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September 21
Parking lot, new schedule drives ferry discussion
Islesboro lawsuit ongoing, new ferry due next year
Despite the end of the busy tourist season, the Maine State Ferry Service has a full plate for the early fall. Members of the service’s citizen advisory board learned about maintenance, upgrade, scheduling, and legal matters at their Sept. 6 meeting in Rockland. Most visible will be work on the parking lot at the Rockland terminal, which ferry managers say…
September 19
New family revives Abel’s in Somesville
Historic restaurant, once run by Stanley family, has new owners
By Laurie Schreiber LAURIE SCHREIBER Carmen Sanford shows off a pie she had baked. On a sunny June noon at a food truck called Ted’s Take-Out, Shae Stanley…
September 12
Cranberry House, a thriving island fixture, is ready to expand
Fundraising aims to preserve artifacts, keep staff at work
TOM GROENING Cranberry House On any given day, locals and visitors to Cranberry House on Great Cranberry Island might attend a play, concert, or summer lecture, or view historical exhibits…
September 12
Portland-based Elite Airways finds sports niche
Owner-operator lives on Long Island in Casco Bay
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, 2.5 million people fly in and out of U.S. airports each day. Though the airline industry is dominated by large companies, a clever entrepreneur…
September 6
Trapped on film in ‘Trap to Table’ promotion
Husband Bruce joins chef Kwami Onwuachi in new dish
“Trap to Table” is a four-part web-based video series by the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative to promote new ideas for new shell lobster. My husband, Bruce Fernald, was one of…
September 5
Free screening of 'This Changes Everything’ at Rockland Strand
It has been yet another summer of alarming temperatures, the aftermath of Hurricane Maria is still part of Puerto Rico’s daily reality, and news of dramatic wildfires in the west…
September 4
Confessions of a coastal upbringing
Coming home to an internship
By Cortney Simmons Between my pointer finger and thumb I can feel the dark green cloth of the sofa as I gently rub it against itself. I gaze out…
September 4
Microplastics are everywhere you are, and that’s not good
Now that we know, what must we do?
By Abby Barrows Plastic—we all touch, use, and throw it out every day. It is an amazing, lightweight, and durable material. That quality of durability, however, has made plastic into…
September 4
Restaurant reboot: Islesford Dock ready for another 20 years
Bar Harbor’s Michael Boland’s island venture retains ‘soul’
At the Islesford Dock Restaurant & Gallery on Little Cranberry Island, co-owner Michael Boland is deep into his second season enjoying the unique nature of an island institution. “I love…
August 31
A city’s eternal force through the years as seen in paint
New book captures what the charms of Maine’s largest city
“Casco Bay Ferry Reflection,” by Sarah Knock Paintings of Portland by Carl Little and David Little DownEast Books, Lanham, Md., 2018; 140 pages, hardcover, $29.95. "Portland gets its hooks in people,"…
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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