aving an anchor, a trap, or a drag caught down can be anything from an annoyance to a challenge to a joke to a tragedy. Sometimes a mere twitch on the line from another direction will do it, and the trap comes dripping to the rail loaded with lobsters. We should be so lucky! I
Notes from 04635: It takes local knowledge to mail a letter in the no-cash economy
haven’t gotten off the island in a few weeks which, while you can certainly lose perspective on the world ashore, is not all that bad considering how beautiful it is now that the days are becoming longer and less miserable. And since there’s no real formal economy out on Frenchboro, that means no cash machines.
Institute Launches Volunteer Corps
Maine’s population is aging: between 1990 and 2000, the population of 45-54 and 55-59 year olds increased 54 percent and 26 percent, respectively. The loss of young people on the islands, meanwhile, requires involving greater numbers of older volunteers to ensure that communities remain vibrant and viable. The Island Institute has been receiving increasing requests
Maine’s “Steamer” Stanley earned fame, infamy with the Red Sox
As the Red Sox begin the defense of their second World Championship in the last four years, let’s celebrate the opening of the baseball season with a profile of one of the more illustrious ball players from Maine, Bob Stanley. The reference library at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY lists 71 men
The Cranberry Report: “I don’t know what goes on, on that island, but whatever it is, it’s good.”
In the middle of February, ten members of the Islesford Volunteer Fire Department left their island homes and families to dedicate more than 40 hours to complete intense training activities at the Mississippi State Fire Academy (MSFA) in Jackson. Islesford Fire Chief Courtney Chaplin spent months working out the logistics of the training and travel
A Life Without Boundaries
Shirley Madeline Burgess of Chebeague Island died Saturday March 1, 2008. She was born on Chebeague Island on Aug. 5, 1918, the daughter of Ernest E. and Clara M. Ross. An independent and intelligent woman, Shirley believed in family, God and the power of creativity. In the creative world she lived her life: a world
Little Things
The pace of change along the Maine coast may not be rapid, but it’s steady. The changes may not be sweeping, but — like all the little mainland towns and island communities that are this coast — they add up to something very large. Walk into a supermarket just about anywhere these days and you’ll
Violations Not Mentioned
To the editor: I work on behalf of a herring and mackerel processing plant in New Bedford that is supplied by four midwater trawling vessels [WWF March 2008]”¦ While promoting the “traditional (sustainable?)” herring fishery of old, the author [of your story] fails to mention that several of the leading “traditional” Maine purse seiners are
High Praise
To the editor: I so look forward to the arrival of Working Waterfront and believe in the need to support those who live on, by and from the sea. Thanks for your work & publications. Pamela L. Emery Centerville, MA
A Modest Proposal
Solutions are particularly elusive when it comes to energy, so let’s start there. Oil’s through the roof and showing no signs of coming back down. Electricity demand keeps going up, driving up the price and the demand for more generating facilities. We want to keep driving our petroleum-fueled cars because we don’t have good alternatives.