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November 13
Why deadly storms aren’t so super
The new normal was here before Helene, Milton
Category Five: Superstorms and the Warming Oceans That Feed Them By Porter Fox (Little, Brown 2024) I found Porter Fox’s Category Five: Superstorms and the Warming Oceans That Feed Them a riveting read. So much so, I think I lost focus, experiencing the book more as a series of edge-of-the-seat stories packing thrills in its survival stories from deadly storms…
November 12
Vinalhaven nonprofit starts housing project
Initiative wins Maine Housing grant of $840,000
With the help of a $840,000 Maine Housing grant, the Vinalhaven Housing Initiative begins construction this fall on its first project to create affordable homes for islanders, year-round workers, and…
November 12
New Matinicus boat commissioned
Penobscot tribal member honored with ferry name
The new ferry is named after a heroic Maine veteran and member of the Penobscot Nation who served as a combat medic during the D-Day invasion of France in 1944. Private Shay saved many lives on Omaha Beach and was awarded the Silver Star and French Legion of Honor...
November 12
Herring Gut center honors Rademaker, Langston Noll
Six others nominated for Phyllis Wyeth Visionary Award
In August, Herring Gut Coastal Science Center honored two women active on the coast with an award named in honor of Phyllis Wyeth, founder of the educational center based in…
November 11
It’s time to nurture the teachers
A plan to keep teachers from leaving their jobs
There's never been a more stressful time to be a teacher. I say that as someone who worked in K-12 schools for more than 20 years, first as a teacher…
November 11
My passion for paddling
Kayaking offers an intimate ocean connection
We are inexorably drawn to water. We embrace a quiet swim in a remote pond on a hot summer afternoon, revel in a dive into a pool. A soak in…
November 11
Matinicus visit highlights coastal challenges
Unique versions of broader challenges identified
If you’ve had the opportunity to fly in a four-seater Cessna from Owls Head to the island of Matinicus on Penobscot Island Air, like I did last month, you’ll know…
November 11
Housing innovation gets in gear
Experts encourage regional collaboration, new resources
Living on one of Maine’s 15 unbridged islands brings challenges which inspired Isle au Haut to create its own try-before-you-buy affordable housing program in the 1990s, and it’s still paying…
November 11
Confronting post-birth changes led to book
'Your Post-Partum Body' born on North Haven
It was April 2017. I had been a parent for almost three years, and I was treating myself to a solo birthday trip to New York City. I slept, luxuriously,…
November 7
MDI’s Seawall illustrates dynamic ocean interface
Similar wave and rock action seen on Schoodic Point
A sea wall’s mobility is easier to visualize in areas where there is no road to impede it, such as West Pond on the west side of Schoodic Point, or between Ship Harbor and Wonderland on MDI, where waves during the January 2024 storms carried rocks...
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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