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March 26
Ferry service impacted with rising emergency trips
Manager to meet with island EMS staff to discuss protocols
The state ferry service is concerned about a recent trend in which more emergency boat trips are made from the islands to the mainland, disrupting scheduled trips. At its March 1 meeting in Rockland, the ferry advisory board learned from ferry service manager Mark Higgins that statistics from the last five years show an increase. In most cases, the ferry…
March 26
How we support the island’s gay, lesbian,and trans teens
Alliance creates positive school climate, inclusivity
A few years ago, in the service of our podcast “12 Knots,” my husband and I had a chance to sit down with lesbian, gay, and transgender islanders and have…
March 26
Saving a fisherman’s humble home
Phippsburg hopes to turn Murphy house in to museum honoring fishing past
Ninety-three years ago, fisherman John Murphy and his wife, Pearl, moved into their new 12-foot by 15-foot house in the village of Sebasco in Phippsburg near present-day Anna’s Water’s Edge…
March 26
Wild Miss Islesford comes to Islesboro
The tasty story of sourdough and other fermentations
Wild Miss Islesford, Barb Fernald’s now-famous and well-traveled sourdough, came to Islesboro last August, when Barb, who lives in Islesford, gave some to me and Courtney Naliboff of North Haven.…
March 23
Lyme disease rates spur Swan's Island deer hunt
Survey of island ticks finds high rate of infection
With as many as half the ticks on Swan’s Island infected with Lyme disease, state officials approved a special hunt to reduce the deer population, the primary host animal for…
March 23
No car ferry dramatically changes the nature of unloading
The car as ‘tote bag’ doesn’t work the same way for Islesford residents
Picture an average day, doing errands. Maybe you have a dentist appointment and will receive that complimentary little bag with a toothbrush, paste, and floss inside. You might then head…
March 22
Estuary Beat: Flooding, fish migration, and salt marsh restoration
Nor’easter brings more flooding, damage to coast A northeasterly storm in early March brought another spate of flooding and damaging waves to Maine bays and estuaries. For three days, heavy…
March 20
Seth Macy goes public with his love, hate relationship with Maine
Satiric New Maine News site launched by former North Haven islander
It’s a glorious time to be a satirist. The Onion’s headlines feel painfully truthful, people seem abundantly willing to share “news” stories on social media without verifying their accuracy, and…
March 19
‘Heartfelt’ portrait project to feature islanders
Photographer Richard Howard aims to document Vinalhaven residents
Photographer Richard Howard has travelled all over the U.S. and the world photographing people and places for publications such as Smithsonian and National Geographic. Now the long-time Vinalhaven summer visitor…
March 19
A painful relationship with Maine
Humorist John Hodgman deconstructs our state’s reputation as Vacationland
Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches By John Hodgman (2017, Viking) You may know John Hodgman from guest appearances as the Resident Expert and Deranged Millionaire when Jon Stewart hosted…
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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