For the Twombly-Hussey family of Matinicus, the opening of the art show “Building Bridges” at Julia’s Gallery at the Farnsworth Art Museum, was a major event. Lydia Twombly-Hussey had over six of her watercolors featured in the show, along with artwork from eight other island students. The show, which opened in December 2007, was part
Parallel 44: Terminal Decisions
On a balmy evening last month, the big cruise lines showed up at Portland’s new Ocean Gateway terminal. Not their ships — the $21 million terminal lacks a deepwater berth that can accommodate them — but rather their vice presidents and chief executive officers. Under the soaring roof, they rubbed shoulders with local officials from
North Haven’s Doreen Cabot to exhibit recent works
“Island Merriment,” works by Doreen Brown Cabot of North Haven, will open at Waterman’s Community Center (WCC), 12 Main Street, North Haven, on July 19 from 5-7 p.m. The exhibit will run from July 19 to Aug. 4 during business hours.
Friendship man is still lobstering at 84
Six years ago Carl Simmons lost his wife, Glenys, after 54 years of marriage. Five years ago, his shop burned down, taking his owner-built lobster boat and all his tools with it. That might be enough to stop any man in his tracks, or at least kick him into retirement. Not Simmons. He’s still fishing
Still More on Pilots
To the editor: Please add sour grapes to those crackers, from a reader who grew up in northern Maine and lived in Bangor, without ever hearing of Crown Pilot crackers till the April issue of WWF arrived. The two letters in the May issue and one in June moved me to write this one. The
It’s Your Paper Now
Time to go. Been at this job for 16 years, more or less, since we started The Working Waterfront in the early 1990s. All that time I’ve been the editor, but now we’ve got a new one so I get to say goodbye by writing him a letter. We started small – the first issue
The Long View: Islands are the Canaries in the Oil Patch
While the rest of the United States is feeling the pain of rapidly increased fuel prices, rural Maine is in far more desperate shape and island Maine is in the most vulnerable predicament of all American communities outside perhaps of Alaska. On Maine islands, fuel prices have already exceeded $5 a gallon for heating and
Lyme disease continues its spread in Maine
Islanders Are Hearty Folk (Not)
Seascapes: Getting to Know the Sea Around Us and Muscongus Bay Atlas 2008
Two new publications, appearing first online, detail every aspect of the coastal, marine areas of Muscongus Bay. Besides the specific information about one bay area, the two guides offer an outline for people in other estuaries, communities and organizations to do the same. Both guides were produced under the auspices of the Quebec-Labrador Foundation/Atlantic Center