“How exactly does someone with degrees from two big-city universities and experience studying abroad end up wanting to live and work on a small island in Maine?”, I ask Island Fellow Siobhan Ryan as we begin to talk about her Island Fellowship on Swan’s Island and Frenchboro. I’ve just reviewed her résumé on the Island
The Cranberry Report: Let’s hear it for the visionaries!
On July 4, the weather was warm and muggy with enough of a breeze to keep things comfortable for over 300 people who attended the Islesford Neighborhood House Association (INHA) picnic in the town field. Summer seems to start at the 4th of July picnic, as people see each other for the first time since
“Island Reflections” exhibit and sale to open Aug. 4
Louis W. Cabot has spent the past 77 years summering among the islands and along the coast of Maine. When he was eight years old, his parents, Tom and Virginia Cabot, first took Louis and his brothers to Swan’s Island and began teaching them to sail. Every summer thereafter they sailed up and down the
Frenchboro festival set for Aug. 12
Frenchboro on Long Island will host its 44th annual lobster festival on Saturday, Aug. 12. The annual event at Frenchboro, located eight miles across Blue Hill Bay from Mount Desert Island, features a beautiful boat ride and some of the best lobster in the world. This year’s festival also will include classic country music by
Art exhibit planned for MMA
Damariscotta artist Franciska Needham will display a collection of works with American and marine accents at the Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, from Aug. 17 through Oct. 19, 2006. A reception for the artist will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 17. The exhibition, at the academy’s Bath Iron Works building, will include seascape
Vinalhaven Votes to Keep Knox County Police
With over 45 people in attendance at the June 23 annual town meeting, Vinalhaven voted to keep Knox County sheriff’s deputies on the island. Debate began when two residents complained about the lack of response to the destruction of a stolen vehicle earlier this spring. “Cops seem to be totally disastrous, or incompetent at the
“Mr. Eastport”
“Mr. Eastport,” John Pike Grady, rides in the Eastport Boat School float during Eastport’s Grand Independence Day Parade on July 4. The float was part of an announcement by the Friends of the Boat School of an endowment for the school in Grady’s name. A World War II veteran and longtime Boat School supporter, Grady
Curious about the waterfront? Take a tour!
As a private tour guide in Portland, Angela Clark’s one-woman Working Waterfront Tours promise behind-the-scenes glimpses of Portland’s marine-dependent businesses. On a hot summer’s morning, the dead fish and live lobsters were definitely the highlights of a one-hour tour for 14 campers, ages 5 to 12, from the Portland Center for Cultural Exchange. While every
Grants available to protect Maine’s working waterfronts
The $12 million bond for the Land for Maine’s Future Program passed last November included a $2 million set-aside for projects that protect strategically significant working waterfront properties. Increasing demand for coastal waterfront land, rising land values and property taxes have made it difficult for commercial fishing businesses to retain working access to the water.
The Specimen Collector A lifetime of odd jobs comes together in one odd business
Imagine three boys, one girl, ages three through 11, wearing old clothes and boots and carrying buckets. They trudge with their father across a mudflat, digging lugworms that may end up in a university lab for dissection or be studied as part of a collection of specimens from a mudflat. The children struggle to lift