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August 31
City wants development on waterfront lot
Concept suggests dense, Main Street-like structures
Like that of most coastal towns, Belfast’s commercial waterfront is a finite stretch of real estate. Mike Hurley defines it as the shoreline that extends from the Route 1 bridge south to what is known locally as the Boathouse. “There ain’t no more,” jokes Hurley, a city councilor and long-time downtown advocate. And that makes a small piece of land…
August 31
From Bar Harbor to Portland, parking an ongoing challenge
Different solutions sought for diverse pressures
By Tom Walsh The traffic tsunami inherent in Acadia National Park, which hosted a record 3.5 million visitors in 2017, has the town of Bar Harbor and the National Park…
August 31
Lubec man’s war experiences, philosophy drive memoir
Fifty Years in a Foxhole' a kaleidoscope of characters, travelogues, and relationships
As I approach 60, I’ve adopted a new understanding of memory. As a younger man, I believed memories were accessed by traveling back along a road—to get to those teen…
August 31
New England village centers are worth protecting
Being vigilant about becoming like every other region is important
I grew up on the south shore of Long Island, N.Y. When I was 19, a friend and I traveled to Cape Cod and then western Massachusetts on our college…
August 31
Tech’s wave may rely on deep sea
Increased use of lithium-ion batteries pushes mineral exploration
Thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface, in the deep sea near hydrothermal vents, are increasingly coveted resources. As an international body met in mid-July to discuss how to manage…
August 30
A trust in land and sea: Ben Emory’s commitment to the Maine coast
Early days of Maine conservation groups recalled in first-person account
Sailor for the Wild: On Maine, Conservation and Boats By Ben Emory; Seapoint Books, 2017 When Ben Emory completed Navy active duty in 1969—he had served on the destroyer USS New,…
August 30
Estuary Beat: Tours of saltwater farms, a pesticide-free bay, and stripers
Tours of estuarine farms, studios, and gardens Estuaries have always been good places to live and have a farm, with rich meadow grass for cattle, floodplain soils, and access to…
August 30
How ‘the internet of things’ is changing how the world works
When devices can gather and analyze data on their own, the sky’s the limit
The Internet of Things, or IOT, is a way of describing an ecosystem of inter-related computers, sensors, or digital transmitters, each with its own unique identifier that can record and…
August 30
Isle au Haut church faces crossroads
Should it focus on community or spirituality?
By Bob Gerber Isle au Haut’s Union Congregational Church occupies a prominent hilltop overlooking the thoroughfare between Kimball Island and the village at the island’s north end. It was built…
August 30
Music is community… again
The joy of playing with others is a welcome return
The dilemma of the music teacher is that sometimes there aren’t enough hours in the day for the music teacher to also play music. Of course, it’s what we love…
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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