2026 Chebacco Journal—-Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness on MDI
Contents:
6 Our Island Experiment By Sean Cox
10 Defining the American Political Community, 1776–1801 By Patrick Callaway
22 On Western Mountain By Catherine Schmitt
34 Battling for the Ballot: The Long Fight in Maine By Catherine McDonald
46 Keeping the Lights on for Democracy: The League of Women Voters on Mount Desert Island By Cara Ryan
56 Resisting Erasure: The Penobscot Remonstrance and the Fight for Sovereignty By Donna M. Loring
68 Gloves By Jamie Blaine
80 Municipal Government in Maine By Jill M. Goldthwait
90 Otter Creek's Lost Waterfront By Durlin Lunt
102 Cultivating Civic Engagement: Sowing Civil Servants By Sabrina Calas
114 Cornerstones of Civic Engagement: The Founding of Mount Desert Island's Libraries By Lisa Taplin Murray
132 Messenger, Mirror, Maker: Newspapers as Civic Forums on MDI By Carrie Jones
142 Fragmentation & Juxtaposition By Jennifer Steen Booher
144 Editorial Errata
2026 Chebacco Journal—-Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness on MDI
Contents:
6 Our Island Experiment By Sean Cox
10 Defining the American Political Community, 1776–1801 By Patrick Callaway
22 On Western Mountain By Catherine Schmitt
34 Battling for the Ballot: The Long Fight in Maine By Catherine McDonald
46 Keeping the Lights on for Democracy: The League of Women Voters on Mount Desert Island By Cara Ryan
56 Resisting Erasure: The Penobscot Remonstrance and the Fight for Sovereignty By Donna M. Loring
68 Gloves By Jamie Blaine
80 Municipal Government in Maine By Jill M. Goldthwait
90 Otter Creek's Lost Waterfront By Durlin Lunt
102 Cultivating Civic Engagement: Sowing Civil Servants By Sabrina Calas
114 Cornerstones of Civic Engagement: The Founding of Mount Desert Island's Libraries By Lisa Taplin Murray
132 Messenger, Mirror, Maker: Newspapers as Civic Forums on MDI By Carrie Jones
142 Fragmentation & Juxtaposition By Jennifer Steen Booher
144 Editorial Errata