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The spiny dogfish: a fish for the recession

Every late June/early July, Maine’s coast is just the right temperature for the spiny dogfish. These long, flat sharks, with their pointed snouts and white bellies, cruise the ocean’s sandy, muddy floor, feasting on young ground fish. While all the young cod, halibut, haddock and flounder (to name a few) try to grow; it’s this

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Recession hits summer rental market

Typically, repeat renters of the homes and cabins on the islands of Maine rush to re-up for another summer by January or February-knowing well that the best places get snapped up quickly. However, in these days of deep recession, as of early May, Maine’s summer rental business has been slammed by the same economic waves

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Peaks Island Winter Concert is diverse, eclectic

On Sunday, December 14, the Peaks Island Winter Concert will mark its 22nd year of celebrating not only the holiday season, but the spirit of diversity that thrives on this Casco Bay Island. According to Nancy 3. Hoffman, the concert’s director (whose middle name, “3.” is correctly noted), “multi-denominational” performances promise the audience a little

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While Bar Harbor solves its mega ship problem, “mega berth” becomes embroiled in Portland’s waterfront debate

Last January, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines faced an unanticipated problem that required an inventive solution. The problem: The cruise line’s Voyager-class Explorer promised New England fall-foliage cruises, but while this mega ship was scheduled to drop anchor in Bar Harbor fully equipped with state-of-the-art amenities like oxygen therapy and kidney dialysis, it would not have

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