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June 28
Vulnerability is both scary and empowering
Stepping out with peers, stepping onto a stage are bold acts
Reflections is 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 of The Working Waterfront By Tarah Waters Picture this: nine girls age 11 to 14, three adult leaders in their 20s, and tents pitched along the shore of Cobscook Bay. It was a four-day…
June 27
Islands look to neighbors for survival
In Casco Bay and in South Pacific, asking for help is practical step
Island communities survive when they work together. I experienced this alongside leaders on Long Island in Casco Bay and in dialogue with the former president of Kiribati. Spend time on…
June 27
Let’s give our service center towns a hand
There is a 1 percent solution that could make a difference
When I first began working in downtown Belfast in the late 1980s, I noticed an odd trend. On Fridays, it was a lot harder to find a parking space than…
June 26
Andrew Wyeth’s Rockland: Boats, planes and trains
Farnsworth Art Museum features its seasonal resident’s take on locale
When Edward Hopper (1882-1967) visited Rockland in 1926, he referred to it as “a very fine old place with lots of good-looking houses but not much shipping.” His watercolors from that…
June 26
Damariscotta improves waterfront in face of rising seas
Private funds pay for most of work; town hopes for assistance with resilience work
Damariscotta is moving forward with projects aimed at improving its waterfront. The work comes despite the Jan. 4 “king tide,” the highest tide of the year, and the associated storm…
June 18
A drowning island-nation portends wider climate change disasters
Kiribati's former presidents speaks of his nation's plight to College of the Atlantic grads
In 2015, Sermary Tiare moved her family from Kirabati to New Zealand to escape the rising seas that were devastating her village. The mother of seven and small-business owner lived…
June 18
CruiseMaine evaluating potential, impact
Group contracted by state tourism, transportation office
The cruise ship industry’s growing interest in visiting Maine’s harbor towns is being hailed as opportunity by some, and branded as threat by others. While communities like Bar Harbor and…
June 18
Reservations for Acadia visits top proposal in plan
National Park Service considering ways of easing traffic congestion
A reservation system for visiting Acadia National Park is among the top proposals in the National Park Service’s draft transportation plan, released April 26. The plan has been in the…
June 18
Shared mooring: Maine Island Trail, Island Institute born of same values
MITA marks its 30th anniversary
By Doug Welch The Maine Island Trail Association marks its 30th anniversary this month, and I believe it is important to look back at our roots and the organization that once…
June 18
Strategies sharpened for bringing faster internet
Successes shared at Maine Broadband Coalition Conference
Municipalities have power to control their own destinies. That was one theme to emerge from the Maine Broadband Coalition’s May 31 conference at Thomas College in Waterville. The conference drew…
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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