Ian Watkins is​ an Island Fellow, a participant in a two-year service program operated by AmeriCorps and the Island Institute, doing community development work on islands and remote coastal communities. Watkins works on Deer Isle and the Downeast coast with high school students. By Ian Watkins Just the other week, I returned to Deer Isle after taking a ten-day trip…

By Nick Record Last summer, beachgoers and mariners along the coast of Maine reported dense aggregations of jellyfish—mostly lion’s mane and moon jellies, with reports of salps later on in…

By Tom Groening At a special town meeting on June 11, voters approved a plan that would allow hunters who live or own land on the island to take an…

LUBEC — An accidental migration of people "from away" to this remote coastal town is helping to transform a dilapidated waterfront into a vital center of the community. Located at…

  By Carl Little The Andy in the title of the exhibition "Andy and Kosti" at the Farnsworth Art Museum (through Nov. 1) is Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009), one of America's…

BAR HARBOR — In just eight months, the vintage Criterion Theater has been transformed from a mold-laden derelict into a historic gem, its elegant Art Deco details restored or faithfully…

By Barbara Fernald As I sat at my kitchen table attempting to pull something out of my overloaded-by-too-much-to-do brain for this column, I gazed out through the window, taking in…

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…

By Stephanie Bouchard BATH — Lobstermen, fishermen, sailors and ship captains—those may top the list when you think about who works in the maritime industry. But there are many, many…

Complied by Tom Groening Are the radio waves from a cell tower killing fish? As odd as that question sounds, it's being taken seriously by the Portland school system, the…