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  • January 30

    The play's the thing

    Anywhere else I probably wouldn't have served on the planning board, become an EMT, started leading Pilates classes or opened a bakery.

    Courtney Naliboff

    Media

  • Capt. Mike Flanagan
    November 21

    Long-time merchant mariner reflects on sea lessons

    “The merchant marines is more about asking than telling,” says Capt. Mike Flanagan.

    Media

  • Nancy Prisk, left, and Jay McLeod...
    November 17

    Clock is ticking on vision for Southport's 'Ruth's House'

    Nancy Prisk, a long-time seasonal resident who has been living fulltime in Southport since 2007, saw the opportunity to secure public use of the house to serve social and educational needs. Last year Prisk formed Land for Southport’s Future as a nonprofit, and is working to raise the $849,000 the town hopes to earn from the sale.

    Tom Groening

    Media

  • The Schwoer Family
    November 17

    The Swiss family climatologists

    In the Arctic, islanders are being forced to abandon the land where they’ve lived for generations, because eroding coastlines and rising sea levels have made their homes uninhabitable. As permafrost melts and the ice retreats, they are losing the fishing and hunting on which their livelihood depends.

    Jen Van Allen

    Media

  • Adult and nymph ticks
    November 16

    Island tick survey gathering data, but more participants sought

    An online and print survey of Maine's island residents on ticks has garnered more than 500 responses, but more data is being sought.

    Tom Groening

    Media

  • A late winter view from Frenchboro north toward Mount Desert Island.
    October 25

    Fund launched to help support Frenchboro school

    “[A] working island survives only if successive generations of families are able to create a vibrant family life on the island.”

    Tom Groening

    Media

  • Merasi musician
    October 25

    Cultural close encounter delights island students

    Merasi are not permitted to eat with members of other castes, but here they shared a lunch table with me and a few students.

    Courtney Naliboff

    Media

  • North Haven waterfront buildings
    October 24

    My new favorite word reflects my new life

    Every step I take on this island and in Maine is new and offers something original to learn...

    Media

  • Melissa Sweet at the North Haven Community School
    October 24

    E.B. White was indeed ‘Some Writer’

    “I would really rather feel bad in Maine than feel good any where else.”

    —E.B. White

    Tom Groening

    Media

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