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May 1
Women of the waterfront
Three harbormasters describe juggling competing interests
Facilities manager. Juggler. Mediator. First responder. Diplomat. Code enforcer. These are some of the roles harbormasters fill, as revealed during a panel discussion hosted by Midcoast Women on March 13 at Rockport Public Library. Kathy Given has been Belfast’s harbormaster for 30 years. She’s not sure whether she was Maine’s first female harbormaster, but she remembers that she was the…
April 30
Seaver Leslie pays tribute to Brown Boatyard
Yard’s family history, craftsman ship inspire painting
Leslie painted at the boatyard in the spring and summer of 2009 and 2010, focusing on the interior, with a series of detailed drawings preceding the watercolors.
April 30
Centuries-old infrastructure laid bare
Historic aids to navigation threatened by storms
Coastal Maine continues to reel from the effects of back-to-back January storms that caused long-lasting damage to working waterfronts, homes, areas of leisure, as well as cultural heritage sites. By…
April 30
The new shape of water
Fellowship includes testing island drinking water
How does water shape communities? I think about this as I load onto the Sunbeam on my way to Frenchboro, an island community off the coast of Mount Desert Island.…
April 24
A tree grows in Southport
Maine writer sets family reckoning in North Carolina
Much of the story is devoted to the 38-year-old Lydia, who writes/edits for an architectural magazine. She had been a dancer in her early life and yearns to return to it. Thanks to a budding romance...
April 23
‘Attainable’ housing: lessons learned
Stonington panel discussion offers successful approaches
Deer Isle and Stonington and Mount Desert Island are separated by a short hop across Blue Hill Bay. But if housing shortages are to be addressed, those two regions should…
April 23
Bridge work planned in Acadia
In partnership with the National Park Service, the Federal Highways Administration will begin the rehabilitation of Jordan Pond Road bridge in March. The historic bridge is in the village of…
April 23
Feds make more work visas available
Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) are expected to make an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural…
April 23
On the record with… Cliff Island’s Bonnie Rideout
Musician is managing MS and inspiring the next generation
I think of Cliff Island as my thinking place. It inspires me, the nature, and of course the people are really special to me. How often do you see and know people your entire life since you were a little kid?
April 23
Look to nature to manage rising seas
Existing environments hold resilience capacity
As we all are painfully aware after January’s damaging coastal storms, our shores are vulnerable to flooding and, unfortunately, climate scientists are warning that these events are becoming more common…
Island Postcards
EPISODE 10: Keep the Light Shining
Two ambitious young women swam around the entire Island of Isle au Haut during the summer of 2019 to raise money for crucial renovations to the lighthouse.
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