The thunderclap at about 1 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day was so loud, Marita Doyle, who was looking for something in a closet next to furnace room in her home in West Point, Phippsburg, thought the oil burner had blown up. Up the road, Diana Stevens, who also missed seeing the huge bolt of lightning that
Workshops on marine conflicts scheduled
“Saving Seas: Resolving Conflict and Finding Solutions in the Marine Realm” will be given at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster on Tuesday evenings from 6-9 p.m., Jan. 17 and 31, Feb. 14 and 28, March 14 and 28, April 11 and 25, and May 9 and 23, with one six-hour special
Small Business Fourm Planned
On Wednesday, Feb. 8, the Island Institute will host an Island Small Business Forum at the Island institute office in Rockland. This event will bring island small business owners together with small business assistance professionals. Participants can learn how to access training and technical assistance services on-site. Speakers will present strategies for bringing more customers
Think About It!
Maine once had a governor who campaigned on the slogan “Think About It.” A lot of us wondered, given how Jim Longley’s administration turned out, how much thinking actually went on in the governor’s office during that era, but the slogan itself wasn’t bad. In some places on the Maine coast, community residents are stopping
Number One Responder
To the editor: I enjoyed Steve Cartwright’s article “Helicopters serve islanders in distress” in the Dec. 10, 2005 issue of Working Waterfront. Life Flight does a wonderful job moving critically ill or injured persons to health care facilities, performing two dozen missions in a year’s time, as Mr. Cartwright notes. However, I wish that Mr.
Shining Example?
To the editor: Great article on the bridge across the Penobscot [WWF Dec.-Jan. 05-06]. As for Dyers v. Maine I couldn’t believe the payment of $225,000 to the owners. Reprehensible indeed! Is this another shining example of the state of Maine’s commitment to small business? As for a name for “the bridge,” my vote would
Wire Bridge
To the editor: I enjoyed the article on the new bridge as I’m sure many did but I have a comment. Ms. Dinsmore said that the type of construction being used is a cradle system. I’m not positive but I think that the wire bridge in New Portland Maine and spanning the Carrabasset is the
Bucksport Boondoggle
To the editor: There’s more to the story of the new Waldo-Hancock bridge than was reported in December’s Working Waterfront. This $85 million project has something in common with the new span over the Kennebec River at Bath. And that “something” is the fact that neither bridge really needed to be built. The 1931 bridge
Vinalhaven, Fox Island rowers celebrate victories
The Vinalhaven Rowing Club held its annual Rowing Banquet on Jan.11.The event honored the Vinalhaven Middle School and High School rowing teams and served as a time for the club to reflect on the past year. Five members of the high school rowing team were awarded varsity letters for their participation in rowing: Ansel Andrews,
Maine researchers find evidence of abrupt climate change in the Mideast
Two researchers at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Boothbay Harbor, Joaquim Goes and Helga Gomes, published an article in the journal Science last April reporting research findings with far-reaching effects. As a result of less snowfall on the Himalayas during the past seven years, the monsoon winds that blow northeast across the Arabian