For eight years, Monhegan Island residents have faced the possibility that Maine Aqua Ventus would site offshore wind turbines two miles south of the island at a site designated by the state legislature.

“We spent the first three years of boat ownership in the tropics in bikinis and sunscreen. A Maine winter is a whole new ball of wax,” said Leah Kruger.

“I just want to take some of the stress out of living on an island,” says Kevin Wentworth.

The effort to convert the dormant rail line into a trail began in 1987. The Sunrise Trail Coalition formed later to allow users and other stakeholders to have a voice in the plans. The two goals were to provide a place for healthy outdoor recreation and to spur economic development.

Ben Lovell, his sister Liz and friend Jesse Davisson have opened North Haven Brewing Company on the island.

By some estimates, Maine is 49th in the nation in internet speeds. To continue the highway analogy, it’s as if the I-95 part of the internet is built, but there are not enough local roads that connect to it.

Nancy Prisk, a long-time seasonal resident who has been living fulltime in Southport since 2007, saw the opportunity to secure public use of the house to serve social and educational needs. Last year Prisk formed Land for Southport’s Future as a nonprofit, and is working to raise the $849,000 the town hopes to earn from the sale.

In those seven coastal counties that Clinton carried, the rate ranged from 2.7 percent to 3.6 percent…

Every day I am taken aback by the pure act of kindness that is directed toward me.