As an experiment one year, I vowed not to buy, cook, or eat any out-of-season vegetables. No eggplant in December. No asparagus in January. No broccoli in March. Sort of eating by pre-Civil War era standards. (You’d be surprised how quickly fresh produce found its way north after the hostilities ceased and restored train routes and steam-powered vessels made it…

Over my two decades at North Haven Community School, I've developed a fondness for basketball. Not televised basketball (although I, too, was swept up in the women's NCAA excitement last…

The works in Alive To This: Essays on Living Fully by 20 Maine Writers are not analytical about our world, necessarily, but are, rather, personal explorations and reflections, and sometimes are revelatory in where they land.

She asserts that “roughly 75 percent of what happens on these pages closely follows the historical record.” But she emphatically reminds us the book is “inspired by real events as opposed to being based on them.”

Suspicions fall on Jon, who has an uneasy relationship with his father, not to mention a serious drinking problem.

Island Institute is supporting a project that aims to trial available types of on-demand gear through the Maine Innovative Gear Library. The goal, through paid industry participation, is to determine the real-world capabilities and challenges associated with ropeless gear.

You’re cold, you’re uncomfortable, and you’re frightened. While the EMTs have been performing their assessments and interventions, the driver has been trying to arrange transportation. It’s essential that you are taken to a hospital for imaging as quickly as possible.

Islesboro has a personal and professional hold on Jon Bolduc, and for good reason, as he explains. Bolduc, 31, moved with his family to the Penobscot Bay island when he…

He was blessed with a sharp mind and operated on instinct (he was not fond of “process”) to help pull his hometown into a more modern world. And he worked tirelessly with state agencies and organizations, such as Island Institute, to push new ideas in a constant struggle to keep it alive.

The Institute crew presented on efforts like marine decarbonization, storm preparedness, and greenhouse gas assessments in the seafood industry, all while learning fresh ways to drive progress and continue supporting Maine’s working waterfronts.