Haystack is one of my favorite places to be in the world, ranking only second to the island I call home.

A frenzy of consumption is underway that makes hyenas around a fallen wildebeest look like dinner with Martha Stewart.

Topsham: From the River to the Highlands

By Robert C. Williams

Just Write Books, Topsham, Maine, 2015

It’s not hard to imagine a trophy house or two at Otter Point, or a resort at Sand Beach.

When you live on an island, a task as simple as buying food requires forethought and logistical prowess, sure signs of adulting.

With two houses in the hands of owners, three rental units, an eldercare facility in the works and more projects on the way, North Haven Sustainable Housing is working hard to keep islanders from having to do what’s known on the island as the “housing shuffle.”

Many rural and geographically isolated communities face a problem referred to as the “brain drain,” in which high school graduates leave for greener pastures.

A project that has been talked about in Bath for at least a decade is getting closer to becoming a reality. Early this spring, the Bath City Council gave the green light to finalize the design of and start the permitting process for a public park and pathway system along the Kennebec River.

“Them devil carts are injurious and run over hens and raise up ructions generally.”

—Abiel O. Curtis, 1906