News of Maine's Coast and Islands
News and views on the places we cover: Maine's island and remote coastal communities.
The aging population is an opportunity to think differently about community and economic development.
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How long would Great Cranberry remain viable as a year-round community? Things looked bleak.
Laurie Schreiber
In addition to countless private boats, charter lines bring across 50-60 guests at a time almost daily in the summer months.
Some of my best moments this year have been impossible—and perhaps more memorable because of it—for me to capture in a photo.
Dan DeBord
On Aug. 12, 2019, 6-8 p.m., “Welcoming the Stranger: Downeast Cares” happened.
"What we’re really committed to this year is finding the stories that have a human element."
They had “come down to the coast for the day,” as they put it, from Brewer, Waterville, Skowhegan.
Tom Groening
I came to feel absolutely humbled by the accounts in this book.
Tina Cohen
In 1968, the year that saw assassinations, a violent party convention, and a far-off war claiming more and more lives, a young man “from away” arrives in an isolated Maine fishing village to take over the local newspaper.