Introduction---And a Note to My Neighbors |
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A Five-Minute History of Matinicus |
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1 | (6) |
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The Year of Living Insularly |
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7 | (3) |
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Getting Here Is None of the Fun |
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10 | (4) |
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14 | (4) |
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18 | (3) |
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21 | (6) |
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Live Lobsters Ain't Red and Other Truths |
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27 | (11) |
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The Third Reason to Come Here |
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38 | (3) |
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41 | (4) |
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For the Next Island Teacher |
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45 | (3) |
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Teacher Wanted for One-Room School |
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48 | (3) |
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Readin', Writin', and Reality for an Island Teacher |
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51 | (3) |
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54 | (3) |
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The Island Kids are Lucky |
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57 | (6) |
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63 | (4) |
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Breakfast Aboard the Robin |
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67 | (2) |
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Making Do and Doing Without the Flying Service |
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69 | (4) |
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73 | (3) |
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You Can't Get There from Here.... |
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76 | (4) |
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Why Don't You Have a Cow? |
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80 | (6) |
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86 | (3) |
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89 | (7) |
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The Customer Is Always Right |
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96 | (4) |
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Anadama Bread and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles |
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100 | (3) |
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103 | (3) |
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The Outlaw Doughnuts of the Resistance |
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106 | (6) |
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Greep Birds and Secret Eagles |
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112 | (3) |
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115 | (3) |
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The Marine Operator Is Holding Traffic |
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118 | (5) |
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123 | (3) |
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Resistors, Doctor Bob, and Lech Walesa |
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126 | (3) |
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We're Not Off the Grid, We Are the Grid |
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129 | (3) |
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Leaving the "Baby" with a Sitter |
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132 | (2) |
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Election Day in the Old Schoolhouse: Arrive Hungry |
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134 | (4) |
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138 | (3) |
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141 | (4) |
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145 | (5) |
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150 | (2) |
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Letters I Wished I'd Written |
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152 | (3) |
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155 | (3) |
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158 | (3) |
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Matinicus Island Has a Post Office (At Last!) |
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161 | (3) |
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Why I Live on Kumquat Street |
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164 | (6) |
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You've Got to Give Me a Valid Zip Code, Lady! |
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170 | (4) |
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174 | (6) |
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Years of Tradition Unhindered by Progress |
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180 | (4) |
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184 | (5) |
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Lobster Chowder Is a Man's Work |
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189 | (4) |
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193 | (3) |
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Us Egghead Bookworm Types Will Do Anything for Cookies |
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196 | (3) |
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What We Need Around Here Is a Municipal Parade |
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199 | (4) |
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203 | (4) |
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We'll Miss You, Dave and Betty |
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207 | (2) |
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209 | (3) |
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The Schooner Bowdoin Makes a Stop |
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212 | (3) |
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What Sort of Year for Monarchs? |
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215 | (3) |
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218 | (4) |
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Head Lice, Propane, and Chamomile Tea |
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222 | (4) |
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226 | (4) |
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Knock on Wood and Water Down the Stew |
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230 | (4) |
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Keep a "Weather Eye" on the Sky |
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234 | (3) |
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The Harkness Rescue, One More Time |
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237 | (10) |
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A Dumpster, Toilets, and the Bloody Electrician |
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247 | (4) |
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The Song of the Island EMT |
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251 | (3) |
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Ferry Day: We're All in this Together |
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254 | (4) |
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I Feel Safe---How About You? |
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258 | (3) |
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261 | (4) |
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Åland Island, Home Sweet Home? |
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265 | (4) |
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269 | (3) |
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Make Way for the Garbage Czar! |
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272 | (8) |
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280 | (3) |
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The Soft-Edged Boilerplate of Tradition |
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283 | (5) |
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It Could Have Been Any of Us |
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288 | (3) |
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No More Pirate Jokes for a While, Please |
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291 | (2) |
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All the News, Whether It's Fit to Print or Not |
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293 | (3) |
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Writers "Discover" Matinicus Again and Again and Again |
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296 | (3) |
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299 | (4) |
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You Might Be from Matinicus If.... |
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303 | (4) |
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Nobody with Any Sense Would Write About an Island |
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