This is the third and final installment in a three-part series about the role boat builders and boatyards play in Maine’s coastal and island economy.   Boatyards and marinas provide more than 2,000 jobs and add over $1 billion a year to Maine’s coastal economy. They are blending tradition with innovation to remain sustainable, and many are planning to transfer…

Who would want to wake up, layer up and sit outside in a circle with other students in the frigid cold air for 30 minutes, in silence, five days a…

Almost 20 years after a coast-wide fishing moratorium on Atlantic sturgeon was instituted, the giant, monstrous creatures of the deep are growing in numbers. Atlantic sturgeon live most of their…

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…

Eva Murray lives on Matinicus year-round, where she writes, runs a seasonal bakery, volunteers as an EMT, and runs the island’s solid waste/recycling program. She is the author of three…

A survey aimed at residents of Maine’s 15 unbridged, year-round island communities reveals deep concern about ticks and the diseases they carry, such as Lyme disease. The survey found that…

This issue of The Working Waterfront features three education-themed stories. Our editorial eye on the coast and islands tends to linger on other matters, but we know that healthy schools…

Elia Nichols had a huge maple tree stump in his yard. It was crying out to be used for some purpose, but he didn’t know what to do with it.…

Life is rough in the intertidal zone. Barnacles with their heads cemented to rock and pilings wait for the tide to rise so they can resume combing for plankton with…

In late February, Chellie Pingree (D-North Haven), Maine’s 1st District representative, reintroduced legislation with Republican Rob Wittman of Virginia to protect the kind of waterfront access and infrastructure that many…