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Along The Shore

Wheeler Launches an Inspired Head-Turner in Brooklin

Wheeler Yachts draws on its Brooklyn, New York, heritage to launch a new model built by Brooklin Boat Yard in Maine

Welcome Downeast

Nature's autumn and winter blessings

Campaigning 1913 Style: William Jennings Bryan

A political tour by automobile

Marine School Lands a New President

New leadership at The Landing School in Arundel

A Stonington Sea Captain’s Legacy

Attic treasures provide a new glimpse into the life of a Stonington sea captain

Jacob Pike’s Rebound, Tuna, Sharks & Wind Power

Maine's latest news from the Town Dock

Bass Harbor

A trip to Bass Harbor is a visit to the quiet side of Mount Desert Island

The Handiest Cat in Maine

The Handy Cat’s Herreshoff-style hollow bow and narrow entry spell speed under sail

A “Lobster Cruiser” Goes to Work

Though roomy and comfortable, simple and spare, she is not ostentatious in any way, but practical and seaworthy

Björn Runquist

The Swedish-born painter and Saint George resident Björn Runquist finds the miraculous in the ordinary.

Articles from our sponsors

Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation: Preserving a very special wild river and its legacy

On July 28, 1857, Penobscot guide Joe Polis paddled his birch bark canoe across Eagle Lake to Pillsbury Island before returning to camp on the north shore of Chamberlain Lake, with Henry David Thoreau in the bow, and laden with 150 pounds of gear, to see the party safely from the shores of Moosehead Lake to Indian Island on the Penobscot River.

Maine Coast Heritage Trust

Inviting Islands

Forest Society of Maine: Conservation Connections from the Forests to the Coast

This page is sponsored by the Ocean Ledges Fund of the Maine Community Foundation with the goal of supporting education and conservation.

Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries

It’s 3 a.m. on a mid-September morning as Captain Matt Trundy swings his 43-foot fishing boat F/V Savanna Says toward the thorofare off Stonington Harbor.

Coastal Mountains Land Trust

Prominent by sea and land, the coastal mountains that run along the western side of Penobscot Bay east to Mount Desert island are part of a scenic landscape that defines the incredible sense of place of this region.

Saving wild fish and their rivers

Since 1982 the Downeast Salmon Federation has worked tirelessly with citizens, local government, state and federal agencies, and tribal communities to assure that our rivers and communities stay special and continue to thrive.

Creating the Silicon Valley of Climate Change

When one hears the words Silicon Valley, one often thinks of the world’s tech capital, where giants such as Google, Facebook, and Hewlett-Packard emerged as giants. Silicon Valley became the epicenter of tech, where the best and brightest scientists and developers were met with venture capital and government funding to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park

Schoodic Institute is the largest of 18 Research Learning Centers in the National Park System.