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Housing is top need, survey finds
Economic diversification and workforce development were rated as the second highest priority. SEE MORE
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Working Waterfront
Op-ed: MDI housing crisis affects much more
The town of Mount Desert asserts in clear terms an underlying problem that radiates out into so many other issues. “The high cost for housing is currently one of the primary driving forces behind many of the issues facing the town of Mount Desert,” the town’s comprehensive plan argues. “An… SEE MORE
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Transitions and transformation on MDI
When neighbors talk to neighbors, focused on solutions, we build momentum by connecting based on what we value. SEE MORE
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Blue Hill’s wastewater blues
A task force in Blue Hill is developing strategies to mitigate the impact of sea level rise on the town’s infrastructure and other resources. And it’s determined that the greatest risk is to the town’s wastewater treatment facility. “It will be an expensive task to upgrade the current facility as… SEE MORE
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Home, again, to Matinicus
Not surprisingly, traps and boats and fishing have been a big part of Scott’s life, though that life took him far from the Gulf of Maine. SEE MORE
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The Deer Isle causeway’s curvy history
The excellent article on the vulnerability of the Deer Isle causeway (The Working Waterfront, November issue) prompts me to add some history, as well as some things to consider when planning future modifications. Before the causeway was built, passage between Deer Isle and Little Deer, unless by boat, was at… SEE MORE
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Malcolm Morley’s Port Clyde collage
An artist with a checkered past—he served time in a U.K. reform school and prison before finding his way to art school and subsequent fame as a painter in New York City—Morley became a U.S. citizen in 1991 at age 60. SEE MORE
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‘Bunglaries,’ island criminal misadventures
At the motel, eager to make up their losses, they busted out an awning window that was much too small for any one of them to have squeezed through before trying the door and finding it open. SEE MORE
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A future in boats and photos
After World War II, Bert Snow and Maurice McKusick partnered with Alfred Storer and Ralph Cowan to develop the Snow Marine Basin at the site of an old lime kiln... SEE MORE
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A traditional winter fishery in decline
A resident of Phippsburg, he set up his shack on the Sasanoa River between the towns of Woolwich and Arrowsic SEE MORE
