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Room with a View: Cellarhole Melancholy
No full textA brief meditation on the depopulation of Maine\u27s islands and other rural areas, and the sadness an abandoned homestead can evoke
Food and Drink: Miracle on Ocean Street
No full textSnippets celebrate favorite dishes from five eateries on Ocean Street in South Portland: Benreuben\u27s Knishery, Solo Cucina Market, SoPo Seafood, Judy Gibson, and Cafe Louis
How Far Can a Fish Run?
No full textSea-run fish, or diadromous fish, can live in both fresh and salt water. The catadromous American eel, the Atlantic salmon, the Atlantic sturgeon, smelt, shad, and river herring (commonly known as the alewife) are all sea-run fish that play a large role in the health of Maine\u27s ecosystems, but their populations are threatened by thousands of river blockages like dams and culverts. Efforts are being made to restore river passage -- from Passamaquoddy activists working to restore access on the St. Croix, and people like Bailey Bowden, with the support of Ciona Ulbrich of Maine Coast Heritage Trust, among other, trying to restore the alewife run in the Bagaduce watershed
The Ebb and Flow of Maine\u27s Three-Port Strategy
No full textA brief look at Maine\u27s three deep-water ports -- Portland, Searsport, Eastport. The Three-Port Strategy was implemented in the late 1970s to focus cargo development at these three sites and to save other coastal ports for less industrial uses. Portland\u27s shipping business is thriving, thanks in large part to Eimskip, the Icelandic shipping company whose U.S. port of call is Portland. Searsport remains busy, shipping petroleum products primarily, and is looking ahead to when it may be a hub for the production of wind turbines for offshore wind. Easport, on the other hand, has seen cargo shipping come to a halt because of challenges brought on by the pandemic. There is some hope, though, that the port could start shipping biomass for fuel to European markets
Maine Homes: House Tour: Team Effort
No full textA photographic house tour of the Bar Harbor home of Britt and Anthony Ricardo. The home was designed and built in 2021 by the Ricardos with abundant help from family
Food and Drink: Wrap Session
No full textA brief description of Bub\u27s Burritos, an eatery launched by RaeChelle Sexton in Southwest Harbor, catering to guests of Acadia National Park
North by East: Beak Outlook?
No full textBrief discussion of the results of two recent studies on Maine bird populations: the Maine Bird Atlas, which collected data from citizen volunteers over the course of five years and which will eventually be published in book form; and the 30-Year Bird Project, the follow-up to a project researching the effects of commercial forestry on bird populations
Maine Fauna A to Z: M is for Moose
No full textBrief interview with wildlife photographer Mark Picard about his career-long obsession with moose
Food and Drink: A Bitters Taste
No full textA brief overview of the products of four Maine producers of bitters. Among the offerings from Vena\u27s Fizz House, Herbal Revolution, Sweetgrass Winery & Distillery, and Owl & Whale are some distinctly Mainey concoctions, including ingredients from blueberries to white pine
North by East: Staying in her Lanes
No full textA profile of Autumn Mowery, a twenty-year-old with an unusual labor of love - running D\u27Amanda\u27s candlepin bowling in Ellsworth. Describes Mowery\u27s mostly solo endeavor and the challenges inherent in keeping an aging bowling alley and its vintage equipment alive