The new president of the Island Institute on her to return to Chebeague Island.
As a kid, I was afraid of Ida. And small wonder: stout and tall, with big hands and a severe face, she was every inch the forbidding Yankee spinster. My idea of Ida shifted slightly one summer morning when I was about 10 years old.
Portland proper isn’t the only foodie haven on Casco bay. Just a ferry ride away, the islands are scenic spots for scrumptious coastal dining.
Maine’s island communities have struggled for decades to survive, much less to thrive. By Jeff Clark Dexter Lee, a selectman...