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.

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

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.

Vinalhaven often experiences big storms. That’s not surprising. We are, after all, an island in the middle of the ocean.

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.

Michael Westphal’s vigorous physical conditioning made the bad news especially hard to believe. Nine years ago, at age 49, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

Not only was Steve arranging to get me to Vinalhaven on schedule, he was helping me find someone to fix my tire.

North Haven's newest health care practitioner will be able to compare the urban version of medicine with the isolated, rural version. Nurse practitioner and educator Lorraine Reiser is bringing her decades of experience to North Haven to the island medical clinic.

Islanders working on similar problems in isolation is almost always improved when islanders gather to compare notes. That was the idea behind a now-annual retreat for those who care for elderly islanders...