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  • Sarah Waters with a child in Eastport
    February 9

    Eastport asks the question, 'What's your art?'

    There seems to be more creativity here, an abundance of imagination and expression.

    Media

  • Heather Leslie of the Darling Marine Center
    February 3

    Coastal waters monitoring training offered at Darling Marine Center

    The University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole will host a coastal and estuarine monitoring workshop on Sunday, April 10 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

    Staff Writer

    Media

  • Scott Planting aboard the Sunbeam V
    January 21

    Maine Seacoast Mission stays modern, reaches eastern coast

    If they come aboard the Sunbeam, islanders will visit privately with the nurse in a well-equipped suite. In addition to all the screening the nurse can do, the facility allows a mainland physician to examine a patient using high-definition cameras over a high-speed Internet link.

    Tom Groening

    Media

  • A street scene in Toronto's Chinese section.
    January 20

    Understanding immigration through Canadian eyes

    I lived for three years in Canada. Life there was a familiar, yet culturally distinct experience, and my lens for seeing what made Canada so different came from teaching cultural anthropology at York University in Toronto.

    Rob Snyder, Ph.D.

    Media

  • Students work at URock
    January 20

    Redefining 'college' brings new groups into system

    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.”

    Stephanie Bouchard

    Media

  • New building image
    January 5

    Alfond Foundation gives $3.1 million to Bigelow Lab for residences

    The Harold Alfond Foundation announced a $3.1 million award to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences for construction of a 32-bed student and visiting scientist residence with four visitor apartments on the laboratory’s East Boothbay campus.

    Staff Writer

    Media

  • State of Maine in Castine
    December 31

    Maine Maritime Academy's training vessel leaves for two-week voyage

    Maine Maritime Academy students, officers and crew will depart Castine on Saturday, Jan. 2 at about 10:30 a.m. on the training ship State of Maine for a two-week training voyage to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The ship will carry 210 students and crew and is due to arrive on Jan. 8.

    Staff Writer

    Media

  • Broadband graphic
    December 9

    Islands lag in Internet speeds, hampering economic growth

    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.

    Tom Groening

    Media, Economic Development

  • Sarah Waters with children
    November 23

    Arts booster finds Eastport 'stunning, mysterious'

    In September, Tarah Waters began work in Eastport as an Island Fellow through the Island Institute (publisher of The Working Waterfront). Waters is a Colorado native and graduate of Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I. with a B.A. in international studies.

    Leslie Bowman

    Community Engagement, Media

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