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August 22
Acadia breaks ground on new facility
Federal funds support maintenance building
Deputy Secretary of the Interior Tommy Beaudreau visited Acadia National Park in April to join federal and local leaders at the groundbreaking of a new year-round maintenance facility at park headquarters, made possible with a new $32.6 million investment from the Great American Outdoors Act. [caption id="attachment_37419" align="alignleft" width="500"] Environmental Specialist Jason Flynn walks audience members through key features of…
August 22
Monhegan Museum explores artistic relationships
Married couples’ work featured in summer show
[caption id="attachment_37414" align="alignnone" width="450"] “Red Tide at Sunset,” (1975) by Reuben Tam (1916-1991), oil on canvas, 22 x 24 inches; Monhegan Museum of Art & History, gift of Susan Bateson…
August 16
Land trusts can now protect working waterfronts
New law eases transfer of property
A bill sponsored by Rep. Morgan Rielly of Westbrook (LD 574: An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Working Waterfront Covenants) has been signed into law, greatly expanding opportunities for…
August 16
Ready to serve ‘people from away’
Searsport sought to rival Bar Harbor as destination
The staff of the Penobscot Park dining room and lunch counter in Searsport meet the gaze of the Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co. photographer’s camera in the accompanying photo. Their…
August 16
Vinalhaven native named ferry chief
Geary began as service director in May
[caption id="attachment_37218" align="alignleft" width="275"] William Geary Jr.[/caption] William Geary Jr. has been named director of the Maine State Ferry Service. Born on Vinalhaven, Geary is a 1998 graduate of Maine…
August 16
Maine should welcome immigrants… again
Workforce, and business start-ups are benefits
Few countries were unscathed by the Great Recession, whose symptoms first appeared in the fall of 2008 and which metastasized six months later as U.S. unemployment rates nearly hit 10%.…
August 16
Island landscapes, island stories
Photographer, writer collaborate to depict Vinalhaven
Vinalhaven—Portrait of a Maine Island Photos by Joel Greenberg, Narratives by Phil Crossman Vinalhaven—Portrait of an Island is a wonderful, wonderful book. The beautifully composed, nuanced images of Joel Greenberg…
August 16
A kinder, gentler visit to Maine
The novel’s coastal setting is so serene
Vacationland: A Novel By Meg Mitchell Moore (2022) Dear readers, a true confession: I’m late to this party, reading what are known as “beach books,” “escapist novels,” or “summer fiction.”…
August 8
Schoodic scenic highway adds kid appeal
Kids Quest installed signs, hands-on activities
The Schoodic National Scenic Byway was established as a way of reviving a region reeling from a base closure. More than 25 years later, some local folks have broadened the…
August 7
Anatomy of a failure: Who killed Quoddy?
New history unravels failed power project
Moondoggle: Franklin Roosevelt and the Fight for Tidal-electric Power at Passamaquoddy Bay By Mark C. Borton, Downeast Books (2023) A rival to the Hoover Dam in Eastport? That could have…
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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