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April 26
Monhegan Museum wins $1 million Wyeth Foundation grant
Museum celebrates its 50th anniversary this summer with exhibit
The Monhegan Museum of Art & History has received a $1 million challenge grant from the Wyeth Foundation. The museum has up to three years to match this gift, the largest in the museum’s history. The grant will support the museum’s campaign to raise $4 million toward an endowment, with income from the endowment going to support operations and…
April 26
Right whale story misled readers
Maine lobster fishery responded responsibly to entanglement risk
By Patrice McCarron I was disheartened by the article on the plight of North Atlantic right whales on the front page of April’s The Working Waterfront. The story and accompanying…
April 26
Seeking community, and time by the water
Landing in St. George from Ohio has meant rethinking values
Reflections is a monthly column written by Island Fellows, recent college grads who do community service work on Maine islands and in remote coastal communities through the Island Institute, publisher…
April 26
Vinalhaven faces addiction with compassion
Our Island CARES to train recovery coaches
Vinalhaven has always had a substance abuse problem and, historically, I guess we were OK with it, but now we’ve got a crisis and we’re not. Addiction is a disease;…
April 25
College of the Atlantic inspires ‘human ecology’ model in Japan
MDI school helps small island town start its own college
COURTESY COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC COA students join their Japanese counterparts in meditating at a Buddhist temple. In 2014, a group of residents of the town of Ōsakikamijima, Japan, invited…
April 25
Learning from pioneers in problem solving
Common ground found on a small Hawaiian island
I’ve given presentations at many island and coastal community meetings over the past 15 years, and I believe all of them have been in Maine. But now, I was preparing…
April 12
Art, a lawnmower, and the pursuit of fulfillment
Why the arts is important, and why it needs no defense
Buying a painting is like buying a new lawnmower. Or at least that’s what John Ames once told me. When it comes to explaining art, John is one of the…
April 12
College of the Atlantic inspires ‘human ecology’ model in Japan
MDI school helps small island town start its own college
In 2014, a group of residents of the town of Ōsakikamijima, Japan, invited the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor to help them start a college. Ōsakikamijima is on…
April 12
DMR wins grant to study right whale protection
The Maine Department of Marine Resources has been awarded a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to improve the data used to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.…
April 12
New director at Penobscot Marine Museum hails from Iowa
Smith grew membership at historical society in previous job
The Penobscot Marine Museum, a history and arts museum with nationally-recognized collections, has named Karen E. Smith, as executive director, effective April 19. Smith joins the museum from the Cedar…
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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