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  • The remnants of boats destroyed in the Oct. 30 storm washed ashore near Belfast's breakwater.
    November 20

    ‘Bomb cyclone’ explodes over Maine coast

    The south winds, raging as high as 60 mph, that swept over the state on Oct. 30, left more Mainers without electricity than ever before, according to both Central Maine Power and Emera Maine, the utility transmission companies that deliver power to much of the state.

    Tom Groening

    Media

  • Caught
    November 20

    Caught: the reality behind the first fishermen's co-op

    By design, Caught, with text by by Glen Libby and photos by Antonia Small, is a book you can keep on your coffee table both for casual browsing and for burnishing your progressive cool. But you might want to look in deeper.

    Dana Wilde

    Media

  • Serendipity at anchor.
    November 20

    The story of Serendipity is the story of wooden boats

    He was obliged to scour ship chandleries up and down the coast for scarce fittings…

    David Platt

    Media

  • Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Nrth Haven, second from right, at a meeting at the Island Institute earlier this year.
    November 17

    Pingree’s working waterfront bill would provide grants

    A proposal by Maine’s Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, to protect working waterfronts and the jobs and economic activity they support, was aired at a congressional subcommittee hearing on Nov. 2.

    Tom Groening

    Media

  • Justin and Tiffany Ford, owners of On The Water In Maine.
    November 17

    On The Water In Maine offers more than lists

    The goal for the Rockport couple’s business, On the Water in Maine, was to list and manage 75-100 of those vacation rental properties. The Fords have succeeded in growing their list to 130.

    Tom Groening

    Media

  • A sailboat that broke free during the Oct. 30 story on the shore in Belfast.
    November 17

    Planning for effects of a changing climate on Maine’s coast

    My proposed bill builds upon and adapts the model successfully used by New Hampshire. That state set up a commission consisting of a wide array of stakeholders and experts to assess the coastal risks and hazards...

    Media

  • Waves crashing.
    November 17

    It was a hot and stormy 2017, without El Niño

    It may not be a surprise that 2017 has been a year of record-breaking storms and heat.

    Media

  • Setting kelp lines on Vinalhaven.
    November 17

    On Vinalhaven, business hopes kelp will help fishermen

    Emily Lane, president of Vinalhaven Kelp, Inc., leads a board of directors that requires 70 percent of the business shareholders to make their livelihood from some sort of fishing.

    Kris Osgood

    Media

  • Ducktrap River
    November 17

    Estuary Beat: Fish on the York River, saving Morse River watershed, and Portand's Presumpscot

    Finding fish in the York River

    Catherine Schmitt

    Media

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