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April 12
New master of MMA’s Bowdoin has global experience
Will McLean, 2012 MMA grad, enjoys empowering student sailors
Capt. Will McLean recalls sailing the 134-foot steel brigantine Corwith Cramer in 15-foot seas. He was working as senior chief mate and relief captain for Sea Education Association, an undergraduate ocean education school in Woods Hole, Mass., which takes students on research expeditions to places as far apart as the North Atlantic and New Zealand. On this occasion, the ship was…
April 12
South Portland ponders fishing pier upgrades
City gets grant to study options
By Jacqueline Weaver Proposals for South Portland’s Portland Street Pier, a long time overnight station for local fishermen, range from the modest—adding parking spaces and giving the place a facelift—to…
April 11
Maine native battles Trump on climate resilience
Joel Clement filed lawsuit against Administration claiming retaliation
When you are young and you’ve done something that has you pumped, it’s often your parents’ reaction that sobers you up. This is true, scientist Joel Clement found out, even…
April 10
The ‘Eat More Vegetables’ project
The columnist reveals her strategy for consuming a pound a day
Unless you have been living in a cave somewhere, you surely know by now that we all need to eat more vegetables, fruits, beans, and grains—and especially vegetables, and…
April 10
Tourist numbers strong in 2017, but labor shortage looms
Key first-time visitors still coming, which officials say bodes well
Traverse Burnett opened his presentation at the Governor’s Tourism Conference in Portland on April 4 by showing a photo of his children on vacation on Peaks Island in September 2013.…
April 9
DMR wins grant to gather more data on right whales, fishing gear
Input sought from lobster fishery on rope use
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.…
March 28
Cranberry Isles wins $1.3 million for internet upgrade
USDA grant to replace local money for broadband project already under construction
The Cranberry Isles learned this month it has won a $1.3 million USDA grant to pay for the construction of its broadband network. The work is complete on Islesford (Little…
March 27
Wet feet in problematic places
Jeff Goodell makes it clear we’re in for a lot of soul searching
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World By Jeff Goodell Reviewed by David Platt We live on a tidal river in southern Maine,…
March 26
Chebeague Island urges changes to keep bicyclists safe
Near tragedy prompted review of rules, conditions
Riding a bicycle along a quiet, island road on a summer day is a near idyllic experience. Except when it’s not. Late last year and through the new year, community…
March 26
Contrary survey results are puzzling scientists
Lobster science updates from the Fishermen’s Forum
By Susie Arnold, Ph. D. and Heather Deese, Ph. D. Given the talk on the wharves all year, it was no surprise to hear the official 2017 numbers on Maine’s…
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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