You finally buy that seasonal or year-round home of your dreams on the beautiful Maine coast or on an island. Then you learn that insuring it against storm damage, fire or burglary can not only be costly, but sometimes, downright impossible. “It’s getting a little more difficult,” admits Denise Hopkins of the J. Edward Knight
Island grads scatter, stay close to home, as summer ends
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series in which the writer, herself a May graduate, asks recent college grads from Maine islands about their job searches. With summer more than half gone, five recent island college graduates are looking ahead, and reflecting on how their college experience has influenced their post-graduate life.
Untangling the Bounty tragedy
ROCKLAND — New details about the disastrous sinking of the HMS Bounty, and the heroic rescue of nearly all of its crew, emerged during a lecture by author Michael Tougias at the Maine Lighthouse Museum on July 6. His recent book, Rescue of the Bounty, co-authored with Douglas Campbell, recounts the loss of the 180-foot
Ten miles out– not too far for a good beer
MONHEGAN — Since opening for business at the beginning of summer, Monhegan Brewing Company has been working hard to brew beer fast enough to meet high demand. “I would say every brewery has problems and our problems are the best possible problems to have,” co-owner Matt Weber said during a recent visit. The Monhegan Brewing
When natural beauty and recreation aren’t enough
The sandy, arm-shaped peninsula that is Cape Cod may seem to have little in common with Maine’s rocky coast and islands. It’s roughly the size of the Blue Hill Peninsula and Mount Desert Island combined, yet is home to some 215,000 people, and swells to double that in the summer months. But Cape Cod, a
New paradigm: Environmental stewards adapt to climate change
WINTER HARBOR — Climate change is having major impacts on the natural world. At the same time, today’s youth, beguiled by electronics, appear to be tuned out of nature. This leaves older generations with two problems: how to address or at least adapt to climate change; and how to encourage children to re-engage with nature,
What once was modern is now antique
ROCKLAND — Jeremiah Pasternak hadn’t been born when the chairs he sells were standard issue in schools, churches and libraries. The 1960s and 1970s were a kind of golden age of furniture design, the 31-year-old asserts. As he shows off the ample stock of those chairs in Pasternak Antiques’ Main Street building, that argument gains
Cries of horror: Titanic’s tragedy viewed from Maine perspective
STOCKTON SPRINGS — The story of the Titanic is well known as a tragic icon in the public imagination—the ship, the iceberg, the frozen deaths of hundreds during that long, dark night of April 15, 1912. But who were these suffering individuals? Mainers on the Titanic (Down East Books) by Maine native Mac Smith takes
Homesteading renews ties to the land
Editor’s note: This series of blogs was written last year by Anneli Carter-Sundqvist about her and her husband Dennis’ adventures homesteading and running a hostel on Deer Isle. The entire year of blog posts are contained in the book A Homesteader’s Year on Deer Isle (see www.deerislehostel.com). For the first ten years after moving out of my
Why we raise our own meat
Editor’s note: This series of blogs was written last year by Anneli Carter-Sundqvist about her and her husband Dennis’ adventures homesteading and running a hostel on Deer Isle. The entire year of blog posts are contained in the book A Homesteader’s Year on Deer Isle (see www.deerislehostel.com). One of the big events of the year took place