You might think it was all about salad greens, blueberries, and lobster rolls, and in part it is. But there is more to it than that, the difference in summer island cooking and what happens the rest of the year. We first see it in the store. Fine little comestibles: fancy little cookies, crackers, a
What’s Left Lobster
When last reported on, lobsterman Dickie Hildings of Vinalhaven was notable for several reasons: he’d been Vinalhaven’s “Mr.May” in the 2001 Bachelor Lobstermen calendar; he had a premier reputation for lobstering and he was winning a lot of boat races up and down the coast. All of that, in the competitive world of fishermen, counts
An Inconvenient Truth
Rodale, Erasmus, PA. 2006. 327 pp. $21.95 An Inconvenient Truth – starring Al Gore. This has to be a first: if you can think of another book and movie that have appeared simultaneously from a major American political figure just before the long presidential selection process starts in earnest, you have a better memory than
Historic Atlas Reprints
Detail-rich historic atlases are reprinted Mapmaking was a high art and a big business in the 19th century, when cartographers and publishing companies all over the United States combined forces to produce handsomely printed atlases of cities, counties and states. Maine was no exception, and atlases of each of the state’s 16 counties made their
Beach Stones
Photographs by Josie Iselin Harry Abrams, New York, N.Y. 2006 144 pp. $16.95 Icons in Stone There are two kinds of beachcombers in the world: those who prowl the arcuate linear expanses of sandy beaches looking for shells and egg cases and those who two-step on shaky ankles along rocky beaches, while waves roll and
Thoughts on LNG
To the editor: It seems to be quite quiet on the front now concerning the proposed LNG terminals, plants in the Washington county area. Perhaps now is the time to share some of the thoughts I have had regarding these projects with the public. Let me address the concerns of a certain mayor in a
Distain for Science
To the editor: Re the [WWF June 06] column by Philip Conkling: I heard Matthew Simmons speak in Cambridge, MA recently while peddling his book on the future of oil… Mr. Simmons treated G.W. Bush’s remarks on America’s addiction to oil as if it were some sort of profound revelation when in fact every American
Quite a Splash
To the editor: Perhaps lobsters in recent news could fit under “The Year Everything Changed,” in your June Editorial. If not, at least lobsters made quite a splash in two months. Four stories in your June issue, including one beginning on the front page, and a mention in a column plus a story in the
Address
To the editor: I enjoyed the article…about restoring Phippsburg’s cemeteries in the July Working Waterfront newspaper. I would like to learn more about this and wonder if you could give me the address of the Maine Old Cemetery Association? Pamela Skirvan New Harbor Maine Old Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 641, Augusta, ME 04332 www.rootsweb.com/~memoca/moca.htm
Parallel 44: When Britian Invaded Maine
At 5pm on July 18, 1814, the passengers aboard the Lubec-to-Eastport ferry witnessed a most unusual sight: a fleet of British warships, transports and storeships rounding the eastern end of Campobello Island and heading straight for Eastport. The ferry’s skipper brought the little boat to a halt in mid-passage as the 11-vessel fleet came to