The Working Waterfront newspaper reports on the people and forces that shape Maine’s coastal and island communities. As publisher, Island Institute’s premise is that the cultural, environmental, and community assets here are rare and valuable, and are worth fighting for.
Please join us to support this important nonprofit journalism.
- Community
- People
- Opinion
- Environment
- Marine
- Inter-island News
- Business
- Columns
- Arts
- Education
- Book Review
- Climate Change
- Cranberry Report
- Salt Water Cure
- Journal of an Island Kitchen
- Op Ed
- Reflections
- Observer
- Fathoming
- Field Notes
- Rockbound
- Essay
- Energy
- Editorial
- Letters to the Editor
- In Plain Sight
- Wrack Line
- Dispatches from World Ocean Observatory
- From The Sea Up
November 15
Cooking on wood
Choice works for dishes prepared slowly
Last weekend we stacked firewood in the barn, collecting and piling small pieces separately for kindling. Over the 30-plus years I’ve cooked on a wood burning kitchen stove, I’ve gotten mighty fussy about firewood, and can tell just by looking at a stick whether it will fit the kitchen stove or the living room stove. Whether it’s soft or hardwood…
November 15
New trails, new views
Familiar territory of park is reintroduced
I’ve walked through Mullins Head park hundreds, maybe thousands of times in the almost 20 years I’ve lived on North Haven. The entrance is next to my house, the dirt…
November 14
The best things in life are…
A life list of free boats
“The best things in life are free,” the saying goes. It’s true, in my experience— good friends, nice weather, positive experiences, great memories, the beauties of nature. I could go…
November 14
Isle Au Haut receives broadband with new sub-sea cable
Isle Au Haut installed its first subsea telecommunications cable Sunday, Nov. 10, establishing broadband access for the year-round island community. The 10 kilometer submarine cable connects Isle au Haut to…
November 13
Writer’s voice strong in Strout’s latest
The power of storytelling is a theme
It’s an interesting exchange. Olive, so blunt, could have intended her observation as an insult, or, it could have been received as one.
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…
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…
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.
SIGN UP FOR OUR
E-WEEKLY
Get the latest articles from the Working Waterfront delivered to your inbox every week.
SIGN UP NOWTHE WORKING WATERFRONT
LATEST ISSUE
A nonprofit publication of the Island Institute which has been published for over 20 years.
LEARN MORE