Coalition Chair Denny Morrow, who serves as executive director of the Nova Scotia Fish Packers, said that the push for a permanent ban has been in large part due to “environmental disasters around the world,” citing the blowout in the Timor Sea off the Australian coast, as well as the two incidents in the Gulf
A man for all islands
At 77, the Rev. Ted Hoskins isn’t sitting around. “I may get slowed down, but I don’t intend to slow down,” he said from his Blue Hill home. To most island residents and to many others along the coast, from fishermen to summer folk, Hoskins is a trusted friend and advisor. For many years he
Islesboro Central School renovation wins praise
“I don’t miss anything about the old school,” asserted eighth-grader Krystal Randlett though some teachers, staff, and students did voice nostalgia for the intimate features of the old summer cottage mansion converted in 1954 to a school building. Physical Education teacher and Athletic Director Andrew Leach, who attended Islesboro Central School (ICS) from first grade
Cranberry Report: Transitions
The pace in August was full speed ahead as we experienced one of the most beautiful summers we have seen in a long time. It was easy to forget that Labor Day was just around the corner when people spent afternoons on the Islesford Sand Beach. A heat wave accompanied the first days of September,
New rules for booming quahog industry
Word got around quickly, and clammers came from near and far. Because the lake is sub-tidal, it falls under state rather than town jurisdiction. Anyone with a commercial license could take advantage of the rich resource. On some days, there could be as many as 60 or 70 boats on the lake, with people using
The sublime and the ridiculous
Indeed. As I write, it is mid-September, that most glorious time of year in New England. The sky is blue, the apples are red, and the school kids wear new shoes. We have had the most delightful summer in anybody’s memory. The airplane flew nearly every day, the EMTs mostly got to stay home and
A new home for Kids’ Place on Chebeague
In early July, Kids’ Place made the move from the Chebeague Recreation Center, where the daycare facility has operated for the past two years, to its very own building next door. The interior of the leased portable classroom was customized to accommodate the specific needs of Kids’ Place. A spacious playroom doubles as a kitchen
North Haven students get a team-building experience
North Haven Community School’s high school students clamber out of their tents in the cool morning air of Chewonki Campground. Their morning procedure is almost like that of a normal school day-eating breakfast and preparing for class-but today’s preparations are for a most unorthodox classroom setting. Today they will be attending the campus at Shelter
Pingree receives award for affordable housing efforts
At Tuesday’s reception, the Maine Affordable Housing Coalition presented Speaker Hannah Pingree with the Elizabeth Mitchell Award, given annually by the Coalition to an individual who has provided distinguished service in the effort to provide affordable housing to all Maine people. Senate President Mitchell, for whom the award is named, and who previously served as
Objects in the Mirror: The tail of Earl
As Earl, the fifth named tropical depression of the 2010 hurricane season, organized himself off the coast of Africa at the end of August, and began spinning his way across the Atlantic, he grazed the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean before threatening the Outer Banks of North Carolina and the rest of the Atlantic coastline