MATINICUS ISLAND, MaineMATINICUS ISLAND, Maine — 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 ...

The tiny facility on the island 22 miles off the Maine coast is on a mission to fill its shelves with books that have fallen out of favor elsewhere. MATINICUS ISLAND — There’s an “Island of Misfit ...

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 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 ...