July 2, 2009 | Incorporating the Inter-Island News

Featured News Headlines

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony.
ENVIRONMENT, INTER-ISLAND NEWS

Community celebrates Fox Islands wind power groundbreaking

by David A. Tyler

“I think it will be a wonderful thing for the island. It will cut the price of electricity and in the future we won’t have to depend on mainland electricity since we’ll have our own here.” —Sonny Warren, Vinalhaven lobsterman

A classic island car.
INTER-ISLAND NEWS

Tell us about your island vehicle

by David A. Tyler

We want you to send us a photo of you and your island vehicle. We want to know the basics, such as make, model and year and when it came to the island. But also tell us about your car’s quirks, such as things that don’t work anymore or improvised repairs you’ve had to make to keep it going.

COMMUNITIES

Housing blocked, group charges discrimination

by Craig Idlebrook

Milbridge residents voted 68 to 49 to impose a 180-day moratorium on multifamily housing construction. The moratorium vote halted a Mano en Mano project to build six affordable housing units for farm and aquaculture workers.

INTER-ISLAND NEWS, PEOPLE

House calls still made on Vinalhaven

by Kris Osgood

While house calls are a thing of the past in most of the rest of the country, on Vinalhaven and other Maine islands they are a mainstay in the host of medical services offered.

This Month's Issue

BUSINESS, INTER-ISLAND NEWS, PEOPLE

A passion for cooking leads to island bakery

by Cherie Galyean
BUSINESS

Barge-borne refinery sections make voyage from Maine to Texas

by David D. Platt
ARTS, INTER-ISLAND NEWS

Artist braves island winters for different view of Islesboro

by Sandy Oliver
BUSINESS, MARINE

Maine lobster industry still hurting

by Sandra Dinsmore
BUSINESS, MARINE

Cod farming returns to Maine

by Muriel L. Hendrix
INTER-ISLAND NEWS, MARINE

Island lobster license bill signed into law

by David A. Tyler
BUSINESS, ENVIRONMENT, MARINE

Maine sets sail to be wind energy leader

by Catherine Schmitt
BUSINESS, MARINE

A profile of the average lobsterman

by Sandra Dinsmore
BUSINESS, COMMUNITIES

New rules in place to help Bar Harbor cope with bigger cruise ships

by Sally Noble
COMMUNITIES, INTER-ISLAND NEWS

New affordable housing bond can help coast, islands

by David A. Tyler
BUSINESS, ENVIRONMENT, INTER-ISLAND NEWS

Monhegan Island residents updated on wind power project

by Micah Conkling
INTER-ISLAND NEWS, MARINE

Ferry ramp work poses transportation challenge for Islesboro

by Sandy Oliver
INTER-ISLAND NEWS

A year after fire, new Matinicus Island Post Office opens

by Eva Murray
ENVIRONMENT, INTER-ISLAND NEWS

Island Institute announces Four-Season Island Agriculture Fund awards

by Shey Conover
INTER-ISLAND NEWS, PEOPLE

North Haven fellow enjoys making island history more accessible

by Kathy Lane
ARTS, MARINE

Library celebrates working waterfront with art

by Sandra Dinsmore
BUSINESS, MARINE

The spiny dogfish: a fish for the recession

by Sally Noble

Online Exclusives

MARINE

I have the right of way… or do I?

by Commander Brian J. Downey Jr.

Crossing a deep draft ship’s path, could take a boat into the ship’s blind spot. As a boat disappears into the blind spot, the bridge watch is thinking, “We can’t see the boat!”

COMMUNITIES, INTER-ISLAND NEWS

New affordable housing bond can help coast, islands

by David A. Tyler

A major affordable housing bond that will have a huge impact on housing in the state also has the flexibility to help island and coastal residents.

Columns

INTER-ISLAND NEWS

Cranberry Report

Summer rituals

by Barbara Fernald
UNCATEGORIZED

Parallel 44

The Oak Island Mystery

by Colin Woodard
BUSINESS, ENVIRONMENT, INTER-ISLAND NEWS, MARINE

Long View

Local food; local energy

by Philip W. Conkling

Reviews

ARTS, INTER-ISLAND NEWS

“Catching the Light: The Frenchboro Paintings”

Daud Akhriev
review by Carl Little
ARTS, INTER-ISLAND NEWS

Penobscot Bay: People, Ports and Pastimes

Harry Gratwick
review by David A. Tyler
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