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November 17
Maine trade mission to Japan, China hailed as success
Effort to grow lobster markets part of mission
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 and Shanghai on a trade mission with Gov. Paul LePage late last month, provided an overview of Maine’s lobster industry management and conservation measures to dozens of chefs, buyers, government officials and media…
November 13
Islands lead in 'energy revolution,' says Sen. King
Move from centralized to localized power source essential
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…
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.…
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…
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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