A survey aimed at residents of Maine’s 15 unbridged, year-round island communities reveals deep concern about ticks and the diseases they carry, such as Lyme disease.

The voice in these poems brings to mind poets Frank O’Hara and James Schuyler, masters at transforming daily goings-on into engaging verse.

Each small table in the brewery had, along with the requisite pretzels and trivia cards, a piece of paper with five discussion questions…

“The goal is to graduate kids so they’re ready for jobs.”
—Eric Jergenson

A circus arts school recently formed in Biddeford will bring classes to the coast this summer.

“One of the services people have come to expect is broadband.”

“Some folks think it doesn’t fit the neighborhood. Other folks think it’s beautiful and well-maintained.”

These girls are a remarkable bunch. They instinctively hand off real time leadership from one to the other…

The MAV project will forever change our island, and whatever short-term benefits we might receive will be more than offset by the irreparable damage it will do.