story sky and sea as seen from a fishing boat

Island Journal

Joel Woods: Fisherman & Photographer

Joel Woods Fisherman // Photographer My goal is not to make photography a career. Very simply put, I am a fisherman, a working man who has learned to use a camera to capture the world as he sees it. I have spent most of my life bobbing around the North… SEE MORE

Art

black and white photo of docked world war II vessels

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World War II left a big footprint on Casco Bay islands

World War II Left a Big Footprint on Casco Bay Islands BY EDGAR ALLEN BEEM The great concrete bulwark of Battery Steele on Peaks Island is covered in earth and weeds and graffiti. The maw of the old gun emplacement stands dark, dank, and toothless, its 16-inch battleship guns removed… SEE MORE

History

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Dialed Back in Time

Dialed Back in Time The carved and polished past on Maine’s beaches. STORY BY DANA WILDE PHOTOS BY PETER RALSTON Twenty thousand years ago, the snow was deep in Maine. Really deep. America for about 60,000 years. Not much of it was melting. Snowfall after snowfall built up, packing the… SEE MORE

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Island Fellows: A ‘Peace Corps for the Islands’

Island Fellows: A ‘Peace Corps for the Islands’ Fellows reverse Maine ‘brain drain,’ provide extra hands BY ABIGAIL CURTIS The board funded the Fellows program in 1998, and the following year the first two hardy souls were placed on Monhegan and in Casco Bay. It was the kind of blustery… SEE MORE

Communities

Sam and Doreen Cabot with their goats and sheep

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Making Salt Hay While the Sun Shines

Making Salt Hay While the Sun Shines North Haven lamb, once prized on the Boston market, could be again. Story and photos by Scott Sell After nearly a year, Maya, Issie, and Velma still refuse to be sheep. They have acted like goats since their first days on the farm,… SEE MORE

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