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August 29
Buying a house is still your best investment
Real estate association highlights wealth gains
The path to homeownership can be bumpy. Buyers must withstand bidding wars, contingencies, complex tax laws, and an array of market factors beyond most anyone’s control. Still, buying a house is typically the single best investment a family can make. Homeownership is the largest source of wealth creation in the U.S., while the median net worth of the average American…
August 29
Deer Isle’s bounty impresses this Iowan
Connecting locals to local food has been rewarding
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…
August 29
Architecture for the way we live
Design should consider aesthetics and lifestyle
Our recent vacation trip to Wellfleet on Cape Cod offered many pleasant diversions—ocean swimming, long walks on sandy beaches on both the ocean and bay sides, and enjoying the quiet…
August 29
Feds provide Maine with broadband funds
The Maine Connectivity Authority was awarded $30 million in federal funding from the Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure grant. This investment is funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and will support…
August 29
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…
August 29
Battle over working waterfront on Orr’s Island
Lawsuit pits privately owned parcel’s owners against each other
The numerous co-owners of a sliver of working waterfront on Orr’s Island, which has been treated as a public amenity for generations, may have to sell their shares soon if…
August 23
Cultural Connects program returns to Acadia
The Cultural Connections program returns to Acadia National Park after a year-long hiatus. This programming provides visitors to Acadia with the opportunity to learn from Maine’s Native artists, musicians, and…
August 22
The islands explode into bloom
Busy season is cheered by flowers and plants
Everything Everywhere All at Once is the title of an award winning movie I have yet to see. It also is a perfect description of the frenetic time of year…
August 22
Pet peeves with food and words
Accuracy is first casualty in branding wars
Linguists assure us that language is alive, always evolving. New words and reconfigurations of words emerge, and old familiar words acquire new meanings. I understand these are perfectly natural developments…
August 22
A taste of independence
Two wheels open a wider world for a child
Not to give any credit to a global pandemic, but one positive result of spending months at home is that at the age of six, Pen learned to ride a…
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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