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January 20
Portland steamships link to lucrative European market
Container shipping costs to Germany, U.K. comparable to trucking to Delaware
PORTLAND — One of the best business opportunities Maine has seen in years could begin with a single pallet-load of goods. That opportunity is now available through Eimskip, the Icelandic company that in the last two years has established a shipping facility at the west end of Commercial Street. Eimskip (pronounced AIM-skip) has facilities across the world, and recently moved…
January 14
A dead whale washes ashore on an island: what to do?
Christmas Day in the Cranberry Isles arrived with winds high enough to cause ferry cancelations, though the air temperature was unseasonably mild. Fortunately for us, our family had arrived two…
January 12
New Vinalhaven town manager on board
Steve Eldridge began work as Vinalhaven's new town manager on Dec. 1. Eldridge had been interim town manager in Bethel in western Maine for the six months prior to being…
November 18
Island life seeps into Judy Weber's poems
Retired teacher publishes first collection, Cutting the Grass with Scissors—Monhegan Poems
MONHEGAN PLANTATION — It's a cliché fantasy we've all heard, maybe even indulged in ourselves—move to an island year-round, soak up the rhythm of the seasons, the quiet, the isolation,…
September 17
Island Postcards: Sam & Doreen Cabot
Sam and Doreen Cabot own Foggy Meadows Farm on the island of North Haven, Maine where they raise Boer goats and Katahdin sheep with compassion.
Video of Island Postcards: Sam & Doreen Cabot
October 28
Cranberry Isles hire first on-island minister since 1951
Tom Powell hails from Pennsylvania.
CRANBERRY ISLES — The phrase Tom Powell uses to describe his new job is "a ministry of presence." It's a phrase used in seminary, he said. But it seems especially appropriate…
May 1
Peaks islanders fight peak oil with weatherization effort
The ABCs of air movement lead auditors to quick and easy improvements
PEAKS ISLAND — Maggie Small wasn't exaggerating. She'd said earlier on this chilly late March day that people often stop her on the ferry to ask about the effort she…
March 18
Island living, the one-wheel way
Ryan Murphy, 14, enjoys unicycling, sailing, skiing and playing music on Islesboro
ISLESBORO – A dull winter haze has settled over the island after some morning sun, bringing a rawness to the air and making the fireplace in the Murphy home that…
March 12
On the Record: Front Street Shipyard's JB Turner
Belfast's high-end yacht service yard poised to expand again
BELFAST, Maine – The Front Street Shipyard has been the biggest thing to happen to the city's waterfront since the poultry plant was demolished in the late 1990s. JB Turner,…
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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