigan Review by Tom Walsh So, this summer's “beach book” wound up being a buzz kill? Sorry. You could have spiced up your summer in the…
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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