Island Journal

Caring For Their Own

Caring For Their Own “The family became so destitute that they were obliged to seek alms from the town. An official from Stonington took the child when she was six years old and started with her for the Poor Farm on Deer Isle.” — Dr. Benjamin Noyes, Island Family Histories:… SEE MORE

History

An artist's rendering of the three proposed wind turbines off Block Island

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The Cable Is the Key

The Cable Is the Key Block Island, 13 miles south of the Rhode Island coast, is a postcard of beaches, quaint shops, and wild conservation land. With a year-round population of 1,000 residents and a summer population that can reach 10,000, it follows the seasonal ebb and flow of… SEE MORE

Kathie Iannicelli in her greenhouse on Monhegan

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My Garden in Your Backyard

My Garden in Your Backyard Monhegan in late January is the antithesis of the island’s summertime buzz of endless work, activities and hordes of day-trippers. The days are short and bitter: the wind surges off the harbor and shakes the spruce and pushes against the house clapboards violently. And… SEE MORE

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In It For The Long Haul

In It For the Long Haul To many residents and visitors alike, summer on a Maine island means one thing above all others: that most wonderful of culinary and sensory experiences—a Maine lobster dinner—succulent white meat dripping with drawn butter, served near the ocean. While finding the perfect spot… SEE MORE

Chellie Pingree talks with North Haven boatyard owner Foy Brown, 1996.

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What I Take With Me

What I Take With Me When I moved to North Haven, I thought I was moving away from politics. In 1971, I was just out of high school, a veteran of protest marches in a country divided by disputes over the war in Vietnam. That summer, I went to visit… SEE MORE

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Island 360º – A new perspective

Island 360° – A New Perspective As a filmmaker, I’ve always loved to discover new ways of seeing the world. A new shot with a new camera. A new perspective. A new format. I love matching a new capacity with experience. How do other people look at what they experience?… SEE MORE

Art

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Islesford’s Creative Economy

Islesford’s Creative Economy The Cranberry Isles consist of five islands that, in the words of the historian Ted Spurling, “fit into the Great Harbor of Mount Desert Island, nestling nicely under its shorter arm.” They are, from largest to smallest, Great Cranberry, Little Cranberry (also called Islesford), Sutton, Baker and… SEE MORE

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The Gardner Bill

The Gardner Bill In May of 1912, a group of fishermen from Essex County, Massachusetts, enlisted the support of their congressional representative, Augustus P. Gardner, to push forward a bill to ban the use of otter trawls on Georges Bank. It was a bold move, though not unprecedented in pre–World… SEE MORE