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August 21
Secrets of a sunset chaser
Deer Isle provides endless vistas, perspectives and colors that deserve documentation
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 of The Working Waterfront. After living on Deer Isle for a year, I have a lot of sunset photos, and they are spectacular. The sunrises are amazing as well, but I…
August 21
The tides as one step away from God
The mysterious, powerful force of tides explored, explained
Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean By Jonathan White 2017: Trinity University Press Like the tides themselves, this book literally covers the earth. Author Jonathan White gets us…
August 21
Veto puts solar energy growth in jeopardy, say proponents
PUC rule will hold sway, lowering credits for solar producers
By Jacqueline Weaver A bill in the Maine Legislature that would have ensured benefits for solar panel owners was killed on Aug. 2. The bill passed with strong majorities in…
August 21
War on invasive plants relies on many weapons
Cliff Island mounts concerted effort to educate residents
Carolyn Walker first heard about invasive plants while taking horticulture classes 25 years ago. One summer when she arrived at her family home on Casco Bay’s Cliff Island, she noticed…
August 9
Colby College comes to the coast
Partnership launched with Port Clyde’s Herring Gut Learning Center
Both institutions see their missions as providing high-quality education to a relatively small group of students. Beyond that, Waterville’s Colby College and Port Clyde’s Herring Gut Learning Center would seem…
July 18
‘First Coast’ project aims to tell our stories
Stonington native plans residencies in Maine harbor towns to capture audio
Bureaucrats, academics, and advocates develop talking points, position papers, and policies to address the problems of our coast. Galen Koch has chosen a different approach. The 28-year-old Stonington native and…
July 18
Beverly Ross Johnson is Chebeague’s volunteer extraordinaire
Legislative ‘sentiment’ acknowledges what islanders already know about this talented, giving woman
There is an old saying that you can’t keep a secret on an island, but that was disproven at Chebeague Island’s town meeting on June 10, when Beverly Ross Johnson…
July 18
Calm reflection on Hurricane Island
Educator retreat prompts renewed focus on important work
Between the end of the school year and the needle drop on summer, I found myself on a very fast boat headed to Hurricane Island. The boat was piloted by…
July 18
Connecting our communities more critical than ever
Taking initiative for broadband internet may be the way forward
This column first appeared in the 2017 Island Journal, which is now available for purchase at TheArchipelago.net. Maine touts its allure for visitors and prospective transplants by asserting that we…
July 18
For the Wabanaki, home has no walls
Maine tribes made a living off the sea, following resources
In August 1857, Penobscot Indian Joseph Polis paddled down the Penobscot River with Henry David Thoreau. Polis had been helping Thoreau visit the Maine woods during the previous two weeks.…
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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