Waiting for the ferry you can: Become a Parking Nazi and monitor all tourists’ attempts at getting in the correct line. You can chose to be either moderately helpful by pointing out with ambiguous hand gestures where the line begins and ends OR you can treat day trippers like pets and watch the funny things
Safe Shrimp
To the editor: Thank you for serving up a savory shrimp course in the March issue, “Great American Shrimp.” I gobbled it up, as I realized how “malnourished” I was in knowledge. For me, growing up in Aroostook County, shrimp came from a can to be offered in salad, or, combined with green peas in
Islesboro resident is Maine’s Volunteer of the Year
Islesboro resident Ed Girvin has been chosen as Maine’s Volunteer of the Year. This award came as no surprise to the island community, which is very familiar with Ed Girvin’s willingness to lend a helping hand. He has gained great respect and admiration in the island community he and his wife, Alice, have called home
Katrina donations help a program closer to home
In the wake of hurricane Katrina, Islesboro students in Pat Crawford’s Kindergarten and first grade class, aided by school board member Julie Reidy, started a campaign to collect donations for the victims. Over several months Islesboro residents contributed a wide variety of items — everything from clothes and food to books and games — to
Vinalhaven resident works in El Salvador health clinic
Hope Jackson of Vinalhaven spent four months last winter volunteering in Los Talpetates, El Salvador. She has since co-founded the El Salvador Education Project with the object of sending children from Los Talpetates to high school and college. Jackson recently received a $3060 grant from the Ten Dollar Club to bring medical supplies to the
A three-century-old American visits Swan’s Island
In celebration of his 300th birthday this year, “Benjamin Franklin” has been visiting Maine Schools. On April 5, Mr. Franklin visited the Swan’s Island School and Town Library, where he met with students and community members. Students from nearby Frenchboro traveled to Swan’s Island on a lobster boat to attend the presentation as well. Mr.
Cranberry Report: Going for the Gulls
March weather was mild for the second half of the month, adhering to the Latin proverb, “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.” Dip of the Month club members had no problem fulfilling their March membership obligations, and everyone has been in the water at least once in April. It
Coast Guard family lives inside a tourist magnet
Like many tourist attractions on Mount Desert, the Bass Harbor Lighthouse has a spacious parking lot and walking trails. Tourists can walk down to the lighthouse and around the outside of the old keeper’s cottage. But tourists who miss the signs warning of the uniqueness of this tourist attraction might be surprised if they peer
Maine firms turn seaweed into fertilizer for gardens, golf courses
Jay Barnes needed to switch gardening techniques or his family’s farm in Lamoine would never grow anything again. His farmland had been in continuous production for over a hundred years, but when his father switched to chemical fertilizer, the soil’s ecology quickly collapsed. “There wasn’t any earthworms or anything,” Barnes said. Barnes and his family
MERI Gallery: Where Research, Art and a Lending Library Inhabit the Same Space
Next time you’re in Blue Hill, especially if you have kids with you, take a minute to check out the Maine Environmental Research Institute (MERI)’s inviting new gallery, aquarium, touch tank, co-store, lending library and cozy reading nook. When marine scientist and toxicologist Susan Shaw founded MERI in 1990, she was involved in a major