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July 12
Island crime, battled with humor
Two appetizing novels by Camden resident
Lobsters Without Borders (2022) Don’t Touch My Cocktail! (2023) By Carol Chen Carol Chen, a Camden resident, is debuting as a mystery writer with two books out now, Lobsters Without Borders and Don’t Touch My Cocktail. Both feature “Jane Roberts,” a novice public safety officer working in a small island community off the Maine coast. It’s hard to know if…
July 12
Sunbeam heads south
Visits to Boothbay Harbor, Falmouth planned
[caption id="attachment_36825" align="alignright" width="600"] Maine Seacoast Mission’s Sunbeam anchored in Cape Split Harbor.[/caption] At the end of July, Maine Seacoast Mission’s flagship vessel, the 74-foot Sunbeam, will host two open…
July 12
Feds ordered to re-work whale rules
Court sides with lobster industry advocates
In a major victory for Maine’s lobster industry, a federal appeals court in June ordered the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to go back to the drawing board and re-work…
July 12
Commission approves lobster size rules
Changes would be triggered by species decline
An interstate regulatory commission has approved a rule that could change the minimum and maximum sizes for lobster harvesting as a means of protecting the species. The change was adopted…
July 12
Fort Gorges—Time for new ownership?
Advocacy group suggests state or national park
PHOTOS BY JOEL PAGE [caption id="attachment_36816" align="alignright" width="600"] Fort Gorges in Portland Harbor, as seen from the water.[/caption] Fort Gorges has stood prominently in the middle of Portland Harbor for…
June 20
The summer game, as played offshore
When my son was 8, he asked me to stop coaching him in baseball. I didn’t ask him why. Instead, I swallowed my pride and simply informed the head coach…
June 20
Forecasting the Maine coast’s future
Data now includes environmental DNA
Dinosaurs never knew the coast of Maine. As rugged and timeless as it appears, our coast is a relatively new feature, formed and revealed as ice sheets melted away, roughly…
June 20
Portland to sell building to island group
Affordable Peaks Island apartment plan moves forward
An affordable housing advocacy group has unveiled renderings of a building with three apartments that it plans to have constructed and occupied by next June on Peaks Island. Home Start,…
June 20
Machias is on the move
Cooperation, optimism accompany recent growth
[caption id="attachment_36197" align="alignright" width="560"] Bill Kitchen, Machias town manager.[/caption] If you ask Bill Kitchen what’s going well in Machias, you’ll need to sit back because you’ll be listening for a…
June 13
Grindle Point Lighthouse: A beacon still shining
Islesboro’s history illuminated through light
From the top deck of the Margaret Chase Smith ferry, the first thing that can be seen approaching Islesboro is the Grindle Point Lighthouse. Standing at the northern edge of…
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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