We like to think of Star Island as a fairly pristine environment, but it’s been inhabited for more than 200 years. Gosport Harbor provides a safe haven for hundreds of yachts each year, and let’s face it, people can be messy. Then there’s what the tides leave behind when they go out. So, inspired and…

Evening Chapel on Star Island — June 22, 2026 By Alicia Heybun I’ll begin with a poem by Rachel Field that I first read from a yellowed sheet of paper tacked up beside the door of a thick walled building on the Cranberry isles – east of here. I was standing in that space in…

To join the adventure, use your mobile phone camera to ‘shoot’ the QR codes, starting with the QR code posted on the NHW blackboard in the lobby of the Oceanic, and jot down the LETTER that appears on the screen with the next clue. Find and follow all the clues to explore Star, learn about…

This is the story of how an adopted child found not only his real family, but an extra family and a special place that will always live in his heart. That child was me. I knew I was adopted early in life and when I was just 18 my adoptive father passed suddenly. As time…

Natural History Week 2023 By Pam McDonald The contrast of the seascape of white-gray granite rock and deep-blue water and sky with the dark paneled conference room is stark. The air in here is musty—the space recently opened after being closed and dark through the long, empty winter. Conflicted, I want to hear the lecture—and…

~ by John Chagnon The Island That Kept Calling Me Back The first time Star Island entered my life, it wasn’t through a glossy brochure or a travel blog—it was a simple bulletin board notice at a Unitarian Universalist church in Nashua, New Hampshire. My sister‑in‑law Louise saw a flyer for the Star Arts Conference,…