There’s been a lot of buzz about the possibility that Acadia will welcome more than three million visitors in 2016, its centennial year—which would be a leap of 20 percent from just two years ago, and an all-time record for the park. This may well be a temporary spike...

With the bypass, the project reaches its goal: vastly improving access to nearly 1,000 miles of key habitat…

Arts organizations, drawing people to events, exhibits, classes and more, are the seeds for healthy, diversified growth…

When a community provides things to do, people are more likely to stay, relocate or return to that place.

Osakikamijima is about a third the size of Mount Desert Island and home to 8,000 year-round residents.

Without in-migration, Washington County is facing a future where its population will be lower than it has been in over a century. A shrinking population creates many economic challenges.

The effort to sustain our communities and their economic and civic life for future generations scored a significant victory recently on Deer Isle.

The Conservation Law Foundation has worked for years to permanently protect the remarkable Cashes Ledge area. This biodiversity hotspot provides refuge for a stunning array of ocean wildlife—from Atlantic cod to endangered right whales, bluefin tuna to Atlantic wolf fish—and a rare lush kelp forest.

We’re proud of our homegrown Internet service, but with the need for even more speed and investment, we need the cooperation of local, state and federal governments, as well as that of FairPoint, which will finally offer Internet on the island.