Coastal exploration connects students to nature

First-generation Maine students from Angola, Tanzania, Sudan, El Salvador, and Guatemala explored coastal ecosystems this summer during a weeklong adventure in York County. Twelve teenage girls from Portland High School participated in the weeklong program in June with the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve. Wells Reserve at Laudholm hosted the session for 12 girls from […]

$290K awarded to historic preservation projects

The preservation of 22 historic buildings across the state was recently boosted by more than $290,000 from the Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF). The Belvedere Historic Preservation and Energy Efficiency grant program awarded 22 projects a total of $290,438. A donor with an advised fund at MaineCF awarded an additional $2,500 grant. Projects include repair to […]

Sale of artwork to benefit MaineCF scholarship

Maine Coastal Islands Art Gallery in Rockland will feature the art of John Bisignano beginning with an opening 4:30-6:30 p.m., Friday, September 16. Before his death in 2021, Bisignano set up the John Bisignano and Bettina Swirkal Memorial Scholarship Fund at MaineCF to benefit Maine College of Art Students. Sales of his art will go […]

Islesford Boatworks launches three new boats

Three Islesford Boatworks (IB) boats launched last month off the shores of Little Cranberry Island were a labor of love for more than 80 people, young and old, who had a hand in crafting them. Islesford Boatworks is a boatbuilding organization on Little Cranberry Island, also known as Islesford. It has a summer program for […]

New scholarship honors Julie Dimperio Holowach

Encouraging, hardworking, disciplined, stylish, athletic, inclusive, kind, generous; these are just some of the words friends used to describe Julie Dimperio Holowach. The Harpswell resident, 63, died in July 2020 after a rare shark attack while she swam off her beloved Bailey Island. Keeping her inspiring spirit alive is why two friends, Sandy Thulis and […]