A pending project to revitalize Stonington's Hagen Wharf is expected to boost a waterfront attraction central to the town's transient boater and tourist economy.

“The challenge of this next generation is not going to be growth. We’ve had decades of growth and it hasn’t given us prosperity…" —Chuck Marohn

Not only was Steve arranging to get me to Vinalhaven on schedule, he was helping me find someone to fix my tire.

The effort to sustain our communities and their economic and civic life for future generations scored a significant victory recently on Deer Isle.

North Haven's newest health care practitioner will be able to compare the urban version of medicine with the isolated, rural version. Nurse practitioner and educator Lorraine Reiser is bringing her decades of experience to North Haven to the island medical clinic.

Islanders working on similar problems in isolation is almost always improved when islanders gather to compare notes. That was the idea behind a now-annual retreat for those who care for elderly islanders...

This place, this island, is free from nearly all the world’s afflictions. No one is attacking us.

When I said I was going to write about apples Kaitlyn’s eyes lit up. “I love picking apples on the island. It’s one of my most favorite things to do! Getting outside in the fall sun, picking with a view of the water, it’s the best.

Old island apple trees, along with their counterparts on the mainland, have outdone themselves this year.