Castine Patriot - March 13 ,2025

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Craig Johnson, interim president at Maine Maritime Academy, sits down for an in-depth interview with the Patriot on the institution's future opportunities, rising enrollment, and the delivery of the new training ship. A popular waterfront takeout restaurant gears up for the summer season with plans to extend some hours. A local charitable fund announces $63,000 in local grants. Students at George Stevens Academy showcase their projects at the Fishermen's Forum. And a family explains how their hard-earned skills in the blue economy help them run diverse and complementary businesses.

Championing MMA: A sit-down with Craig Johnson

Interim president focuses on boosting enrollment, keeping graduates competitive

7 mins

Opportunity Fund gives $63K to local organizations

The Opportunity Fund, a charitable organization run by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Castine, has announced its support of five area organizations thus far in 2025.

1 min

Popular Castine takeout to open for third season

CASTINE—Safe Harbor, Julia Cooper’s popular take-out restaurant on Castine’s town dock, will be opening for its third season again this spring.

1 min

Sleep and dreams

I recently attended a workshop and devoured a new book by Dr. Rubin Naiman, Healing Night: The Science and Spirit of Sleeping, Dreaming, and Awakening, He is recognized as a world leader in integrative sleep and dream medicine and passionately helps people with sleep issues. His way of combining scientific, psychological and spiritual approaches are healing thousands of people. I wish I could give one of his books to everyone who struggles with sleep!

2 mins

The importance of dynamic core strength for competitive cheerleaders

On our island, two things define us these days—lobsters and competitive cheering.

2 mins

A feast of vultures

This column is about vultures, so if you are eating breakfast or the thought of these dedicated carrion feeders makes you squeamish, pass this column by.

3 mins

Trans-Atlantic flights

Time was, going to bed early, I'd lie awake counting the number of times I have flown across the Atlantic Ocean—more flights than some people; fewer than others; always an adventure.

3 mins

The friendly finch that is worth its weight in gold

It’s one of the earliest signs of spring. Sometime in February or March, that dull grayish green finch coming to your feeder will come into full bloom, brandishing the brilliant yellow and black raiment of a male American Goldfinch in breeding plumage, a designer bird.

3 mins

'Best pork tendy ever'

I know I have offered a recipe for pork tenderloin here before—one that I still use and love that involves a spicy dry rub—but I tried something different this past week, and my husband declared it the “best pork tendy ever.”

2 mins

Castine novelist pens tale of racial tensions in fictional Maine town

\"When she thought of jumping the gun, she thought of the gun that killed their son. He removed his arm that had stayed around her until then. She was a little breathless as well. He chose not to look at her, but rather to look down at his hands, when he said, the 'Land of Cockaigne.\"

3 mins

Mariners lacrosse teams combine to go 4-0 in huge week

The Maine Maritime Academy women’s lacrosse team logged a perfect week with a pair of impressive non-conference wins.

2 mins

Local students shine at Fishermen's Forum

Students from Deer Isle-Stonington High School and George Stevens Academy took center stage on Friday, February 28, at the 50th annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum in Rockport to display and explain research projects they had completed as part of the Eastern Maine Skippers Program.

1 min

School official warns of phishing scam

School Union 93 is warning of a “phishing incident” involving their emails that occurred on Thursday, March 6.

1 min

Fisheries scientist with local ties nominated to lead DMR

Carl Wilson is state's longtime lead lobster biologist

2 mins

Students to showcase independent study projects

On Wednesday, March 19, from 5 to 7 p.m., George Stevens Academy will host its annual Independent Study and Internship Program (ISIP) Student Exhibition.

1 min

Hard-earned skills are key to this family's blue economy success

Dan Hitchcock's first foray into the Blue Economy wasn't intended to be permanent. Instead, Hitchcock's summertime job, working on the Isle au Haut mailboat, was a way for the self-described ski bum, who grew up in western Maine, to earn enough money to get back to Colorado where he planned to live.

3 mins

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Castine Patriot Newspaper Description:

The Castine Patriot, founded in 1980, is a comprehensive source of information about the communities of Castine and Penobscot, Maine. With a history dating back to the early 1600s, the town of Castine is home to the renowned Maine Maritime Academy, a vibrant deep-water harbor while both towns support historical and cultural organizations that promote their long and varied history. The Castine Patriot shares the stories and the important news that shapes Castine and Penobscot, with a particular focus on the people and institutions that make the community a special place to be.