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

The new Schoodic Marine Center is opening soon for its first season and could boost visitation as well as facilitate on-the-water education and research opportunities in the less-visited part of Acadia National Park.

Mussel larvae can recognize and respond to a broad range of odor cues when deciding whether to settle in wild beds or on aquaculture lines.

The first task students face in Jon Bragdon’s computer electronics class at the technical center is building their own computer. The most gifted as well as the academically challenged thrive together under Bragdon’s teaching approach, which he describes as “giving opportunities for excellence to find itself.”

Islands desperately need such young professionals to be able live and work close to home, so the case was made for the value of such investment in the digital future.

Osakikamijima is about a third the size of Mount Desert Island and home to 8,000 year-round residents.

They get to perform in front of an audience with more people in it than live on North Haven.

What was the currency used by our native peoples? Wampum, right?

Not so fast.

Eight midshipmen crowded in the doorway of one room, watching as a classmate picked up the pieces…