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  • Students hold a blade of kelp
    March 20

    This teacher treats his students like research assistants

    Kelp spores are introduced to a beaker or aquarium. String is then wrapped around a section of PVC pipe and the pipe is immersed in the water with the spores. The spores attach to the twine, and when they reach a certain size...

    Tom Groening

    Media

  • An Atlantic sturgeon that measured 7-feet
    March 20

    Holy leapin’ sturgeon!

    The July 21, 1875 Daily Kennebec Journal reported that 65 sturgeon was the largest haul in one night.

    Wanda Curtis

    Media

  • Maine Maritime Museum's boat shop.
    March 20

    Our shop, plus your wood and labor equals…

    Many folks who show up to open shop have projects in mind, but you don’t have to have a project when you walk through the door, said Katie Meyers, the museum’s marketing and communications manager...

    Stephanie Bouchard

    Media

  • Students on the shore during a lesson.
    March 20

    Girls embrace science in coastal setting

    The leadership class helps students examine the beliefs or ideas they have adopted or inadvertently accepted as fact.

    Isabel Reddy

    Media

  • Periwinkle
    March 20

    Periwinkles an under-heralded seafood product

    In Washington County, where 90 percent of Maine's periwinkle harvest takes place, they're called “wrinklers.”

    Dana Wilde

    Media

  • Capt. Eric Jergenson
    March 16

    A school for 'that kid who just wants to work on the water'

    “The goal is to graduate kids so they’re ready for jobs.”
    —Eric Jergenson

    Tom Groening

    Media

  • Bill Hallinan, a fisherman, worries about losing access to the water.
    March 14

    Hangover or happy hour? Boothbay region sorts out change

    “Some folks think it doesn’t fit the neighborhood. Other folks think it’s beautiful and well-maintained.”

    Laurie Schreiber

    Media

  • Fishermen bring their catch to a floating buying station in Stonington.
    March 8

    Lobster catch at $533 million for 2016

    Penobscot Bay east to the Canadian border is “the sweet spot” for the fishery.

    Tom Groening

    Media

  • Detail from Jane Crosen's map of Penobscot Bay
    February 1

    Map-making as art

    “I do still believe there is an innate appeal of maps that is going to continue to drive individual interests in maps they can put on their walls…” —Steve Engle

    Stephanie Bouchard

    Media

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