Islandport Press, 2006 Soft cover, 305 pages, $15.95 Bringing the Depression to Life Thomas Hanna painstakingly pieces together the memories of his Depression-era childhood in a new book entitled Shoutin’ Into The Fog: Growing Up on Maine’s Ragged Edge. Set in the village of Five Islands in Georgetown, five miles downriver from Bath, Hanna writes
The Power and Promise of Humane Education
New Society Publishers, 2004 Paperback, 172 pages, $15.95 A Book for a Better World Through the International Institute for Humane Education in Surry, Maine, Zoe Weil has helped train and certify hundreds of educators to teach humane education; humane education is a curriculum that helps students critically examine ecology and social justice issues and take
Lines on the Water
Goose River Press, 2006 A Lively Test Drive and Other Tales There’s a lot to love about this book by occasional lobsterman, car mechanic, computer analyst, islander Harold van Doren. No average teller of tales, he grabs our attention from the start with his dry humor and love of all the characters he’s encountered on
Online Exclusive: Big Rocks, Small Signs
A recent New York Times article reported an unusual urban occurrence: “It’s not every day that a great big rock shows up on your block.” The Oct. 28, 2006 story went on to describe what was excavated while a sewer line was being dug beneath a street in Brooklyn, New York: a rock seven feet
Online Exclusive: Windstorm makes MDI an island once more
October went out like a lion along Maine’s midcoast region. A three-day storm with hurricane-force winds downed trees and disrupted power for many Hancock County residents right before Halloween. And at one point, the storm gave residents on causeway-connected Mount Desert Island just a taste of true island life. Mount Desert Island is connected to
Online Exclusive: Four great gifts that give back
It’s holiday time again, and with it comes the pressure to give everyone a meaningful gift. As the shopping days dwindle, we wind up rushing out to mobbed stores in a desperate search for the perfect gift. This year, why not give a gift that’s sure to be a good thing for all involved? Try
Online Exclusive: Lobster and the Portland Fish Exchange
The Portland Fish Exchange is facing financial difficulties — not for the first time, because downturns in the fishery always place strain on related industries. The first display fish auction in the country, Portland’s exchange was planned and launched in record time, opening in 1986 before the longer-planned New York/New Jersey Fishport, which was more
“Choo Choo” Rocks Class C Cross Country Championships
Fox Islands’ “Choo Choo” Charlie Jones (North Haven, 8th grade) rumbled to his best race of the season, placing 13th out of 107 in 18:31, just missing 12th by less than half a second. Three runners finished within four seconds behind him. Likely the youngest runner in the field, our one-man team produced the ultimate
The Winsor Musicians perform on Swan’s Island
The Swan’s Island Baptist Church hosted a special chamber music event on Nov. 4. This is the third year that the Winsor musicians have traveled to Swan’s Island to perform. Peggy Pearson, oboist; Peter Sykes, harpsichordist; and Kendra Colton, soprano delighted islanders with the works of J.S. Bach, R. Vaughan Williams, Thomas Augustine Arne and
Election Day: Islands follow Maine’s trend
Maine’s year-round island communities followed the state’s pattern on Election Day, voting down TABOR, the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, while re-electing both of Maine’s Democratic congressmen, Gov. John Baldacci and U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe. TABOR fared particularly poorly in island communities, perhaps reflecting widespread fear that the proposed spending cap would cripple local services such