Walk into Planet Toys on Main Street in Rockland and it's what you don't see and hear that makes an impression. The stock is aimed mostly at pre-teen kids, yet there is nothing blinking or buzzing. Most of the toys do not require batteries. There are familiar games like Clue and Monopoly, a big selection of Legos, stuffed animals and…

By Susie Arnold, Ph. D. and Heather Deese, Ph. D. The lobster fishery is a critical part of the United States and Canadian economies. In 2013, the U.S. fishery landed…

Maine's top lobster landing port each year is Stonington, and according to the Island Ad-Vantages newspaper, the value of landings in 2014 exceeded the previous year by $11 million, hitting…

A pending project to revitalize Stonington's Hagen Wharf is expected to boost a waterfront attraction central to the town's transient boater and tourist economy. Located downtown, Hagen Wharf comprises a…

Veteran’s Day was coming as I wrote and has by now gone by. Thanksgiving is nearly here, so I’m going to make an effort to remind myself of how fortunate…

The witty and colorful Linda Greenlaw was the featured attraction that night, but a pall hung over the Maine Maritime Academy campus on the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 21. It…

What if the premise guiding most municipal economic development schemes were wrong? So wrong, in fact, that this basic assumption is to blame for much of the gap between tax…

It's always been a double-edged sword. As prosperity works its way up Maine's coast—often in sprints and then strolls—the commercial and residential building that comes with it threatens to taint…

The notion of sustainable harvesting practices translates well into Chinese and Japanese, according to Deirdre Gilbert, policy director for the Maine Department of Marine Resources. Gilbert, who travelled to Tokyo…

It was one of those occasions, Sen. Angus King admitted, in which he was speaking to people who knew more about the topic at hand than he did. But at…