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  • Observer header
    July 27

    Strained relations with the ferry service

    On a late spring morning in 1920, the steamboat Governor Bodwell was docked at Tillson’s Wharf in Rockland and preparing to depart for Vinalhaven. Shoveling coal below decks was my grandfather...

    Phil Crossman

    Media

  • Cranberry Report
    July 27

    Gardening is a balm for worldly worries

    One of the best things about Maine is it has the cool climate many perennials like.

    Barbara Fernald

    Media

  • Lubec-Campobello bridge
    July 27

    Lubec, Campobello suffer from border closure

    Six months of very limited access to and from Campobello Island in New Brunswick and Lubec in Maine are having real impacts on real people on both sides of the FDR Bridge.

    Tom Walsh

    Media

  • Ben Stevens rowing
    July 22

    Leadership means having the seat with the view

    I conducted interviews in three communities that were responding, from my vantage point, effectively...

    Karen Burns

    Media

  • King Tide in Wells, Maine
    July 22

    Maine's climate work must aim for equitable impact

    At the Island Institute, we’ve seen how some residents of our state’s island and coastal communities can be left behind...

    Suzanne MacDonald

    Media

  • Geoff Warner
    July 22

    Stonington small business ramps up 'Owl' production

    Now Warner is scaling up the business with the development of an injection-molded composite seat, with the choice of steel frame or pedestal, for volume production...

    Laurie Schreiber

    Media

  • Douglas Cornman leads an activity
    July 22

    The Sunbeam holds its course

    “The boat’s never locked, the coffee is always hot. Folks are welcome on board, and we’ll just sit and chat.” —Douglas Cornman

    Media

  • Patricia Smith Ranzoni
    July 21

    Patricia Smith Ranzoni's 'folk art' poetry

    Bucksport’s poet laureate has lived there nearly all her life. And from her corner of Maine, she’s also one of the state’s best-known poets...

    Dana Wilde

    Media

  • Maine and American Art
    July 21

    Lives and homes of the artistic and famous

    Two publications came out just as the world was shutting down...

    Carl Little

    Media

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