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August 22
Young lobsters not surviving first weeks
Research focuses on juvenile food sources
There is a crustacean conundrum in the Gulf of Maine. Despite increased numbers of lobsters being born in recent years, the number of adolescents has declined. Something is affecting the survival rates of lobsters in their first few weeks of life, and researchers from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and the University of Maine think it may have to do…
August 22
Sprague doesn’t mail in the ‘Joy’ of her job
Her given name is Florence, but having arrived in the world five days before Christmas, her parents had the seasonal spirit when they gave her the middle name Joy. [caption…
August 12
Ashley Bryan’s ‘Beauty in Return’ at Farnsworth
Rockland museum features work through Dec. 31
[caption id="attachment_32028" align="alignleft" width="400"] “Family Gathering, Tremont Avenue, Bronx, NY” (1962) 48-inches by 48-inches, gift of the Ashley Bryan Center.[/caption] The exhibition “Ashley Bryan: Beauty in Return” is…
August 12
A dog life remembered
Island town was a perfect match
I was born ready, ready to love without condition. So simple were my needs that to be adopted 13 years ago by a human family represented complete fulfillment. Over the…
August 11
An outsider’s sharp eye on Maine
Museum features Ruohomaa work this summer
[caption id="attachment_32007" align="alignleft" width="350"] A Kosti Ruohomaa photo from the Penobscot Marine Museum’s collection shows a herring fisherman.[/caption] A herring fisherman or “herringer” of Hugo Lehtinen’s crew pulls on a…
August 11
Electric vehicles an option for Acadia visitors
Low-speed ‘GEM’ cars offered for rent
A new rental fleet of small electric vehicles is winding its way around the streets of Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park—and it’s an option being pitched as having great…
August 11
James Fitzgerald paints Fish Beach
Observing the bloody work of fishermen on Monhegan
During his life as a painter, James Fitzgerald (1899-1971) knew firsthand a number of working waterfronts. After completing his art studies in his home city of Boston, he took to…
August 11
Wiz chariots and sunken Broncos
Acadia National Park at a literal crossroads
“It's nothing but a big picnic ground for 'Elks,' and 'Spiritualists,' and 'Holy Ghosters.' The whole island is full of campers from Skowhegan, Bucksport, Rockland, and Ellsworth, that don't do…
August 9
Regulators look at increasing lobster reproduction
Larger minimum size considered for Gulf of Maine
There is a great deal of uncertainty facing the lobster fishery. One constant for the last 33 years has been the minimum legal size. Changes to that size are now…
August 9
The finer points of protecting working waterfront
As owners and users change, threats loom
Most Mainers understand and appreciate the need to protect the working waterfront, those access points and infrastructure necessary to make a living on the water. But how, exactly, does it…
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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