Island Journal

Salvage and Regeneration: Stories of adaptation and loss from two barrier islands

Salvage and Regeneration Stories of adaptation and loss from two barrier islands By Rob Snyder I am going to start in the middle of two extremes, exploring what holds one island community together while another becomes a shadow of the past. David Thomas, a fisherman from Little Cranberry Island… SEE MORE

Islands From Away

Workshop participants inspect a shell midden in the Damariscotta area

Island Journal

More Than a Pile of Shells

More Than a Pile of Shells A new understanding of Maine’s shell middens BY CATHERINE SCHMITT “These oyster beds were so productive that it gave a supply to all that wished for the period of many times 70 years, so that the shells of this food fish was piled… SEE MORE

An aerial view of the Front Street Shipyard in Belfast.

Island Journal

From Sardines to Yachts, Belfast Transforms Its Waterfront

From Sardines to Yachts, Belfast Transforms Its Waterfront City, Front Street Shipyard collaborated to create a thriving working waterfront with public access. By Tom Groening It may have been inevitable. A part of Belfast’s waterfront characterized by graffiti-covered, decrepit industrial buildings wouldn’t remain so for long, given the safe… SEE MORE

Business

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The Sound of Island Silence

The Sound of Island Silence What does it mean to listen closely in a noisy world? By Scott Sell There was a night on Frenchboro, a decade ago now, when I heard silence for the first time. It was during a February vacation for the school and most families… SEE MORE

Nature

aerial view of MDI biological laboratory

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The Laboratory by the Sea

The Laboratory by the Sea Biological Lab’s connection to nature informs its work. By CARL LITTLE Photos by LINDA COAN O’KRESIK In the late 1800s, biology was becoming a real science and profession. The discoveries of Alexander Humboldt, the publication of Darwin’s The Origin of Species, and the classification work… SEE MORE

Science

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Grabbing the Digital Future

Grabbing the Digital Future Islands explore ways to bring fast internet to boost economies, support health care and education, and sustain population By Jennifer Van Allen Malcolm Fernald’s internet service has been just fast enough to maintain a web site for his family business, the Islesford Artists Gallery. But if… SEE MORE