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October 24
My new favorite word reflects my new life
Midwesterner still sorting out North Haven existence
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. Andrew May is working with the North Haven Community School, Southern Harbor Eldercare Services and Waterman’s Community Center to build community wellness. I’m going to come…
October 24
National monument process rankles fishermen
Designation will protect larger Gulf of Maine, supporters argue
A land map of the United States reveals a patchwork of federally protected areas, while a map of the Atlantic Ocean, until recently, had no protected areas. That changed in…
October 24
On the record with… WCSH-TV’s meteorologist Keith Carson
From Portland to The Weather Channel and back
In March of 1993, the U.S. East Coast experienced what has been called the Storm of the Century. This category 5 storm created havoc with high winds and coastal flooding,…
October 24
Public support needed to preserve public access
Islands see greater threat with new, non-native ownership
As Maine’s coastline changes hands, access to the shore becomes more contentious and litigious. Access is controversial, and this is especially true on islands. What happens when legal claims clash…
October 24
Saving coastal general stores: High property values, taxes hamper profitability
Report considers fate of two St. George stores
Will the small community general store go the way of the village blacksmith? Time will tell, but an analysis of the forces at work on the Maine coast offers a…
October 24
Telecommuting lets transplants be ‘Eastported’
New website extols virtues of small-town, coastal life while working remotely
Coleman Brice, an information technology consultant in New Jersey, visited a friend in Eastport a dozen or so years ago. “I was blown away by the intellectual climate, the creative…
October 24
Vinalhaven’s Sparkplug Farm seeks new operator
Homegrown vegetables, eggs, milk and beef has become favorite for islanders
A bright October sun had me squinting at the landscape—almost a mirage with its fields of flourishing vegetation. Like summer, I was thinking. But to farmers John Wright and Sara…
October 24
Weather, water patterns change as sea ice disappears
Arctic science suggests complicated outcomes
In an overview of climate change science at the public forum held in advance of the Arctic Council meetings in Portland, Sen. Angus King concluded that “something serious is happening,…
October 21
Maine and the Arctic: Opening waters emblem of environmental disaster, economic opportunity
International group focused on region meets in Portland
Sen. Angus King’s analogy succinctly set the scene. “It’s like the sudden discovery of the Mediterranean Sea,” King said, an early speaker in a day-long forum devoted to the Arctic…
October 6
Fisheries advocate Alden named White House ‘champion’
Penobscot East Resource Center founder honored for work in sustainable seafood
Robin Alden, a former commissioner of the state’s Department of Marine Resources (DMR) and current director of the Stonington-based Penobscot East Resource Center (PERC), has been named a White House…
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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