No one gets to Matinicus by accident. This remote island in the outer reaches of Penobscot Bay lies 20 miles off the coast. And the state ferry runs only about once a week. But that didn't deter a ...

Life is hard enough for a bright and independent 13 year old girl in 1853, but when Abbie’s father moves the family to Matinicus Rock to tend the lighthouse, it becomes much worse. With a desperately ...

The Maine Department of Transportation and Maine State Ferry Service commissioned the Charles Norman Shay ferry in Rockland on September 12. The 104-foot passenger/vehicle ferry, which will primarily ...