A crisp coat of snow blankets a broad pasture along the Wolfe’s Neck peninsula in Freeport, Maine. This is the view from the second floor window of a 1840s farmhouse converted to house a new, residential semester school, Coastal Studies for Girls. Just over the rise, not visible but only a short walk away, is
Site off Monhegan picked for UMaine offshore wind testing
A site off Monhegan Island has been picked to host an offshore wind test project led by the University of Maine. University officials have said they seek to install one 100-kilowatt turbine and one 10-killowatt turbine at this site, which is located less than two miles south of Monhegan’s Lobster Cove. Click here to see
Maine 101: Everything You Wanted to Ask About Maine and Were Going to Ask Anyway
MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc., 2009 $252 pages, $14.95 A Maine refresher course Do you know what “jeezly” means? If you don’t, you can find out in Nancy Griffin’s Maine 101: Everything You Wanted to Ask About Maine and Were Going to Ask Anyway. This witty, fun book is packed with statistics and facts, but it
Field Notes
This is the second of two new, monthly columns now appearing in the Working Waterfront E-Weekly. Let us know what you think of these new features. “Field notes” is the term that many social scientists use to describe experiences and observations they have made while doing research, and to raise questions about what they are
Opinion: Hard lessons from the Fox Islands Wind Project
North Haven and Vinalhaven Schools were let out for the ribbon cutting ceremony on November 17. Students passed out colorful pinwheels and excitement was in the air. Governor John Baldacci joined the crowd. First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree flew in from Washington, D.C. to join her daughter Hannah Pingree, Speaker of the House, in order
Column
There’s an old “Bert and I” sketch involving a tourist who wants to go to Millinocket. The native tries out a few answers involving roads that “turn to dirt now and then,” and finally gives up: “Milllinocket-come to think of it, you can’t get there from here.” These days, if you want to get there,
Review: Maine 101
Maine 101: Everything You Wanted to Ask About Maine and Were Going to Ask Anyway. By Nancy Griffin MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc., 2009 $252 pages, $14.95 Do you know what “jeezly” means? If you don’t, you can find out in Nancy Griffin’s Maine 101: Everything You Wanted to Ask About Maine and Were Going to
Vinalhaven gathers to welcome Flying Santa
It is a beautiful Saturday morning in early December and the playground at Vinalhaven School is filled with about 100 children playing on the equipment and running on the athletic field and about 50 chatting parents. Every now and then someone stops to listen, holding up a hand to suspend conversation. No, nothing. Wait, what
Objects in Mirror: Talking turkey
In an ongoing effort to introduce more readers to the online edition of Working Waterfront, we will feature two, new monthly columns in the Working Waterfront E-Weekly starting this week. Today we introduce “Objects in Mirror,” Island Institute President Philip Conkling’s personal reflections on life along the Maine coast. Next week marks the start of
Yes wind can
It has been a pleasure reading from afar the tremendous progress of the Fox Islands Wind Project. However, my greatest pleasure has been the renewed appreciation of the “can do” spirit of Mainers living up to the state’s motto “Dirigo,” for other New Englanders to emulate. The sense of community and commitment to get the