While it was possible to dump entire bags on the larger areas, the craggy coastline of Vinalhaven required a bit more finesse…

The cell tower in question is on the roof of Deering High School, and a biology teacher whose classroom is below the tower alerted school officials that the fish she kept there died—repeatedly.

Rejoice that the cilantro has self-sown so plentifully and make Cowboy Caviar out of black-eyed peas, corn, red peppers, jalapenos…

This nagging feeling that I was unprepared and out of place took a long time to subside.

I offered them a week's waterfront lodging, a ride around the island with a friendly lobsterman who'd give them a chance to steer the boat and haul a few traps, breakfast at Surfside, lunch and dinner at whichever of the two island venues interested them,...

I know he was being territorial, but I like to imagine it as avian curiosity about our human world.

Patrisha McLean's My Island is a celebration of summer and year-round Maine island children, with more than 100 duotone portraits. The 160-page book—five years and countless ferry rides in the making, she says—is distributed by Islandport Press...

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.