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November 23
'Jig' gear: a better way to catch ground fish
Maine fishermen could adopt tool that's worked well in Alaska
When Darius Kasprzak, skipper of the Marona and president of the Alaska Jig Association showed up in Rockland, he knew that his biggest problem in convincing Mainers the merits of jig-fishing was the lack of… well, fish. “There ain’t ground fish in Penobscot Bay, and good luck finding them anywhere else,” several lobstermen assured him, more or less. But Kasprzak, as…
November 23
Acadia visitation up, planners address congestion
MDI, national park lead tourism recovery in Maine
Visitor numbers at Acadia National Park continue to climb, a positive trend mirrored by the state as a whole. Park visitation as of Oct. 31 was up 8 percent over…
November 23
Arm Maine to fight ocean acidification and other climate challenges
Funding state agencies key to adapting to coming changes
The Portland Press Herald’s recent "Mayday" series on the effects of climate change on the Gulf of Maine called attention to a critical fact at the heart of the Island Institute's…
November 23
Arts booster finds Eastport 'stunning, mysterious'
Island Institute arts fellow Tarah Waters works in many settings
In September, Tarah Waters began work in Eastport as an Island Fellow through the Island Institute (publisher of The Working Waterfront). Waters is a Colorado native and graduate of Salve…
November 23
Caring for elders focus of island conference
Sixth-annual retreat sponsored by Maine Seacoast Mission
Islanders working on similar problems in isolation is almost always improved when islanders gather to compare notes. That was the idea behind a now-annual retreat for those who care for…
November 23
College of the Atlantic students part of Paris U.N. climate talks
Students work to have impacts to poor considered
A delegation of 17 students from Bar Harbor's College of the Atlantic is in Paris this month to participate in the latest United Nations climate summit, a two-week session expected…
November 23
Deflated, but not defeated
Island neighborliness extends to ferry line
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…
November 23
Embracing Halloween brings out the best in islanders
Family fun, grown-up fun and the sense to clean up the mess
Drugstores are already sporting Christmas goods as I write this—or so I hear—but I’m still reeling from North Haven Halloween. There’s something about a holiday that gives us islanders an…
November 23
From seed to fruit, islands good hosts to apples
Cold winter helped reduce insect attacks
Fall has been a season of superlatives in the Cranberry Isles. Along with a November that might turn out to be the warmest on record, in Maine, the foliage has…
November 23
Going coop—employee ownership sustains business legacy
Baby boomers should consider coops as succession mechanism
The effort to sustain our communities and their economic and civic life for future generations scored a significant victory recently on Deer Isle. The employees of three retail businesses—Burnt Cove…
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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