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July 25
Collins, King visit BIW
Senators join Admiral Mike Gilday
[caption id="attachment_36991" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Sen. Susan Collins, left, and Sen. Angus King flank Admiral Mike Gilday at Bath Iron Works. King pretends to listen carefully as Gilday, chief of naval operations, speaks about future shipbuilding at the Bath yard.[/caption] Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King visited Bath Iron Works on April 24 to join Admiral Mike Gilday, chief of naval…
July 25
Why we must modernize the bottle bill
Improvements would divert more bottles and cans
Step into your local redemption center and what you will see is the beating heart of Maine’s most effective recycling and litter prevention program. These hard-working businesses hand sort thousands…
July 24
Feds learn about community, in-person
Northern border commission visits coast
Kathleen Billings, Stonington’s longtime town manager, articulated some deep truths to representatives of the Northern Border Regional Commission (NRBC) during a recent visit. “This is our home,” she said. “Once…
July 24
Aquaculture: A bigger picture
Maine has growth potential in seafood sector
Aquaculture is the fastest growing food production sector in the world. The United Nation’s sustainable development goals identify aquaculture as playing a key role in development that safeguards “food security,…
July 24
When artists gather, sparks fly
Institute’s Artists & Makers Conference returns
The staff at the Island Institute’s Archipelago store and gallery again presented its Artists & Makers Conference this year after a pandemic pause, celebrating the theme “Together Again!” More than…
July 24
The spider web that is town government
Each municipal initiative connects to another
Reflections is written by Island Institute Fellows, recent college grads who do community service work on Maine islands and in coastal communities through the Island Institute, publisher of The Working…
July 24
Island Institute Fellows have front-row seats
Two-year service work embeds them in community
Over the 24 years of Island Institute’s Fellows program, we have learned a lot about what it means to be a part of a community. Island Institute Fellows navigate a…
July 24
How a bill becomes law, Maine edition
Hearings, testimony, and work sessions are the process
The other day, I found myself in Augusta attending a legislative committee hearing and conversing about how a bill becomes a law with somebody who was at the legislature for…
July 24
Clam ‘garden’ sows sustainable future
Downeast communities must tell their stories
Reflections is written by Island Institute Fellows, recent college grads who do community service work on Maine islands and in coastal communities through the Island Institute, publisher of The Working…
July 24
Pondering the poverty question
What is the true price we pay for the poor?
I grew up in a middle-class neighborhood in a small ranch house on a quarter-acre of land in suburban New York. When I was ten, my parents doubled the size…
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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