I’m curious why tourists never ask what it’s like being a year-round resident in the summer when island populations quadruple, the mailboat is full to capacity, and there is so much more traffic on Mount Desert Island.

Turns out that wood sorrel mixed with domestic sorrel makes a spectacularly snappy sorrel soup.

Flying at 90 miles per hour, we leaned out the door from our strap-in chairs and clicked pictures left and right…

The Maine Coastal Program, part of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, announced on Aug. 4 that it has awarded nearly $250,000 to 11 municipal and county projects. The funds will provide support for the coastal economy through projects that increase public access to the coast, support shellfish harvesting, identify pollution sources that result in coastal beach closures, revitalize coastal downtowns and identify key island transportation assets at risk from rising sea levels.

The state's Maine Coastal Program has awarded nine communities a total of $163,206 in grants covering planning, design and engineering work for a host of improvement projects, some conceptual, some ready to be built.

Ratepayers in the Swan's Island Electric Cooperative voted to authorize the coop's board to further investigate merging with or being acquired by Emera Maine, the utility that provides electricity for much of eastern and northern Maine.

The Washington Chambers, which I am sailing with this summer, probably carries more explosive on board than the entire battle group she services.

Some Downeast school kids growing up in the early and middle 20th century might have traded a lobster sandwich for a baloney one at lunch time.

One of our treasured old granite bridges has been weakened and we need to strengthen it quickly.