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August 9
Island doctor reflects on personal costs
Second memoir details commitment to care
Island Medicine: Life, Healing, and Community on a Maine Island By Dr. Chuck Radis (Down East Books, 2022) Review by Tina Cohen Dr. Chuck Radis’s first book, Go By Boat: Stories of a Maine Island Doctor, was published in 2021. Now his second is out, Island Medicine: Life, Healing, and Community on a Maine Island. Both cover the earliest years…
August 9
Looking for balm in wake of violence
Island gratitude list provides beauty, balance
Oh how I wish our country would do what New Zealand did after its last mass shooting, in Christchurch, in 2019. What if our government would reinstate its ban on…
August 9
Prepping like it’s 1885
Setting food aside for bad times isn’t new
Remember 1999 and the big worry about the Y2K bug? Everything civilization rested on would collapse in a heap when the clocks all ticked over to 12:01 a.m. Jan. 1,…
August 9
Caught by COVID, help in escaping
Accepting favors from friends isn’t easy
After two years, two months, and some number of days that I’m too tired to count, I finally caught COVID. Or maybe it caught me. Either way, I’m writing this…
August 9
North Haven library plans upgrades
Community support is sought for building repairs
The North Haven town library nestles into the corner of Main Street and Mullins Lane. It features 2,500 titles, an excellent children’s and young adult collection, an airy reading room,…
August 9
Islesboro event offers energy stories
Speakers share at Energy Jamboree
There’s a vibe on Islesboro which, subjective though that term may be, is confirmed by conversations with residents. They’re proud of their strides toward energy independence and away from fossil…
August 9
Music sounds the alarm
String quartet imparts sea level crescendo
The seven North Haven students in combined grades 4, 5, and 6 carried in cushions and arranged them on the floor while older students doubled up on sofas at the…
August 8
Have you taken your broadband speed test?
Funds are coming, but need must be shown
In July of 2020, Maine voters overwhelming passed a $15 million broadband bond. This fall, we will see $150 million in federal funds, and at least another $100 million, awarded…
August 4
Digging the softshells
Research may help reverse decline
Summer in Maine brings hungry vacationers seeking lobster rolls, blueberry pie, and the iconic softshell clam—fried, steamed, or in chowder. Clam prices are spiking in response to demand and hundreds…
August 3
Coastal Maine: A sense of place
It was home for nearly 20 years—until last year
Before Maine, the Midwest was home for 30 years. It is again, now overlooking Minnesota farmland, not the Maine coast’s dark skies. Each vista, Midwest and Downeast, stunning in its…
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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