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Passengers waiting in line at a lit quay before dawn

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Reporting from the places a story is actually happening, and staying long enough to photograph it.

Photo Essay

The long crossing

Twice a week a passenger ferry leaves Marrow Quay after midnight, carrying workers north to Brackwell for contracts that last a season or a year.

  1. Dispatch

    Border town arithmetic

    Ostrell has run on the Kelder crossing for sixty years. A new inspection rule meant to speed traffic has instead cut the town's daily truck count by a third.

  2. What the camps run on

    Sennett Camp has held displaced families for nine years. Its water, fuel and power arrive by truck, spreadsheet and a generator schedule nobody loves.

Arun Pelletier / Halftone

7 stories · June – September · Page 1 of 2

  1. Field Note

    The ferry that still runs

    A subsidy review nearly cut the twice-daily boat to Arden Isle. After six months of public comment, the route survives with a smaller boat and a longer wait.

    By Linnea Holm · 1 min

  2. Counting the return

    The National Returns Registry says six thousand people have gone home from Sennett Camp this year. Camp staff and an independent audit put the real number much lower.

    By Dessie Okonkwo · 2 min

  3. A road and a checkpoint

    The only paved road between Corvale and the coast passes through the Dray Ford checkpoint, where drivers now lose an average of three hours to a single inspection bay.

    By Arun Pelletier · 3 min