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July 16
The comforting sounds of the season
Phone app allows audio identification of birds
I love the quiet I experience from living on Little Cranberry Island. I remember a visit from Dutch friends when their mouths dropped open upon reaching our house. I asked what stunned them and they replied, “The quiet! There is so little noise!” That’s what I like. I also appreciate the crescendo of the spring soundscape as it arrives. After…
July 16
The baggage of being a vegetarian
Food identity comes with mixed blessings
By the summer of 1979, like many human beings around the globe and in times past, I ate relatively little meat. It wasn’t a matter of principle. I ate vegetables…
July 16
Unexpected awe in life’s big moments
Eclipse, aurora borealis, and new book move me
By the time you read this, the book I co-authored, Your Postpartum Body, will be out in the world. For ten years I’ve been throwing manuscripts at the wall of…
July 15
Castine Historical Society tells story through objects
Exhibit open through Oct. 14
Historical Societies exist to tell a community’s history through objects and archival records. The Castine Historical Society’s new exhibition, “A History of Castine in 40 Objects,” opens June 10 and…
July 11
Lobster Institute names new director
Since 1987 the Lobster Institute has been a center of discovery, innovation and outreach at UMaine with the goal of promoting, conducting, and communicating research focused on the sustainability of the American lobster fishery in the U.S. and Canada.
July 11
A librarian weaves a surprisingly tangled web
Novel set in Maine rich in plot twists
A book club would have a lot of fun with this, as it can be understood multiple ways.
July 11
Righting a wrong—Monhegan’s women artists get their due
Show featuring their work at museum through September
Over the years, Women Artists of Monhegan Island, or WAMI, held exhibitions in a variety of venues, on and off Monhegan.
July 11
A photographer who captured artists
Peggy McKenna was a master portrait maker
Peggy McKenna was one of the artists who was drawn to this part of the state in the 1970s. She settled in Montville along with other artists and “back to the landers.”
July 11
Maine Maritime crew will deploy ‘drifter’ devices
Buoys will follow currents and transmit weather data
When the Maine Maritime Academy training ship State of Maine sailed from Castine May 8 for the start of the annual summer cruise, she carried 202 students, 25 faculty members,…
July 10
That New England spirit in literature
Islandport Press marks 25 years of publishing
grandfather, Sanford “Dick” Lunt.
Writing, producing, and selling Hauling by Hand was a crash course in publishing. Dean Lunt said, “We used that book to learn about book design, cover design, distribution, sales.”
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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