Dr. Moira Brown has spent the last 27 years following whales-our mammalian kin that long ago returned to the sea-as they travel throughout the North Atlantic Ocean. But the whale’s carefully evolved adaptation to ocean life makes them difficult for humans to comprehend. What we do know is that many of the less than 475
O’Hara expands bait business
Necessary renovations inside the building have been completed and the freezer is full in anticipation of the coming lobster season. Come spring, weather permitting, the O’Haras will do some paving and landscaping and pour concrete landing pads for trucks outside. O’Hara Corporation purchases frozen bait from all over the world, including frozen red fish racks,
From starfish to chocolates
“Wonderful,” is how David Quinby describes BDC’s home ownership and business development. House #1’s first tenants, David and Marcia Quinby, established the adjacent structure to make a work space to secure a livelihood in 1993. Recalls David, “It was the first thing we did. Otherwise we’d have no place to work. We saw our savings
Familiar Traffic
Vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians share a vocabulary for traffic direction, based on proximity to the shoreline. It doesn’t matter where you are going on the island. If you are moving away from the water you are coming “up the road.” If you are going toward the water you are going “down the road.” On an
Live Lobster LLC closes on Stinson plant
The company plans to hire 40 people and process several millions pounds of lobster meat annually. But the scale of these plans is in doubt unless Live Lobster can qualify for a federal grant and loan program. On the day he was interviewed by telephone for this story, Live Lobster owner Antonio Bussone said engineers
Vinalhaven senior spends spring break in Ghana
Martin spent February 19 through March 5 volunteering at an orphanage in Ghana. On her fifth day at Bethel Daycare orphanage in Akropong-Akuapem, Martin noticed a girl whose shoe was broken. “Her shoes kept falling off,” said Martin, “so after school I went and bought her a new pair of shoes.” The shoes cost Martin
Conveyor system opens port to new shipments
Eastport will compliment GNT’s other ports in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie, New Brunswick. Stephean C. Chute, point person in Maine for GNT, worked closely with Port Director Chris Gardner as plans were drawn up for this project and funds were secured. “We (GNT) see this as our three-port solution to better serve our
Timber, Coal, Oil and Wind
But a generation of innovation, and road building throughout New England opened up a new energy source for the expanding urban population. Remote hillsides throughout western Massachusetts, southern Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine were stripped of timber, which was then buried in shallow pits and set afire. The charcoal produced from New England’s woodlands produced
Chebeague family flees Libya
Rob and Sarah Prescott were working at an international school and living with their two children in Tripoli when many Libyans rose up against longtime dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. When the unrest turned violent, the family had to flee the country on a journey that took them through four countries on six different modes of
Island Institute(s)?
This is the first of a series of columns that will discuss an inflection point in our organization’s history: what is the proper scale of the/an Island Institute? I begin this discussion in Portland, Oregon at an organization called Ecotrust. I draw on Ecotrust’s experience as a way to introduce some of the ways that