• The approach to the Thoroughfare
    June 15

    My sins included being late, getting heat exhaustion in the grasshopper room, inadequately cleaning cage screens…

  • Andy Wyeth image
    June 15

    The two men were friends. According to Wyeth, they first met in 1950 when Ruohomaa knocked on his door. Their friendship was based on mutual admiration, but they also shared an artistic sensibility: both of them depicted Maine and Mainers with a clear yet poetic eye.

  • gardening photo
    June 15

    Rejoice that the cilantro has self-sown so plentifully and make Cowboy Caviar out of black-eyed peas, corn, red peppers, jalapenos…

  • voting at Islesboro meeting
    June 1

    At their annual town meeting on Saturday, May 30, residents overwhelmingly approved raising and spending $206,830 to begin the process of building a town-owned broadband Internet network.

    Community Engagement, Media, Economic Development

  • eagle
    May 20

    Earlier, a hunter had butchered a deer on this spot and left the remains behind…

  • Looking north from Islesboro.
    May 20

    It is, no doubt unnerving for some of us to observe a friend candidly facing and planning for her own demise.

  • sailing toward Islesford
    May 20

    Bruce Fernald recently traveled to the Napa Valley to attend the 17th Annual Worlds of Flavor International Conference and Festival at the Culinary Institute of America. He participated in a seminar with Sam Hayward and Cara Stadler, two Maine chefs, who were cooking lobster in various forms.

  • old glass
    May 19

    Nine years ago, a man who had no background or any interest in creating art became an artist. Swimming along the bottom of Wiscasset harbor, 30 feet under water, bottle hunter Rick Carney was hit with an idea that would lead him down an unimagined path.

  • yurt image
    May 19

    The first time Aaron Sprague and Karen Roper sat down in a yurt, owned by a friend in Maine, they experienced a deep sense of calm. "It was such a cool space and we thought...'"