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The Maine Coastal Island Registry (CIR) catalogs 3,166 of these coastal islands, along with some notable inland freshwater islands, such as Frye Island in Sebago Lake. According to the most recent CIR data, 1,846 islands are registered to private owners, while 204 islands, which contain four or more structures, are exempt from registration.
Casco Bay Lines (also known as the Casco Bay Island Transit District; abbreviated to CBITD) is a publicly run transportation company that services the residents of the islands of Casco Bay, Maine. The seven islands are Peaks Island , Little Diamond Island , Great Diamond Island , Diamond Cove, Long Island , Chebeague Island and Cliff Island .
The 375-mile (604 km) [3] trail is operated by the Maine Island Trail Association (MITA), a non-profit membership organization based in Portland, Maine, with over 6,000 members. Trail properties are owned by private landowners, conservation organizations, and federal, state and municipal agencies, all of whom make their land available to MITA ...
The Maine Island Trail Association (abbreviated MITA) is a grassroots, volunteer-run conservation and preservation group based in Portland, Maine, United States. It was co-founded by David Getchell Sr. in 1988, following a land survey , conducted by the State of Maine, of the state's uninhabited coastal islands.
(Chebeague Island is also served by the Chebeague Island Ferry.) The Peaks Island route runs fifteen times on Mondays and Tuesdays, and sixteen times on Wednesdays through Sundays, with a layover of thirty minutes after reaching the island. The last ferry departs Peaks at either 10:55 PM (Mondays and Tuesdays) or 11:55 PM (Wednesdays to Sundays ...
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, Maine received more than $360 million, or about 10.1 percent of its education funding, from the federal government in the 2021-22 fiscal ...
The Chebeague Island Ferry (also known as the CTC Ferry) [1] is a passenger ferry which runs between Chebeague Island and Cousins Island in Maine, United States. [2] Operated by the Chebeague Transportation Company (CTC), the route was formally established in 1975, [3] although boats have carried passengers between the two islands since the late 1950s.
Nov. 15—"Blackouts" by Justin Torres beat out "This Other Eden," Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Harding's novel inspired by the sad history of Maine's Malaga Island, and three of works of ...