In 1999 questions were raised regarding the ownership of Maine’s seaweed, particularly what’s harvested from the intertidal zone (between the high tide and low tide marks) of Maine’s shorelines. Also, there’s the question of whether Maine’s harvesters have the right to harvest seaweed in the intertidal zone. Some believe that those issues were resolved in
Partners launch advanced mussel barge
This summer, visitors to Maine waters may be startled to see the STEWARDSHIP, a new craft that was launched Feb. 21 at the Bar Harbor town dock. The aquaculture barge was christened by Maine First Lady Karen Baldacci as part of Focus on Farms, educational programs meant to raise awareness of the importance of both
Raye introduces Boat School funding bill
As part of the ongoing effort to keep the Eastport Boat School alive and in Eastport, state Sen. Kevin Raye (R-Perry) has introduced Legislative Document 1948, “An Act to Save the Marine Trade Center [MTC] and Strengthen Maine’s Boatbuilding Workforce.” The bill would make available $433,877 in annual appropriations in fiscal 2007 to fund the
New Orleans Notebook:In the Midst of the Memories, the False Teeth
The first thing you notice when you enter New Orleans, Orleans Parish and cross over the Industrial Canal bridge into the Ninth Ward is utter devastation … still, even four months after Hurricane Katrina! The Category-4 storm struck New Orleans with a glancing blow on Aug. 29. But, when several of the levees collapsed later
Nelson’s Trafalgar
Hardback, Viking Adult, 2005 392 pages, $27.95 The Battle of Trafalgar was fought two hundred years ago, on October 21, 1805, and has long been considered one of the pivotal naval battles in world history. This puts it in the select company of the Battle of Salamis (594 BC), the defeat of the Spanish Armada
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
Clarion Books, 2004 Hardback, $15; paperback $6.50 224 pages Tragedy and Light Humiliation, shame and friendlessness mark Turner Buckminster III’s first day in the coastal Maine town of Phippsburg in 1911. And then life gets worse for this 13-year-old boy whose father has uprooted the family from Boston to become the First Congregational Church’s new
The Photographer’s Guide to the Maine Coast
Woodstock VT: The Countryman Press, 2004 $17.95 Why I Stopped Worring About Looking Like a Tourist Deep in the dead of winter, it seems to me a prime requirement of an interesting book at this time of year is that it offers an escape from our frozen landscape, short days and long nights, and the
Homeowner’s Insurance: An Islander’s Nightmare
Imagine this scenario: you are in the process of purchasing a small home on an island, far from the mainland, to be used as a summer place. You are not a movie star or a corporate heir…you are a schoolteacher from Pennsylvania. As your career obligations will not allow you to be within 500 miles
Grant will help Vinalhaven School implement place-base education
A three-year grant to the Island Institute and Vinalhaven School from the Antioch New England Institute in Keene, New Hampshire, is enabling the Vinalhaven School to implement an innovative three-year education program. The program, called CO-SEED (Communities and Schools for Environmental Education), uses the island’s community and environment to teach a wide variety of subjects
Small Towns Face Big Questions with School Funding
School Union 96, straddling Washington and Hancock counties, might seem a prime candidate for cost-saving consolidation. But these things are never simple. When Gouldsboro found mold in its school, the solution was to move pupils to Winter Harbor, where the student population had plummeted following the closure of the Schoodic Point naval base. The Winter