How one determined writer put a Maine island on the map - not only for its seafood, but also for the people who catch it.

Matinicus is the most remote of all the Maine islands, about 20 miles off shore; the ferry stops here only once a month, even in summer.

Biologists from other countries joined the society to help coax the birds back to Maine islands and to control the population of the birds' predators.

An investigation into the death of a stranger on a Maine island.

The Maine islands are hardly the only places in the country where vehicles are exempt from safety inspections.

But residents of other Maine islands have successfully seceded.

Steiner then settled in Vermont, where he spent summers on a Maine island.

The new minister's son and his best friend, Lizzie Bright, try to save her Maine island from development.

Most Maine islands, however, are not inhabited by commuters.

Few Maine islands are accessible by ferry, fewer still have accommodations for off-islanders to spend the night, much less get a meal.