ROCKPORT — If you don’t know who he is, you should. Colin Woodard is becoming one of Maine’s preeminent thinkers, writers and journalists. The topics he tackles spring from a Maine sensibility, but his work is not bound here. His books include “The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier,” a
Pingree writes to federal agencies of concern about Searsport dredge project
The text of the letter, dated May 16, sent to the New England Regional Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the New England Regional Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the New England Regional Administrator of the National Marine Fisheries Service: “As your agencies begin a thorough review of the Army
Why people choose the top bunk
Exhibit highlights Coast Guard history
BATH — Rare home movie footage and a chance to hear a massive fog bell toll will be a few of the highlights of a Coast Guard exhibit that launches June 8 at Maine Maritime Museum. The depth and breadth of the Coast Guard’s duties will be showcased in the summer exhibit, which runs through
North Haven, May 14-15
These scenes are familiar to North Haven residents and visitors, but the quiet beauty of spring emerging on the island inspires awe in a visitor. The Island Institute’s media department visited the island for some meetings, and these are some of the images they captured.
TwentySomething – Cora Comstock dives into North Haven life
NORTH HAVEN — Two days before her 27th birthday, Cora Comstock stood on a dock in the sun. “This is my office,” she said, stretching her arms wide to include the flat-calm waters of the oyster pond, steep banks covered with baskets and mesh sheets and two wooden dinghies. Comstock is North Haven Oyster Company’s
Still crazy after all these years
In the winter of 1972, I moved to a small cabin in Washington County, after coming to Maine to help a friend winterize a summer cottage where he planned to live with his young family. But tightening up the cottage was like trying to heat a lobster trap, and he gave up (or his wife
Preparing for sea
At home on the unpredictable sea
Editor’s note: Benjamin Stevens is a sophomore at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine and left port May 9 aboard the college’s training vessel State of Maine. He joins 240 other students on the voyage, which includes stops in New York City; Tampa, Fla.; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Baltimore; Quebec City; Eastport and Searsport. Stevens also
Island gardens–veggies among the deer and rocks
My typing fingers are ringed with dirt after the first gardening day of the year. Island gardens aren’t that different from what I’m used to—apart from the layer of seaweed I spread last fall and the mussel shells that inexplicably keep rising to the surface. I’m also not used to having to keep all plants