It is 6 a.m., pitch black outside, and I am walking my dog up the frozen road in anticipation of his day in the house alone. Every weekday morning, I trudge off on the first boat, which leaves the slip at 6:45. (I was told by a groggy deckhand that we have the earliest departure
“Girl Power Across the Islands Day” planned for Dec. 20
During the past school year more than 40 middle school island girls in Maine embarked on a new kind of adventure: Zoey’s Room, an online community designed specifically for girls between the ages of 9 and 14. Zoey’s Room (www.zoeysroom.com) is an online community with the goal of encouraging girls’ creativity through science, technology, engineering
Islesboro may not get ferry ramp repairs in October 2008
It is not at all a sure thing that Islesboro’s aging ferry ramps will be replaced next year, as the selectmen had requested in early October. They made their request on the recommendation of a selectman-appointed community advisory group called the ramp repair committee. In fact, the state ferry service has reported that to build
Islesboro considers protective ordinance changes
When Leucadia, a large national developer, took Islesboro by surprise with its proposed Northeast Point subdivision two winters ago, it was immediately apparent that existing ordinances left the island vulnerable to outsized development. Since then, selectmen have charged the comprehensive planning committee (CPC) with a review of the 2002 plan and existing ordinances to strengthen
Drowning, weather, economic woes dampen start of Grand Manan’s lobster season
“Tense, a hard day” was the way Melanie Sonnenberg, project manager for the Grand Manan Fishermen’s Association (GMFA), described set day for the island’s lobster fishermen on Nov. 13. She was describing both the weather conditions and the prospects for a successful season this year. Before set day was over a report came in that
Shareholders approve Newfoundland processor’s sale
The sale of Newfoundland’s largest seafood company (WWF June 2007) was approved finally at a much-delayed annual meeting of shareholders, clearing the way for a division of the company’s assets between two Canadian processors. The Oct. 22 vote by shareholders to approve the sale of the assets of Fishery Products International, Ltd. (FPI) of St.
Decorative and Dithering
To the editor: Sally Noble’s story on the stalemate in the potential new mega development on the Portland waterfront [WWF Nov. 1007] highlights one of the city’s biggest problems in moving forward generally — the virtual lack of creative leadership and an increasingly ineffective city government. The city only has a decorative “mayor” and no
To develop artificial bait, you need to know what haddock eat
Like people, fish can be finicky eaters. Given a choice between herring and clams, a cod will go for the clams. Its next preference is squid (that’s calamari to you and me). On the other hand, a haddock will eat just about anything you put in front of it, even sausage — but we’ll get
Wine Tasting
Who says fishermen don’t like the finer things in life? The Lobster Institute, based at the University of Maine’s Orono campus, easily disproved that notion by entertaining a hundred of its friends at a wine-tasting fundraiser on Dec. 3. Guests sampled fine reds and whites in addition to non-alcoholic beverages, along with cheeses and lobster-based
“Step it Up!” promotes climate change awareness
“If sea level rises just three feet — that’s less than a meter — the Blue Hill peninsula loses over 2,420 acres of land,” said independent researcher and freelance journalist Judith Lawson, of Brooksville. Last April, she said, she helped students at Blue Hill’s Liberty School with the calculations. “They found the formula for calculating