Scientific understanding of ocean creatures and ecosystems lags behind that of animals and land ecosystems. That’s at least partly due to the difficulty of studying aquatic mammals...

Maine Maritime Academy students, officers and crew will depart Castine on Saturday, Jan. 2 at about 10:30 a.m. on the training ship State of Maine for a two-week training voyage to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The ship will carry 210 students and crew and is due to arrive on Jan. 8.

Michael Westphal’s vigorous physical conditioning made the bad news especially hard to believe. Nine years ago, at age 49, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

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...

The witty and colorful Linda Greenlaw was the featured attraction that night, but a pall hung over the Maine Maritime Academy campus on the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 21.

My love of John Denver's music began before I can even remember. When I was very young, my father would retire to the living room after supper and play John Denver records while he worked in his chair.

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.

After our set, DJ Katnip resumed her position, now dressed in an incredible leotard, and we danced ’til the wee-ish hour of 11 p.m.