Summer has come to an end in the Cranberry Isles. The Beal and Bunker mailboat and Cranberry Cove ferry have shortened their schedules for the off-season and the Islesford Dock Restaurant is closed until next June. Though there are still daytime visitors who come by boat to wander the islands for an hour or so,
Coastal Communities Trimming Energy Use
Kittery residents are organizing yet another “lose to win” campaign, but instead of reducing waistlines, this time volunteers are targeting energy use. By signing on to EPA New England’s Community Energy Challenge, Kittery has pledged to reduce municipal energy use by 10 percent or more. Kittery town manager Jonathan Carter said town officials were already
Belfast hopes to turn corner on big box debate
After eight years, two referendum votes, one reported bribery attempt and countless hours of public debate, Belfast may have found consensus on whether to allow a big-box store in city limits. Or maybe not. Recently, the Belfast City Council voted unanimously to rezone land off Route 3 for development of a single retail store that
Journal of an Island Kitchen: If It Smells Like Fish, Eat It
A few years ago I saw a bumper sticker on the rear end of a truck, belonging I suppose to a fisherman, that read: “If it smells like fish, eat it.” Fish is a stumper for some folks. A fishmonger friend of mine told me a long time ago that customers “want you to do
Winter Harbor hosts an international sculpture symposium
“His sculptures can be `read’ two different ways,” said artist, art teacher and Winter Harbor Sculpture Site Selection Committee member Mary Lou Weaver, of the stylized granite boat cleat by Round Pond sculptor Don Justin Meserve. She said the cleat also represents a safe harbor. The Cleat is one of seven massive sculptures made at
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
By Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver HarperCollins 2007 Growing, Cooking and Eating as a Family Project In a possible case of preaching to the choir, Barbara Kingsolver’s book on her family’s experience of eating food from their own garden and immediate area for a year may happily push some over the
Revealing the Power in Place
The term “power of place” is a nice variation on “sense of place,” that term used to evoke an individual’s special connection to a pond, a town, an island. “The Power of Place: Three Views of Maine” at the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor features the work of a painter, Robert Pollien, and two photographers,
Seashells
Photographs by Josie Iselin & text by Sandy Carlson New York: Abrams, 2007. The Benificence of Beaches Calling to my nieces to go for a walk when they visit me on Vinalhaven, I ask, “Wanna go shopping?” They’ve learned that for me, island-bound, “shopping” means beachcombing. We give ourselves a list of what we’d like
Process Problems
In Maine this season, we’ve got a number of public proceedings underway. Some of them are regulatory in nature, such as the Department of Marine Resources’ licensing process for the would-be developer of an oyster farm in Vinalhaven’s Basin. Others involve contracts, such as Portland’s effort to come to terms with a developer for Maine
Insulting
To the editor: I have just finished reading the article by Colin Woodard entitled “Maine’s Ruling Family.” Quite frankly, I do not get his point. To even suggest that Senator Mitchell is in a point of conflict of interest is insulting to a man who served Maine and gained the respect of world leaders. The