Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay found solace on Ragged Island
Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay was one of the most notable women of the early 20th century. She also was one of the most troubled.
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‘A sense of discovery’: Bailey Island photographer reflects on globe-trotting career
Photographer Robert Freson has, over the course of his lifetime and the better part of the 20th century, shown that a picture is worth far more than a thousand words.
On Orr’s Island, former ambassador wants to change minds about Haiti
As chaos swirls in Haiti after the assassination of its president in July and a deadly earthquake in August, former U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Pamela A. White — a Maine native who lives on Orr's Island — says America should shift its approach to a country long plagued by poverty and violence.
Harpswell boys reflect on World Series run
A pair of 12-year-old baseball players from the Harpswell islands recently returned from Florida, where they experienced the…
Harpswell’s Merriconeag Yachting Association celebrates 100 years
The course of sailboat racing on Merriconeag Sound was charted more than a century ago through the prescient…
Fishermen and restaurants adjust to shortage of workers
Last year, businesses were forced to pivot, over and over again, in the midst of a pandemic. Now, as the dust is beginning to settle, businesses are adapting for the ups and downs of the long term, with a labor shortage at the forefront.
Bailey Island lobsterman medaled in hammer throw at 1928 Olympics
From July 23 to Aug. 8, athletes from around the world will compete for national and personal glory…
A year later, Bailey Island remembers Julie Dimperio Holowach
Her name appears in countless reports about the only fatal shark attack in Maine history — first in the media frenzy last summer and now as the state takes measures to avoid another tragedy. But who was Julie Dimperio Holowach to Bailey Island and the family and friends who mourn her?
