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Travel & Outdoors

A Perfect Weekend on Chebeague

Cruise around the quiet island roads, explore an abandoned summer colony, take in the many ocean vistas, and more.
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Travel & Outdoors

A Perfect Weekend on Monhegan

Hike 12 miles of island trails, visit the island’s many studios and art galleries, view a 75-year-old shipwreck, and more.
Cobscook Bay
Land, Water & Wildlife

In Praise of Sometimes Islands

When is an island not an island? Twice a day, in this quiet corner of Cobscook Bay.
700 acre island rock
Land, Water & Wildlife

A Quiet Maine Island With a Billion-Year-Old Secret

Penobscot Bay's 700 Acre Island is ringed with outcrops of what may be New England's oldest rock.
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The Maine International Film Festival Celebrates Its Biggest Premiere Yet

The 26th annual festival debuts its stunning new $18 million venue.
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Our Towns

It’s Lights Out for Maine’s Last Resident Lighthouse Keepers

Since an unexpected cable failure left Goat Island without electricity, its undaunted keepers are looking for ways to take the power back.
Cairn Beach, Peaks Island
Travel & Outdoors

A Perfect Weekend on Peaks Island

Explore an abandoned artillery bunker, see the world’s largest collection of umbrella covers, dine al fresco, and more.
North Haven waterfront
Travel & Outdoors

A Perfect Weekend on North Haven

Swim with a view, catch a dinghy race, quaff an island-brewed pint, and more.
Emma Fernald and Sam Flavin
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Island Institute Helps Families Cast a Wider Net

On Little Cranberry Island, and in Maine’s other island and coastal communities, the nonprofit helps families diversify their income — and a secure fishing future.
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Features

How the Negro Islands Became Esther and Emanuel

Paddling to the newly renamed islands at the mouth of the Bagaduce River, one writer tugs on the frayed threads of Maine's Black history.
Food & Drink

Sam Hayward Came to Appledore Island a Bassist. He Left a Chef.

Cooking for hungry students and researchers in the ’70s, he learned to love seafood that other chefs ignored. Then, he kick-started a culinary revolution.
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History

Is Chamberlain’s Famous War Horse Secretly Buried on This Tiny Maine Island?

A persistent local legend surrounds Harpswell's Crow Island, favorite son Joshua Chamberlain, and the horse he rode in on.
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