In the August issue, we ran a photo of the U.S. Coast Guard vessel Cowslip calling at Monhegan Island. Reader Dick de Grasse of Islesboro writes:

Obviously, returning to traditional life-ways doesn’t pay the way tourist industry jobs do…

Why was there a triangle of trade between Africa, New England, and the West Indies?

Her steady recounting of a different history punched me in the heart…

I learned that my childhood had been part of a grand experiment.

He may shine in a lobster boat—tough and tenacious—but not in a marriage bed.

I struggled … while watching money flow out of poorly insulated lobster holding tanks…

I was nursing my second beer and anticipating that favorite dinner I’d ordered a few minutes earlier. Two young people entered and settled in...

Like everywhere else we’ve all learned different ways to do business to try to stay safe from the virus. If you come to the island, do your best to stay healthy and keep others protected...