Jan Van Heek stands over his boat doing something he couldn’t do two years ago here in Buck’s Harbor: He’s topping off the tank of his 42-foot sailboat with fuel. Van Heek and his wife cruise the Maine coast for four weeks each summer, stopping here and there and filling his 90-gallon fuel tank as needed. The Van Heeks, who…

For the first time, federal regulators have set catch limits for the Atlantic cod fishing season based on new rules that group the fish into four populations. The revised catch…

The Rise and Fall of the Maine Coast: A Geological History from Formation to the Future By Joseph T. and Alice R. Kelley (2026, Down East Books)   Anyone familiar…

Humans have loved oysters for millennia, even more than clams, middens of which dot Islesboro’s shores. No shellfish midden beats the one in Damariscotta where Route 1 crosses the river…

I recently visited the village of Siorapaluk, in northwest Greenland. At about 77 1/2 degrees north latitude, it’s the northernmost human settlement in Greenland and one of the world’s northernmost…

I was a summer person for 63 years and now I’ve lived on Vinalhaven year-round for seven. I am surprised, amused, and sobered by how my view of summer people…

I’ve often wondered what it was like when glaciers carved out Maine’s coast and mountains.

"If this place were to light up now … we’re not in a position to hold the fire or check its spread.”

Researchers at College of the Atlantic have launched a multi‑year study to better understand black bears on Mount Desert Island, and are inviting residents and visitors to contribute to their…

Deer Isle and Stonington are pleased to announce the year-long contracting of Dan DeBord, doing business as DeBord Municipal Consulting, on Aug. 1 as a half-time housing manager working island-wide…