The Island Fellows Program began its 11th year in September, with four new Island Fellows joining five returning Fellows. One additional Island Fellow will be placed on Swan’s Island in early October, for a total of 10 Island Fellows. Since 1999, the Island Institute has placed more than 70 bright, talented college and masters-degree graduates
Childhood lessons in self-sufficiency help Jackson teach Vinalhaven youth
It would be safe to say that Tristan Jackson, 26, developed an early understanding of self-sufficiency. At age seven, he was living with his family year-round on Green’s Island, a 400-acre island off Vinalhaven, in a building originally designed as an unheated boathouse with no running water or electricity. Living in a place like Green’s
Rockland to welcome 2,500-passenger cruise ship
When Royal Caribbean Cruises’ Jewel of the Seas comes to Rockland it will be the first stop in a seven-day roundtrip cruise from Boston and a big step forward in boosting Midcoast tourism. The cruise, departing Boston October 3, has a planned itinerary of stops in Bar Harbor, Saint John, New Brunswick, Halifax, Nova Scotia. This just
Cranberry Report: Never stop learning
On Little Cranberry Island, service at the Islesford Dock Restaurant ends just before Labor Day, due to the fact that most of the employees need to head back to high school and college. For some of us who are left behind, September instills a yearning to start something new or go back to school ourselves,
Tenants Harbor lobstermen take part in trap density study
At first, Tenants Harbor fishermen resisted the idea of removing lobster traps from two fertile fishing grounds. But multiple meetings and a better understanding of the purpose of a trap density experiment led to what may be a revealing study, sponsors say. And even if the study isn’t helpful, the process of getting fishermen together
Two Peaks Island artists featured in new Archipelago show
Archipelago Fine Arts, the Island Institute’s art gallery at 386 Main Street in Rockland, is exhibiting two Peaks Island artists: woodcut printmaker Jane Banquer and photographer Victor Romanyshyn. The new show, “Ink & Light,” runs through Jan. 24. After studying woodcut and relief printing with Leonard Baskin at Smith College, Jane Banquer spent decades working
New event unveiled to celebrate lobstering
The Maine Lobster Promotion Council, working with area lobstermen, is unveiling a new event to help support the lobster industry. The event is called Maine Lobster Harvest Days and will be held throughout October and November. The fall was picked for the harvest days because most Maine lobster is actually harvested in the fall, according
Launching a Sailing Life at 60
I’ve wanted to learn to sail for a number of years and planned to go to sailing school someday. Since I’m about to turn 60, I thought I’d give myself an early birthday present and go to WoodenBoat School in Brooklin, Maine, for their course in Elements of Seamanship. I had done some sailing with
From the Deck: New mate
After a few elementary instructions, the new mate learns by experience. For instance, never tie up the peapod painter with a slippery hitch. Having her go adrift once is sufficient experience. We were beating out of the harbor with a full load of six passengers in our Friendship sloop. The mate was on the foredeck
The Long View: Cheer up, things could be worse
You know the old observation that dog owners begin to look like their dogs as they age? The same might be said of Maine lobstermen, who are backed into a really tight spot and are waving threatening pincher and crusher claws at anyone who gets too close. The summer news in Maine’s iconic lobster harbors