City officials are confident that some key, undeveloped or under-developed parcels in that area—which forms a peninsula just east of Rockland's bustling Main Street—may change hands in the coming months. And when they do, new enterprises could be launched...

For decades, Schmitt says, Maine’s lawmakers and agency officials were heavily swayed by the paper mill industry…

With interest in natural and organic products increasing, wood bathtubs are becoming a phenomenon.

When Jesse Poole of Vinalhaven was a teenager, he was interested in computer science but he never went to college to study it—or to study anything else for that matter. “Growing up here, it was hard to get away from Vinalhaven,” Poole, now 35, said. “It seemed like too big a change, and then time just went by.”

This is a salty story, not a spicy one. There are no tales of pirates (although in recent history, they gather once a year on Green’s Island), rum-runners, or Ahab-esque sea captains. It is all about the hard work in maritime jobs, which involves physical labor and finessing the elements—specifically, weather and water.

The Japanese scallops for sale in Maine grocery stores this winter are a testament to the fact that this component of MMPA has long been ignored.

Maine has been a growing market for the small regional airline Cape Air, which has operated out of Owls Head, Trenton and Augusta for the last eight years, providing connections to Boston's Logan Airport.

Internet speeds for Maine's year-round island communities are hampering economic growth and even threatening their long-term viability, a report issued Dec. 9 asserts.

For most of history, development happened organically, but not haphazardly….