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March 8
The team within the team also deserves praise
Vinalhaven girls win state basketball championship
The Vinalhaven Lady Vikings, having won this year’s State Class D girls basketball championship in Bangor, brought the cherished Gold Ball trophy home to Vinalhaven. Coach Sandy Nelson and Assistant Coach Sam Bickford, both island natives, are a rare and cohesive team themselves, so passionate about and focused on the game and the devoted girls who play it that ego…
March 1
Unity College fertile ground for green—and blue—recruiters
‘Green’ job fair offerings range from law enforcement to trail work
A first-time visitor to Unity College’s annual “green” career fair might be confused. The gymnasium at the western Waldo County college was peppered with well-groomed men and women in uniform.…
February 15
Bryan's 'Freedom Over Me' earns Newberry honor
Islesford’s Ashley Bryan, the author and artist whose books, illustrations and paintings have reached world-wide audiences, was honored this month for his latest children’s book Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves,…
February 9
Oped: Wind energy project bad fit for Monhegan
Environment, nature of island community conflict with 600-foot-high turbines
By Travis Dow Island Institute President Rob Snyder recently wrote a generally supportive piece about offshore wind (The Working Waterfront, February/March issue: “On offshore wind, we weigh community costs, benefits”),…
February 1
Book review: National parks as ‘breathing places’
Acadia featured among dozen clear-eyed looks at parks
The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks. By Terry Tempest Williams When filmmaker Ken Burns set out to document the history of America’s “best idea”—our national…
February 1
Map-making as art
Despite digital methods—or maybe because of them—hand-drawn maps remain in favor
When most of us think of mapmakers, we think of the big names in mapmaking: Google, Garmin/DeLorme, Rand McNally. These are companies engaging in cutting edge technologies to push cartography…
January 30
A tale of three winter fisheries
Shrimp, urchins and scallops all in decline
By Susie Arnold, Ph. D. and Heather Deese, Ph. D. Winter on the coast of Maine in the 1980s and 1990s was a time for fishing urchins, scallops and shrimp.…
January 30
Casco Bay better for volunteer efforts
Friends of Casco Bay recognize long-term volunteers
More than 100 volunteers and supporters of Friends of Casco Bay attended a Jan. 24 recognition ceremony honoring those who give their time to help protect the environmental health of Casco…
January 30
Cruise ship industry important to Maine, but so is environment
Inspections on discharge rules are essential
Thirty years ago, any cruise ship visiting Maine made headlines in newspapers and prompted live remote shots by TV stations. Then, for towns like Bar Harbor and Portland, cruise ships…
January 30
Cruise ship regularly used ‘magic pipe’ to discharge oil waste
Princess, Carnival lines pleaded guilty to environmental violation
The Caribbean Princess, a cruise ship that visited Maine, regularly used an illegal pipe from 2005 to 2013 to discharge oily wastewater, according to federal court documents. In a settlement…
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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