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October 18
Collins secures aquaculture funds
String quartet imparts sea level crescendo
Sen. Susan Collins, vice chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced $7 million in congressionally directed spending to establish an Aquaculture Workforce Innovation Center at the University of Maine in the fiscal year 2024 commerce, justice, and science appropriations bill. “Maine’s aquaculture industry has seen significant growth over recent years, but more needs to be done to…
October 18
Acadia tourism contributed $479 million in 2022
Report shows visitor spending supports nearly 6,700 jobs in nearby communities
A new National Park Service (NPS) report estimates that Acadia National Park’s 3.97 million visits in 2022 provided $479 million in visitor spending to the local economy. That spending supported…
October 18
Dave Macy steps away from the pulpit
Long-time North Haven minister retires
After 32 years as pastor to the North Haven Baptist Church and missionary at large to the island, Dave Macy is retiring. Macy was hired in 1991 by the Maine…
October 18
Mural honors Belfast’s sturgeon story
Artist creates ‘ecosystem’ on waterfront
Let’s get the pronunciation lesson out of the way first. The river that flows into Penobscot Bay in Belfast is called the Passagassawakeag, which in the native Wabanaki language means,…
October 18
Getting serious about the heat
Climate writer gets to the boiling point
The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet By Jeff Goodell, Little, Brown and Company (2023) Spare me, you're thinking. Please, not another book on…
October 18
The fate of frogs on Oxbow Island
Young readers appraise Peaks Island author’s latest
Oxbow Island Gang: Leap Frog By Rae Chalmers, Maine Author Publishing (2023) It’s April break from school and Berend Houtman—known to his family and friends as Bear—can’t wait to visit…
October 18
Tragedy and hope in debut novel
Northern Maine setting rendered with tension
The Road to Dalton By Shannon Bowring (Europa Editions, 2023) Shannon Bowring’s debut novel, The Road to Dalton, has earned high praise from some Maine all-star authors. Richard Russo has…
October 17
Saving a cemetery
Twice-buried history unearthed in Friendship
It’s not hard to imagine the scene 250 years ago—a treeless headland where the Meduncook River meets Penobscot Bay, families gathered for the somber ritual of burying a deceased relative,…
October 17
Island Institute announces new Fellows
Service areas range from Machias to Vinalhaven
Island Institute, publisher of The Working Waterfront, has announced its new cohort of Island Institute Fellows who join a group returning for their second year. The Fellows program places recent…
October 17
A top-notch choice
Memories of beloved Belfast, and all of Maine
I am writing to simply say I greatly enjoyed your column “My happy Maine anniversary” (Rock Bound, September issue). I was enjoying reading your essay—Deer Isle is my ancestral home,…
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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