Below is a list of the high-speed Internet possibilities on each island, but the list won’t tell the whole story. Each island with a school and/or a public library has high-speed Internet in these buildings, even if the rest of the island is crawling with dial-up. Some islands are close enough to large mainland towns
Can coastal granges survive?
Pete Pedersen believes he has no choice but to answer the call for help with the ongoing grounds renovation at the Vinalhaven Grange. A summertime Grange member, Pedersen knows if he refuses to help, fellow member Lois Webster will do it. And if Webster, who is in her late eighties and a survivor of cancer,
Toronto entrepreneur builds new PEI oyster plant
The Prince Edward Island Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Rural Development has implemented a new program to strengthen the Island’s oyster industry in this small province on the East Coast of Canada. This newly announced program, The Quality Oyster Aquaculture Program, would provide financial incentives to produce quality oyster leases offering aquaculture operations 50 percent
A Veterinarian’s Viewpoint
Why are more lobsters dying in tidal pounds? Why is mortality increasing? Harrington fisherman, poundkeeper and Maine Lobster Pound Association (MLPA) President Bruce Portrie reported shrinkage rates in his pound and others “increased over the last three pounding seasons.” (The industry prefers the euphemism “shrinkage” to “death” or “mortality.”) In other words, each year for
Lobster fishermen adapt to high fuel, bait prices
“Lobstering is going to be a part-time fishery here,” predicted Deer Isle lobsterman Perley Frazier of a now year-round fishery that started as a seasonal one. “Four or five years ago, someone said the only thing that will put the lobster industry out of business is expenses.” He called the lobster back then healthy, beautiful.
Pilot Crackers – Really Gone This Time?
The Crown Pilot Cracker is off grocery shelves once again. Nabisco, the national cracker and cookie manufacturing company now owned by Kraft Foods, has ceased making the crackers, much loved by Mainers, particularly coastal dwellers who prefer it for chowder. Working Waterfront sounded the alarm in April, with only vague hints that the cracker might
…this just in, from our Chebeague correspondent:
I have had multiple calls and emails since the Times article and a Portland PR firm has volunteered to help pro bono! A food scientist at Penn State is interested in determining the recipe for small bakeries and home bakers. New England Cable News and Port City Magazine have called as well! Kraft needs to
Cranberry Report
On June 11, the Islesford community met at the Neighborhood House for a pot luck dinner and a celebration of Ben Stevens’ graduation from the Islesford School. Ben’s mom, Sally Rowan, had gathered slides of Ben to show after the supper. Ben’s dad, Skip Stevens, gathered his wife and musical friends, Bill McGuinness, Hugh Smallwood,
Fencing at the Fox Island Arts Festival
North Haven’s normal fifth through twelfth grade school population of 39 students tripled when their counterparts from Vinalhaven joined them for the Fox Islands Arts Festival May 29. Fencing on the ball field, choral music at the church, transformations (3-D art from trash) at the Legion Hall and granite-cutting behind Waterman’s Community Center were four