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November 17
Tourism industry wrestles with disruptive influences
Marketing expert explains trends to Downeast and Acadia tourism business owners
Social media and new technology are driving change in the tourism industry at an unprecedented rate. Those changes are driving marketplace innovations, as tourism interests strive to reach new demographic groups on the latter’s own terms. That was the message from Paul Ouimet, managing director of DestinationNEXT, a research and analysis initiative of Destination International in Washington, D.C. Since launching…
November 2
America's lost and found perspective on Vietnam
Forty-three years after release, Peter Davis' anti-war documentary Hearts and Minds still resonates
By Ethan Andrews The recently released Ken Burns and Lyn Novick Vietnam PBS series adds to the deep catalog from these American masters of the exhaustive-topic documentary and trick-bag of…
November 2
Considering the birds is a balm for troubled mind
On land and in the sea, they are an infinite source of wonder
One of the things I love about October and November in the Cranberry Isles is the increase in bird stories. It is migrating season and most people out here keep…
November 2
Teachers conference bridges isolation gap
Belfast event offered strategies, and connections with other groups
Being an island teacher has some unique challenges and benefits. On the one hand, as the only music teacher in North Haven’s one-building district, I have total control over the…
November 2
Thinking conservatively about kitchen energy
Avoiding appliance use, thinking ahead can reduce electric bill
It boils down to this: whose energy are you going to use, your own or the energy you buy from the power or gas company? A few weeks ago, we…
November 1
Estuary Beat: Red tide, Downeast river quality, and alewives
Red tide of a different shade At the end of September, an unprecendented bloom of the phytoplankton karenia mikimotoi extended from Cape Elizabeth to the New Meadows River. Maine Department…
November 1
Harbor Gawker says goodbye
Founding family of Vinalhaven’s landmark seafood restaurant leave after 40-plus years
PHOTO ESSAY BY COURTNEY MOONEY The Harbor Gawker has been a fixture in Vinalhaven’s village center, just a stone’s throw from the harbor, since 1975. That was the year owners…
November 1
Island teachers share cross-curricular methods at conference
Facing broad responsibilities, limited budgets, teachers learn new approaches at Island Teachers Conference
When you’re teaching in a small island school, the term “cross-curricular” is not a concept; it’s a day-to-day reality. Bill Trevaskis, the sole music teacher for students in the pre-K…
November 1
Restoring wild oyster beds, one acre at a time
Projects underway in New Hampshire, Phippsburg to clean waters
By Susie Arnold, Ph. D. and Heather Deese, Ph. D. New York City has its Billion Oyster Project, and now New Hampshire's Great Bay has its own 25-acre project, with…
October 31
Wishing for life-changing memories for our youth
Whether they stay in Maine, or leave and return, experience can change identity
A good friend recently introduced me to the work of writer Annie Dillard. She is now an even better friend. In one of Dillard’s short stories, she writes some of…
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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