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Category: Environment

Island Transporter lands on Matinicus.

Working Waterfront

Home, again, to Matinicus

Not surprisingly, traps and boats and fishing have been a big part of Scott’s life, though that life took him far from the Gulf of Maine. SEE MORE
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The Deer Isle bridge and causeway.

Working Waterfront

The Deer Isle causeway’s curvy history

The excellent article on the vulnerability of the Deer Isle causeway (The Working Waterfront, November issue) prompts me to add some history, as well as some things to consider when planning future modifications. Before the causeway was built, passage between Deer Isle and Little Deer, unless by boat, was at… SEE MORE
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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
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The Schoodic Institute at Schoodic Point.

Working Waterfront

Navigating my search for marine science work

When I started looking into graduate school programs and possible careers I was trying to figure out what topic I would be interested in within the field of marine science SEE MORE
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A dredge at work.

Working Waterfront

Southern Maine harbors to get their own dredge

A dredge is a critical tool for moving sand on a regular basis to reinforce the shoreline at Camp Ellis and other communities, much like places do in Cape Cod and Florida SEE MORE
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A photovoltaic panel in a yard on Islesboro. FILE PHOTO: TOM GROENING

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

Working Waterfront

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

Working Waterfront

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
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David Foley and Judy Berk pose with their electric/gas Kia and electric Hyundai. PHOTO: TOM GROENING

Working Waterfront

David and Judy’s excellent electric adventure

You can trace the evolution of cleaner energy solutions over the last 45 years through the lives of Belfast-area couple David Foley and Judy Berk. SEE MORE
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