Matinicus has a reason for feeling that it’s on its own. Slightly smaller than New York’s Central Park, the island is the farthest offshore of Maine’s 15 year-round island communities. It’s so ...

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 ...

MATINICUS ISLAND, Maine -- A year after an island feud among lobstermen erupted in gunfire, one of the two lobstermen on the receiving end of island justice is speaking out against a mainland jury’s ...

MATINICUS ISLAND, Maine -- Life here is defined by the ocean. It's the ocean that feeds the livelihoods of the lobstermen. It's the ocean that dictates the weather. And it's 20 miles of ocean that ...

MATINICUS ISLAND, Maine -- Life here is defined by the ocean. It's the ocean that feeds the livelihoods of the lobstermen. It's the ocean that dictates the weather. And it's 20 miles of ocean that ...

MATINICUS, Maine — The snow had begun falling overnight, and fell throughout the day, draping the towering pines and the lobster traps, stacked up on land for the winter, in blankets of white. Still, ...

A girl. A rock. A storm. A light in the dark. Life is hard enough for a bright and independent 13 year old girl in1853, but when Abbie’s father moves the family to Matinicus Rock to tend the ...

With “Matinicus: The Story of Abigail Burgess” Chance Theater takes us on a journey 2,800 miles northeast and 160 years past to a desolate rock in the ocean for a captivating world premiere play. The ...

MATINICUS ISLAND, Maine (AP) — There’s an “Island of Misfit Toys” in the popular holiday classic. Now there's an island for unwanted and banned books, too. The tiny library on Matinicus Island 22 ...

MATINICUS ISLAND, Maine — As more schools and libraries in the U.S. move toward banning books from their shelves, one library on an island is taking in those prohibited books. The library is located ...