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  • Teaching circus skills.
    April 26

    Circus School coming to Vinalhaven, Bar Harbor

    A circus arts school recently formed in Biddeford will bring classes to the coast this summer.

    Staff Writer

    Media

  • Ashley Bryan
    April 26

    The art of serving your community

    As a black man on a largely white coast, and as an artist, not a fisherman, he became a central part of his island community…

    Rob Snyder, Ph.D.

    Media

  • April 25

    Nostaglic for one island, learning the life of another

    There was a comfort in revisiting the landscape of my childhood and walking through the woods…

    Community Engagement, Media

  • Andrea Shane with one of her patients
    April 25

    Fox islanders go from high school to the world

    Mainers commonly travel during the winter, and Andrea Shane and Skyler Sanborn, both of Vinalhaven, are no different. But Shane and Sanborn, 2016 graduates of Vinalhaven High School, are spending time in Guatemala as part of a gap year before college.

    Kris Osgood

    Media

  • From left, Simone and Molly and Aidan Goodwin.
    April 24

    Maine is choice location for Fresh Air Fund

    “It makes us enjoy our state more by having her here.”

    —Amy Goodwin

    Stephanie Bouchard

    Media

  • Damon Barker, left, is from Machiasport, and Ashley Porter, right, is a 17-year-old senior from Cutler. PHOTO: LESLIE BOWMAN
    April 14

    Washington Academy a Downeast success story

    When Washington Academy first opened its doors in 1792, its namesake—yes, the father of our country, George Washington—was still president. The private high school in East Machias that serves students from 27 Washington County towns and a couple of dozen countries...

    Tom Groening

    Media

  • Students hold a blade of kelp
    March 20

    This teacher treats his students like research assistants

    Kelp spores are introduced to a beaker or aquarium. String is then wrapped around a section of PVC pipe and the pipe is immersed in the water with the spores. The spores attach to the twine, and when they reach a certain size...

    Tom Groening

    Media

  • Maine Maritime Museum's boat shop.
    March 20

    Our shop, plus your wood and labor equals…

    Many folks who show up to open shop have projects in mind, but you don’t have to have a project when you walk through the door, said Katie Meyers, the museum’s marketing and communications manager...

    Stephanie Bouchard

    Media

  • Islesboro Central School
    March 20

    Lessons for our schools

    We know that healthy schools are the antidote to many of our economic and demographic challenges…

    Staff Writer

    Media

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