The strange and sad saga of a three-masted galleon came to an abrupt end on Dec. 8, 2010, when the RawFaith sank in 6,000 feet of water, 100 miles southeast of Nantucket. The owner-builder, George McKay, 53, was rescued by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter, along with one crew member, before the vessel foundered. The
May E.B. Forgive Us
I knew that the white-footed deer mouse is one of three common small rodents of the Maine islands, along with its close cousins, the meadow vole and the red backed vole, both of which look rather mouse like, but have quite different ecological “niches.” This is a fancy way of saying they divide up resources-
Home
Lindsay and Jason were married in the summer of 2007. They began looking at house plans the following winter. Influenced by the framing chisels Jason received as a wedding present, and with the purchase of a sawmill, the young couple worked on their dream of building a house from island wood. They cut trees in
P.E.I. fishermen catch 2010 Atlantic bluefin tuna quota in two days
On one hand a group of Canadian scientists, with an eye to after-effects of the BP oil spill, are reviewing the possibility of such a listing. Data released in November show at least 20 percent of this year’s juvenile bluefin tuna likely died in the spill. In the meantime, Prince Edward Island fishermen caught the
Penobscot Island Air ramps up for the holidays
“In the summer there is the busy season, then a lull, a build up to Thanksgiving, then after that it’s ‘OH MY GOD’!” says pilot Tim Hodgkins, who has been flying for 45 years, since he was 16. Jim Nichols, pilot and dispatcher, adds, “August and December are pretty similar in terms of freight and
The revitalization of downtown Long Island
Up until recently, “downtown” Long Island (or “down front” as some know it) was dead in the winter. The Spar restaurant was boarded up, with weeds coming through the cracks of the sidewalk, the Long Island Store was closed, except for offering gas at the gas pump a few hours a week, and there were
New regulations for small tanker vessels
By 2015, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, even existing small tankers must have double hulls. The requirement affects Maine firms such as Portland Harbor Fuel, serving Casco Bay, and Maine Coast Petroleum of Tenants Harbor, which operates two tankers, 40 and 60 feet respectively, between Rockland and all the island communities between Monhegan and
How the Crimes Happened
Dawn Potter’s newest collection of poems, How the Crimes Happened, is filled with brilliant contrasts. Elegant form and literary influence clash and reform up against (post)modern American English. The pope, adorned in Christmas regalia, “looks terrible. / . . . and sags to one side like a cat.” His image flickers from the television at
The Monhegan Island Farm Project
When Kathie and I received the flyer for the Island Institute’s Sustainable Island Living Conference in the late summer of 2009, we were excited to see the conference’s focus on agriculture. For months, Kathie and I, butts in the air, hands in the dirt, shouted back and forth from flower bed to flower bed, our
Shop by Number
In September, Whole Foods launched a color-coded grading system to help customers know whether seafood purchased at the chain’s supermarkets come from sustainable fisheries. Under the grading system, fish species sold at the store with a green rating are considered sustainably caught. A yellow-grade means there are some concerns about the viability of the stock.