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September 26
Harvesting the ‘fish that feeds all’
Image captures changing technology
In this month’s image, Harlan Hurd sits in his dory wearing a ball cap and a heavy flannel jacket which is covered in fish scales. His son, Karl, stands at the other end of the dory wearing a jeff cap and an apron over his own flannel coat. They watch as a bailing net filled with Atlantic herring is raised…
September 26
Eastport, Lubec banking on the arts
Passamaquoddy Bay communities seeing revival
At the end of June, I was lucky enough to visit Eastport and Lubec. I’ve been meaning to return since my first visit in 1996. Remembering hidden artist studios, downtown…
September 26
Letters to the editor: reading and politics
A new kind of reading To the editor: Writing has always interested me. Ever since I was five years old, strong opinions and emotions in books have made me want…
September 26
Sorting out the meaning of summer
Busy, yes, but making time for people is OK
It’s the middle of summer on Islesford and while COVID is not yet off our radar, the month of July has been bursting with activity. This hectic pace throws me…
September 26
Farming from the porch
The view is a kind of ‘deep reality’
Take a bucket of shell peas you’ve just picked and a basket to heave the pods into, and a bowl to collect the little green wonders, then go sit on…
September 26
A bold mission—saving the Atlantic cod
DNA in the environment can reveal spawning secrets
Luke Goldman was working as an ocean rescue lifeguard on the Jersey Shore when he decided that he wanted to study ecology. He now is a marine protector of a…
September 26
A sense of place
Band tour offers insight into community pride
For the second half of July, I, a 41-year-old woman, mother, and teacher, went on tour with my band. Bait Bag, which I've written about before, is comprised of me…
September 26
Column prompts ‘ledge bound’ memory
Around-the-world sailor had problems in Maine
Returning to my new home in Pennsylvania hill country from a two-week visit to my daughters and friends in Maine, I was pleasantly surprised to find in my mail the…
September 26
Mrs. Maine is the real deal
Hodgson fishes, fights cancer, and revives Jonesboro Grange
In Rebekah Hodgson’s earliest memory of lobstering, she’s on her father’s boat and they’ve just anchored off of Jonesboro’s Looks Point to visit her great uncle Scott, who gave her…
September 26
In praise of tree-lined streets
Leafy downtowns a way to fight warming
There is no shortage of appropriate responses to climate change and global pollution—walking instead of driving, insulating your house, trading your leaf blower in for a rake. You can doubtless…
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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