Editing Castine, Maine (section)

===1980s–2000s===
[[Image:Witherle Memorial Library, Castine, ME IMG 2379.JPG|200px|right|thumb|The Witherle Memorial Library]]
[[Image:Unitarian Universalist Church, Castine, ME IMG 2381.JPG|200px|right|thumb|[[Unitarian Universalist Church]] at 86 Court Street in Castine dates to 1790.]]
[[Image:Castine mainstreet.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Main Street toward the Castine dock on a cloudy day]]
[[Image:Castine as view from the waterfront IMG 2368.JPG|200px|right|thumb|Main Street as viewed from the dock on a sunny summer day]]
[[Image:Four Flags antique shop, Castine, ME IMG 2367.JPG|200px|right|thumb|Four Flags gift shop in Castine]]
A key element in the revival of Castine has been the expansion of the [[Maine Maritime Academy]]. Established in 1941 to train merchant seamen, by the 1980s the academy offered a range of courses in engineering, management, transportation, and nautical and ocean science. Its campus, once the home of the Eastern State Normal School, features a library (available to the public) and extensive athletic facilities.

Castine has a number of historic sites and parks (including the ruins of British earthworks at Fort George), a deep water harbor (with tie-ups for small boats beyond the current of the Penobscot and Bagaduce rivers), a non-exclusive club offering golf, tennis and yachting facilities, restaurants, and four churches ([[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal]], [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]], [[Congregational]] and [[Unitarian Universalist]]). In addition, the town has a public library, an historical society, and the [[Wilson Museum]], an institution featuring exhibits of anthropological, natural and local artifacts. Castine's streets are lined with Federal, Greek Revival, [[Cape Cod (house)|Cape Cod]] and other antique style houses, and shaded by large [[elm]]s which are replaced with [[Dutch elm disease|disease-resistant]] strains when they succumb. The Castine Post Office is in one of the oldest Post Office buildings in continuous operation in the United States. The Federal government began leasing the building (built in 1817) in 1833 and later purchased the building. In 1869 the building was renovated to accommodate the Castine Post Office.<ref>USPS Historian's Office, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, Washington DC</ref><ref name="History of Castine, Maine"/>