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March 16
Cutting up and stitching the coast back together
Nora Flanagan's 'blue' period charms and warms
Nora Flanagan renders the beauty of Maine’s cool blue coast in a warm and tactile form. Her applique quilts, born from scraps of fabric, are as evocative as any painting and, given the process by which they are created, rely on a kind of abstraction—scissor-sliced color swatches—that serves to represent scenes of sea, sky, and headland. Her work has been…
March 14
Maine delegation can lead to climate safety
It's time to charge fossil fuel companies for carbon pollution (and give that money back to all of us)
Both my wife and I grew up in Maine, but it wasn’t until we married that I adopted her family’s tradition of buying pounds of wholesale Maine shrimp and spending…
March 14
Eastport turns down Russian ship request
Vessel carrying petroleum product was bound for Montreal
When a cargo ship en route to Montreal from Russia with 8,000 tons of petroleum product recently found itself in need of some short-term parking, the shippers involved contacted Washington…
February 16
Jazz harbor: Stuart Davis in Gloucester
Painter improvised in a Cubist mode
Located 25 or so miles northeast of Boston on Cape Ann, Gloucester is among the busiest fishing ports on the East Coast. An important shipbuilding center dating back to the…
February 16
Circulation, temperature data reveals future
Research begins to explain Gulf of Maine species shifts
Before COVID, this time of year would see the fishing and marine science community gearing up for the annual Maine Fishermen's Forum. It's a venue to share information about the…
February 16
Biddeford’s Lafayette House dates to 1798
Readers fill in the gaps on historic building
We published a 1936 photo of Biddeford’s Lafayette House, shot by Dominic Avanzato, in our December/January issue, and asked readers if the building were still standing. Here are some of…
February 16
Our readers write: Street people, pinch-hitting, and Mueller
Street people thoughts To the editor: I just wanted to thank you and all the other writers (Cranberry Report columnist Barb Fernald is a friend) for your continued hard work…
February 16
A Maine island take on Candlemas
Marking halfway point helps us understand season
On Feb. 2, many Americans look to Pennsylvania to see if the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil emerges to see his shadow or not. If he does, it means there are six…
February 16
A wintry slice of island life
Weather, boat trips, shopping—all in a day’s work
It’s the afternoon of Jan. 6 and I’m in my studio on Little Cranberry Island, wondering if I have an island tale to tell on the day before my deadline.…
February 15
A different kind of book in gestation
Columnist embarks on post-partum exploration
In 2014 I had a baby, and in 2019 I wrote a song about it. It’s called “Tear Me in Two,” referring not just to the physical act of childbirth,…
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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