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November 2
On board for autumn colors
Fall foliage cruise on the Bagheera
Fall foliage and boats don't seem to go in hand in hand, but in Portland, the best way to see the season's colors is to cruise around Casco Bay's islands. SEE SLIDESHOW The Portland Schooner Company, based on the Maine State Pier, offers four daily two-hour sails throughout spring, summer and fall. The business operates the Bagheera and Wendameen. Both…
October 27
North Haven Catholic church sold to summer resident
Attendance had dwindled, and included only summer visitors
For 97 years, Our Lady of Peace has provided a spiritual home for North Haven's Catholic community. It was built and consecrated to attract domestic workers from Ireland to the…
October 26
'Golf croquet': new sport a good fit for island schools
Getting ball rolling on inter-island league
This past summer at a luncheon for the recipients of a scholarship program administered by the Island Institute, Melissa Amuso, one of the mothers from Islesford, spoke of the lack…
October 26
Ashley Bryan reminds us: 'Beautiful are the souls of my people'
Island artist's latest, Sail Away, features poems of Langston Hughes
The award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Ashley Bryan from Islesford (Little Cranberry Island) often concludes his storytelling performances with a remarkable recitation of Langston Hughes’s poem “My People,” asking…
October 26
Calling all fishermen!
Interested in shellfish and seaweed aquaculture?
The Island Institute, publisher of The Working Waterfront, is working to help fishermen and other business people diversify into shellfish and seaweed aquaculture on Maine’s islands and remote coastal communities.…
October 26
Camping as career prep
High school is the time for trying
For nearly 20 years, North Haven Community School's high school students have ventured into the woods for a week each year, usually in the fall. They canoe, hike or occasionally…
October 26
Fathoming our tides
Moon, sun and the watery bulges of the planet
By Susie Arnold, Ph. D. and Heather Deese, Ph. D. The coast of Maine and neighboring Maritime Canada are extraordinary in many ways, but there is one way in which…
October 26
Great Cranberry resident Phil Whitney traveled the world, dodged danger
MDI 'small-town boy' remembers international security career
As a “small-town boy” growing up in Southwest Harbor, Phil Whitney had dreams of traveling the world. When he entered the U.S. State Department’s Office of Security, he found himself…
October 26
Island family is balm for grief
Difficult times ahead, but Chebeaguers care
Editor's note: Reflections is a monthly column written by Island Fellows, recent college grads who do community service work on Maine islands through the Island Institute, publisher of The Working…
October 26
Island home helps me grieve great loss
Natural rhythms, wonderful community soothe
I keep my cell phone in one corner of the kitchen, touching a window, where it receives a one- to two-bar signal frequently enough that the battery will go for…
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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