photos by Jim Dugan The Maine Island Trail Association has a somewhat mixed mission: stewardship of Maine islands but also access. The stewardship part includes organized cleanups and a network of volunteer island “Monitor Skippers” who check the islands regularly. Photographer Jim Dugan went along on a cleanup of Muscongus Bay last week. Five boatloads […]

painting and text by Jessica Ives Today I’m launching the new format my Tuesday 207 Painting sales will take with…a launching! In late November nine apprentice boat builders from The Carpenter’s Boat Shop hauled two newly built Monhegan Skiffs to the town landing in Round Pond. Each cedar vessel contained within its fair curves months of work and […]