I’ve been hopeful that someone would come along who would restore the party to the noble ideals it espoused when I first joined in 1962.

The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Gray has launched a new forecast product that focuses on Maine’s islands and necks from Casco Bay to Penobscot Bay. The information is part of the recreational forecast already produced for the higher summits across Maine and New Hampshire.

I’ll be ready to stand in front of my fellow townspeople, along with our town clerk, Denise McCormick, paying close attention, hoping to keep things moving as best we can.

What was the currency used by our native peoples? Wampum, right?

Not so fast.

Can you identify this week's "mystery harbor"? Here's a hint: It's most certainly on an island. 

Eight midshipmen crowded in the doorway of one room, watching as a classmate picked up the pieces…

The man who used to name Christmas as a deadline for getting his traps out of the water now embraces semi-retirement one month earlier.

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.

High waters, whether from storm surge, rising sea levels or both, can cause costly damage to the coast. On islands, those high seas can have even more impact, damaging essential infrastructure and even leaving residences cut off from island resources and the mainland.