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Research station rises on Penobscot Bay island The $1 million facility by the Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership will be the first offshore research facility in Penobscot Bay and only the second in the entire Gulf of Maine. Photo courtesy of Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership Among the more than 200 islands in the ecologically rich Penobscot Bay, Hurricane Island stands out. For over 40 years, starting in 1870, the island was home to a bustling community of European stonecutters and American miners who quarried granite for use in some of America’s most iconic structures. Today, it’s become known as a spot where researchers, educators and students come together to explore the region’s most pressing environmental questions at the Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership, a Rockland-based nonprofit focused on scientific education and applied research.

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