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January 22
Lubec lands major grant to create safe harbor
Work will help fishermen, recreational boaters, and marine patrol
By Wanda Curtis The town of Lubec was awarded a $19,650,000 federal grant to provide a year-round safe harbor for resident and visiting fishermen and recreational boaters. The total cost of the project is estimated at $19,689,750, with the remainder of the cost paid for by a $30,000 grant from the state Department of Marine Resources and a grant from…
January 22
The joys of a quiet January
Self-imposed, weather-imposed down time is welcomed
By Barbara Fernald Ahhhh! The month of January on Islesford is one of my favorites. It’s not because the island has so much to offer at this time of year,…
January 22
To pee (or not to pee) at sea
When natural forces, global and personal, collide
By Nancy Hauswald Thursday, June 4, 1987 Approx. 75 miles off the coast of the Carolinas The storm drags on, unrelenting in its pummeling of Merry Yarn and us. Jon…
January 21
Bar Harbor man is helping an anxious world
Engage with nature and act, says therapist Dennis Kiley
By Jacqueline Weaver Between out of control bushfires in Australia and rising sea levels isolating neighborhoods in Key Largo, Florida, it’s difficult not to be preoccupied by changes in climate…
January 21
Jeremiah Hacker, Portland’s ‘genuine homegrown radical’
Crusading journalist navigated 19th century’s pressing issues
By Tom Groening Jeremiah Hacker is not more than a footnote in Portland’s history, let alone Maine’s history. But examining his work as a crusading journalist through the middle of…
January 21
Portland shipper offers ‘first pallet free’
Eimskip vessels provide European markets for Maine products
Story/Photos by Kelli Park The Maine Port Authority and Icelandic shipping company Eimskip are collaborating on a new initiative to put Maine on the international map, one pallet-load at a…
January 16
‘Maine in the Movies’ film festival March 6-15
How we are seen, and how we see ourselves celebrated at 15 venues
By Tom Groening No, Mainers were not watching movies in 1820 when the state was established. But celebrating Maine’s role in film is an appropriate facet of the bicentennial celebration,…
January 16
The Gulf of Maine, 30 years out
Warmer, less salty, and devoid of several species
By Catherine Schmitt Animated maps show currents flowing in, around, and out of the Gulf of Maine, this sea within a sea, a counterclockwise gyre from the edge of vanishing…
January 15
2019 was Eastport’s ‘year of pulp’
Deep-water terminal continues to support Maine mills
By Tom Walsh It’s been nearly 40 years since Eastport’s then new, deepwater-import/export terminal opened for business. In 1981, the cargo vessel MV Ravenswood set out from Downeast Maine to…
January 15
Taking stock of a Downeast river
History, heritage, and commercial viability of last smelt run hang in the balance
By Jon Keller Five degrees above zero and the wind peels northwest. Sky and river both black dark. Headlights shine in the small parking lot. The wind howls, rocks 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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