Category: The News
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Crafters Reflect on the Closure of Martha Stewart Living Magazine
“I love physical magazines,” Rachel Mae Smith of The Crafted Life says. “There’s something so lovely about flipping through pages, or tearing out inspiration or a recipe.” Many of us can relate, finding joy in the carefully curated scenes and aspirational tips and tricks that magazines compile. Sadly, the days…
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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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Lincoln Paine lends a unique lens to historical society lecture
An exploration of Maine’s maritime history Published in The Weekly Packet | August 19, 2021 It took maritime historian, author, editor and curator Lincoln Paine 50 minutes to run through 200 years of Maine’s history during Castine Historical Society’s 12th Annual Deborah Pulliam Memorial Lecture on July 15 via Zoom.…
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What the Ribbon Skirt Means to Agnes Woodward, Creator of Deb Haaland’s Swearing In Ceremony Ensemble
“The moment was historic by so many standards. The first female Vice President, and the first of African and South Asian descent, swearing in the first Indigenous American Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, only the third woman to hold the office. Yet, all anyone could talk about was Secretary Haaland’s skirt…
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Crab Command and Control
A California team uses science to predict the risk of whale entanglements and shut down the Dungeness crab industry when necessary in “near real time.” As the warm water Blob transformed the ecosystem in the northeast Pacific, the number of whales tangled in fishing lines along the US west coast soared from…
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Full Stream Ahead
With Roku and Netflix as next-door neighbors, Los Gatos becomes a new entertainment capital. Published by Los Gatos Magazine | January 2016 by L. Clark Tate Hollywood and Silicon Valley have an ongoing flirtation, as evidenced by The Social Network, two Steve Jobs feature films in as many years, HBO’s Silicon Valley,…
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Christmas Tree Farms: Into the Woods
Your guide to local Christmas tree farms Published by Los Gatos Magazine | 2015 By L. Clark Tate Few things conjure the holidays like wandering wooded hillsides to find the tree tailor-made by nature (and artful pruning) just for you. Chilled mountain air, warm cups of cocoa, an intrepid overland…
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Profitable Preserves, Foraging Maps, and More
Women’s Movement | May 8, 2013 By L. Clark Tate Our favorite eco picks from the web this week. Preservation for Profit New research shows that marine conservation areas provide more than wildlife habitat, beauty, and excellent snorkeling opportunities, reports National Geographic. The scientific paper, called “A General Business Model for…