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Shark Attacks in Maine Were Unthinkable — Until Last Summer

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands May 6, 2021October 19, 2022

“Last year’s first-ever fatal shark attack jolted Mainers into acknowledging that great whites regularly swim off the state’s shores — and that there’s plenty about them we don’t know.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The COVID Cruise Ship and the Maine Fishing Town

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 20, 2020October 19, 2022

“Eastport tried for years to lure mega cruise ships. Then, amid a global pandemic, it got one, along with a skeleton crew of coronavirus exiles.”

Posted inNonfiction

Fugitive Justice

by Jennifer Lunden September 6, 2019January 27, 2023

After stumbling upon the scene of the capture of an escaped murderer, clinical social worker Jennifer Lunden grapples with the polarities of innocence and guilt, social neglect and social justice.

Posted inFeatured, Quotes, Science & Nature

What Is the Hot Commodity, Exactly?

by michelleweber June 1, 2018October 19, 2022

You say seaweed, I say fish, let’s call the whole harvest off. Welcome to the most interesting article on legal tensions around seaweed harvesting in Maine you’ll read all week, and maybe ever.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature

Reconnecting with Nature, and with Wi-Fi

by Aaron Gilbreath January 17, 2018October 19, 2022

What does a naturalist do at the end of their career!? Retire in nature, of course.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction

27 Years and 1,000 Break-Ins: North Pond Hermit — Book Edition

by Krista Stevens March 17, 2017October 19, 2022

An excerpt from The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit — Michael Finkel’s book on Christopher Knight, the hermit who survived by committing 1,000 break-ins over nearly three decades.

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Marathon Man

by michelleweber March 2, 2017October 19, 2022

Who wants to run 26.2 miles in Maine in the middle of December? And who really believes that doing so will make a difference for a mill town on the ropes? This guy.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

What Happens to Your Identity When You Don’t Speak to Anyone for 27 Years

by heymarkarms August 21, 2014October 19, 2022

Anyone who reveals what he’s learned, Chris told me, is not by his definition a true hermit. Chris had come around on the idea of himself as a hermit, and eventually embraced it. When I mentioned Thoreau, who spent two years at Walden, Chris dismissed him with a single word: “dilettante.” True hermits, according to […]

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