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Tide Mill Organic Farm in Edmunds creates fine creamery products
A truly family farm has found its nice
Ship becomes launch pad for naval target practice
Staying sharp with military hardware means using it
Fishing community's students put on a play
Deer Isle-Stonington High School gets theatre bug
Be on the lookout for 'oceans of jelly'
Bigelow scientist wants reports of jelly fish along Maine coast
Islesboro approves special deer hunt
Season would extend from mid-December through end of February
'From away' influx helps pump up Lubec
Arts, shops, microbrewery and more await visitors
Andy and Kosti meet again
Wyeth and Ruohomaa work featured at Farnsworth in Rockland
Bar Harbor's Criterion Theatre gets curtain call
Nonprofit ownership a growing trend for movie house rescue
Birds on the brain, birds at my window
Close encounters with our feathered friends inspire
Crossing has been essential, symbolic of my experience
Fellowship takes me to four different islands
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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