As founder and director of Greenhorns, a young farmers organization whose mission is to recruit, promote and support the incoming generation of sustainable farms and farmers, I’m pleased about this summer's flagship event, Maine Sail Freight.

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.

NORTH HAVEN — To commemorate the release of its publication Elizabeth Bishop: The North Haven Journal 1974-1979, the North Haven Library will host a symposium on the poet’s life and work at Waterman’s Community Center Aug. 14-15.

Creating and maintaining this vital link between fisherman and market is what the Vinalhaven Fisherman’s Coop has been doing since the 1970s. The coop is one of several in Maine, and is second only in volume to Stonington Lobster Coop, selling 3 million pounds a year.

The plane shot past us, the split-second passed, and then the blast of sound crashed into our ears with incredible power, jarring our very teeth.

It was the first time the high school presented a “senior class play," and after the positive reception by both students and the community, I don’t think it will be the last.

At a special town meeting on June 11, voters approved a plan that would allow hunters who own land on the island to take an unlimited number of deer from mid-December to the end of February. The plan, which carried in a 45-27 vote, is contingent on approval by the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

In an era when it was not fashionable, and maybe even dangerous to do, North Haven native Lowell "Pete" Beveridge chose progressive politics and crossed stark racial lines.

Editor's note: Reflections is a monthly column written by Island Fellows, recent college grads who do community service work on Maine islands through the Island Institute, publisher of The Working Waterfront, and AmeriCorps.