Author: Clark Tate
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The Paper Shortage Impacts Craft Publishers
“From empty bookshelves to rising price tags to possible 2022 election material woes, a paper shortage is walloping the literate world. It’s hard to get a handle on the exact cause or scale of the shortage, but blame ranges from shipping delays to worker illnesses to other pandemic-related stresses. It doesn’t help that…
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Rain Gauge Review
To test these rain gauges, I tracked their results through multiple storms, gauged their accuracy using a literature review, and paid attention to how easy each is to use and how likely it is to last. Check out the full review at GearLab.com. Published by GearLab | Updated biannually
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Digital Pen Review
In this review, I pit stylus pens against digital smart pens, which integrate tiny cameras that record what you write on actual paper. As a writer and journalist, I find it refreshing to retreat from screens while maintaining the ability to digitize my thoughts, so these pens get a fair…
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The Island celebrates the Fourth with festivities and flamingos
There is a sea breeze on Main Street. The sun is hot and the sky clear. A band plays while a parade dances down shady streets lined with what seems like everyone in town. The Fourth of July parade in Deer Isle celebrated another summer in America on Monday. Island…
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‘Wind is coming’: Offshore wind energy nearly a reality
The impending arrival of offshore wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine is top of mind among those working in U.S. and Canadian fisheries. It was also the subject of a recent Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries (MCCF) Lunch and Learn discussion where Wilson was speaking as a panelist. The public event,…
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Grassroots group seeks collaborative solutions for climate adaptations
If you’ve noticed milder winters, warmer waters, and a spike in sweltering summer days, you’re not alone. “Many, many people, hundreds of people, told us that they’ve noticed over their lifetimes that Maine is warming up,” said Dr. Cassaundra Rose of the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future.…
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Kathryn Greenwood Swanson Wants to Raid Your Craft Closet
Running a fabric thrift store isn’t the most intuitive way to launch a revolution. But Kathryn Greenwood Swanson, owner and operator of Swanson Fabrics in TurnerFalls, Massachusetts, makes it feel like one. Instead of linking the US dollar to gold, a practice that Nixon ended just over 50 years ago,…
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Team researches socio-economic factors affecting the health of the lobster industry
“The lobster fishery here in Maine is one of the most extensively monitored in the world,” according to Theresa Burnham, a postdoctoral research associate with the University of Maine. One of the few aspects of the catch that isn’t constantly surveyed is the community of people that brings them to…
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Flores receives Presidential Award for excellence in teaching
“Michele “Mickie” Flores, a K-6 science teacher at Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary School, is a self-described geek. That’s why she teaches. “When I was nearing the end of my college years, I thought, ‘Who is it that gets to learn new things all the time?’” said Flores. “And I identified teaching…
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Brooklin teacher Bebell receives honorable mention
“Amy Bebell, a middle school science and social studies teacher at The Brooklin School, has a goal in the classroom. “I want my students to leave my class appreciating the world around them, and all living things in it, and understanding their impact.” In January, Animalearn, a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit, recognized…
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