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  • The Bar Harbor Inn at right on a cloudy autumn day.
    November 17

    Tourism industry wrestles with disruptive influences

    Social media and new technology are driving change in the tourism industry at an unprecedented rate.

    Laurie Schreiber

    Media

  • Nancy and W.G. Sayre
    November 17

    Castine hopes to remedy ‘town out of balance’

    For a century, a stone and mortar, wooden-roofed tank on the outskirts of town provided Castine with a necessary resource—water. Today, the remains of the structure and the site are being repurposed to serve the town in a new way.

    Tom Groening

    Media

  • Peter Davis, director the Academy Award-winning documentary, Hearts and Minds, spoke about the film in Castine.
    November 2

    America's lost and found perspective on Vietnam

    Though there is no narration, Hearts and Minds unfolds in a way that makes a clear statement about who has learned the lessons of the war…

    Media

  • An old-fashioned kitchen.
    November 2

    ​Thinking conservatively about kitchen energy

    The uninsulated room is a great place to store canning jars, the feral cat, and in cold weather, food.

    Sandy Oliver

    Media

  • Gulls on the coast.
    November 2

    Considering the birds is a balm for troubled mind

    One of the things I love about October and November in the Cranberry Isles is the increase in bird stories. It is migrating season and most people out here keep an eye on the birds...

    Barbara Fernald

    Media

  • Bill Trevaskis works with fellow teachers at the Island Teachers Conference.
    November 1

    Island teachers share cross-curricular methods at conference

    Bill Trevaskis, the sole music teacher for students in the pre-K to 12th grade Vinalhaven School, explained how he worked with his colleagues to a group of teachers at the Island Teachers Conference in Belfast on Oct. 5-6 ...

    Tom Groening

    Media

  • From left, Kathy Morton, one of the owners of the Harbor Gawker, along with her daughter, Amanda Roberts, and her granddaughter, Brianna Bartlett. The family talk with Cody Roberts, Morton's grandson.
    November 1

    Harbor Gawker says goodbye

    PHOTO ESSAY BY COURTNEY MOONEY

    Media

  • Students disembark from the ferry on Islesboro
    October 31

    Wishing for life-changing memories for our youth

    A good friend recently introduced me to the work of writer Annie Dillard. She is now an even better friend.

    Rob Snyder, Ph.D.

    Media

  • From The Beginning: Vinalhaven from...
    October 23

    A good read about the early years on Vinalhaven

    Those lives and the people who lived them were extraordinary and determined…

    Phil Crossman

    Media

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