Gubernatorial candidates discuss island issues

On Friday, August 13, gubernatorial candidates gathered at the Strand Theatre in Rockland for the first forum since the primaries. Candidates who attended include Senator Elizabeth (Libby) Mitchell (D), Eliot Cutler (I), Shawn Moody (I) and Kevin Scott (I).

Field Notes: Community-Supported Fisheries - Why They Matter

Community-supported fisheries have created the possibility for being a different kind of fisherman in Port Clyde--one that experiments with cleaner gear, donates fish to community dinners, makes food available to food banks, hires neighbors to work delivering fish directly to customers, and much more.

Worming: A big deal in Downeast Maine

Digging worms is not considered a sought-after profession, since it is a job that promises stiff backs, mud-covered boots and hours of sweaty labor. Yet worming provides an income for many families in Downeast Maine.

Where are the herring?

Landings of herring from inshore waters known as Area 1A are dramatically less than in years past, causing scientists, seine fishermen and lobstermen to shake their heads in confusion.

A tour behind the shipyard gates

You seldom see anything made on such a large and systemized scale, with so much specialization and coordination, as the ship-building operation at Bath Iron Works. And you can't help but marvel at how these imposing ships get from plans to production to the open ocean, just a few miles down the deep Kennebec.

Not just another pot pie

Local seasonal seafood, a community in search of a way to add value to traditional fishing, and few good ideas from an educational and socially oriented non-profit are the basic ingredients of Cobscook Bay Company's Maine Fresh seafood pies.

Changing Times

Portland’s pier owners, fishermen and public officials struggle with waterfront zoning

Like most changes on Portland's historic waterfront, this change won't happen without a fight--or at least protracted negotiations and a certain amount of politics. The change, if it happens, would be a liberalization of the working-waterfront zoning that has controlled the ways the piers along Commercial Street are used.

From Eastport to Turkey, with love

When the 425-foot cargo freighter Artisgracht left Eastport on July 18, there were 470 pregnant dairy cows riding on deck in newly patented livestock containers. The success of the 13-day trip to Turkey was measured in numbers: 472 cows landed safely.

Swan's Island explores wind feasibility

In an effort to stabilize electricity costs, the cooperative board of trustees has been working with Island Institute's community wind department exploring the possibility of generating wind power on Swan's Island.

Industry insider to purchase Prospect Harbor plant

Chebeague explores economics of farming

Maine's lobster processers get the OK to sell claws

Fox Islands Electric Cooperative holds annual meeting