I heard descriptions of Sadie opening the door of her house and calling out, “I’m fryin’!” on the days she made those delicious doughnuts.

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.

That ability to know each other makes it possible to talk about what happens when the lights go out, and how to get them back on.

Bishop’s journal is a kind of daybook, a place to record the names of wild flowers, birds, recipes, the comings and goings of a neighbor’s dog...

There’s an adrenaline rush to the whole thing, with its chilling scenario of technology and science run amok…

“A small city like Rockland is very popular. A lot of different people see our work," said Martha Morris-Gibson.

Bobby Beckman is just 22, but when it comes to the lobster business, he takes the long view. "I figure, lobsters have been here millions of years," he says, foot propped up on the console of his boat in Vinalhaven Harbor. "I think there'll always be lobsters."

Briana Warner, the Institute's director of economic development, toured the state's 15 unbridged, year-round island communities and listened to local leaders talk about their needs. "Many," Warner reported, "said that the lack of reliable broadband is one of the biggest hindrances to economic growth."