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Our Towns

Island Institute founders Peter Ralston and Philip Conkling skipping along next to a herring seiner in Penobscot Bay.

Catching Up with the Fellows Who Dreamed Up the Island Institute Fellows Program

Philip Conkling and Peter Ralston look back at the early days of island fellowships.
Searsport Maine from above

Why You Should Visit Searsport on Your Way to Acadia

The shipbuilding town’s burgeoning downtown has more than a rich maritime history.
Stacy Wentworth (wearing a green sweater) shoots the breeze at the Kennebunk Farmers’ Market

Shooting the Breeze with Stacy Wentworth at the Kennebunk Farmers’ Market

A popular topic of conversation, he says, is the relentless pace of change in Kennebunk.
Pine Point Road, in Scarborough, flooded on January 13, 2024.

Storm Surge: Scenes from Last Winter’s Devastating Storms

A handful of intrepid Maine photographers set out to document the historically severe weather's full force.
Lobster claw with a stack of pictures of the Androscoggin River

The Auburn Lobster Festival Sure Seems to Have Legs

The idea for a celebration of Maine's famous crustacean in the inland city began as an April Fools’ Day gag in 2021.
Vaughan Woods & Historic Homestead in Hallowell, Maine

Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.’s Favorite Maine Place

The Maine State Historian has many favorite spots, but Vaughan Woods & Historic Homestead is always near the top of his list.
Mount Desert Island High School student boarding the first electric school bus in Maine

Mount Desert Island Is Home to Maine’s First Electric School Bus

And the Nature Conservancy says it’s providing valuable lessons to other school districts across the state.
Grafton Notch State Park

Kevin Hawkes’s Favorite Maine Place

The children’s-book illustrator finds inspiration at Grafton Notch State Park.
Walter Reed and Genice Billings with their Memorial Ambulance Corps house-call vehicle

Deer Isle’s Memorial Ambulance Corps Is a Case Study in Community Paramedicine

House-call doctors might be a thing of the past, but house-call EMTs have started helping to fill the void, especially in underserved communities.
Dover-Foxcroft’s Central Hall,

Restoring Maine’s Once-Vibrant Public Buildings

In rural pockets across the state, residents are finding community in rehabbed antique structures (and bringing back contra dancing).
The Quoddy Tides newspaper

The Enduring Legacy of the Quoddy Tides, the Most Easterly Published Newspaper in the U.S.

Small-town papers aren’t nearly as numerous as they once were, but the few survivors are as vital to their communities as ever.
Portland Public Library

Kristina M.J. Powell’s Favorite Maine Place

When the Telling Room executive director needs to quiet her mind, she heads to the sun-drenched atrium of the Portland Public Library.
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