Floats in Belfast Harbor. FILE PHOTO: TOM GROENING

Working Waterfront

Waterfront jobs: ‘Traditions and transitions’

The theme of this year's conference was “traditions and transitions,” a way to both acknowledge the culture and history of working waterfronts as well as the many changes these areas are facing. SEE MORE

A photovoltaic panel in a yard on Islesboro. FILE PHOTO: TOM GROENING

Working Waterfront

Maine’s climate goals spur changes to grid

Until now, CMP and Versant have been able to plan expansion and investment strategies to realize purely corporate interests without any meaningful input from customers... SEE MORE

A road washed out by a summer storm in Washington County.

Working Waterfront

Landscape amnesia on a changing coast

Amid the deluge, the two main roads that lead into town were both impassable, their underlying culverts gone... SEE MORE

The Bar Harbor Inn as seen from the town landing. FILE PHOTO: TOM GROENING

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Planning for climate’s impacts on tourism

A study from the University of Maine shows that bringing together academics and tourism developers on Mount Desert Island is an effective way to identify climate change impacts and determine what can be done to address them... SEE MORE

A rock cliff and sandy shore on the east side of Sears Island. FILE PHOTO: TOM GROENING

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Offshore wind blows across Searsport

Have you heard there’s another plan to develop Sears Island in Searsport? The state is considering using 100 acres or so on the western shore as a site where enormous floating wind turbines will be built and then deployed to the Gulf of Maine as part of Maine’s renewable energy… SEE MORE