Giving Thanks, Thanksgiving Recipes and History, from Pilgrims to Pumpkin Pie Plimouth Plantation, 2005 Islesboro’s own food historian, Sandra Oliver, tells us that “Thanksgiving in nineteenth-century New England, coastwise and inland, was widely observed and hopelessly romanticized.” It seems that bygone New Englanders thought of Thanksgiving as their one great holiday and over the years
Rocky Romance: In Love with the Coast of Maine
The Edge of Maine Washington, D.C: National Geographic Society, 2005 Wolff is a seasoned author of biographies, including a fascinating one of his con artist dad titled The Duke of Deception, and fiction. This travelogue comes in a series from the National Geographic Society, featuring some of the best contemporary writers including Francine Prose, Louise
Senator proposes grants to purchase waterfront property
On Sept. 19, Maine Sen. Susan Collins introduced the Working Waterfront Preservation Act to help the commercial fishing industry combat the loss of vital waterfront property and protect Maine and the nation’s maritime heritage. Sen. Collins’s legislation would authorize $50 million in federal grants for each fiscal year from 2005 to 2007. The grants, which
Wood Heat: sometimes you can improve on it, sometimes not
Islanders have always had to pay a little more for fuel than mainlanders but the steeply rising cost of heating a home is forcing year-round residents to consider alternatives to fuel oil and propane. On Islesboro, woodstoves are commonly used as a secondary source of heat, supplementing a fossil-fuel fired central heating system. Within the
Boothbay Harbor Summer Colonies Talk Sucession
Bayville and Isle of Springs haven’t dumped tea overboard, but residents of these seasonal hamlets don’t want to pay the same taxes other Boothbay Harbor property owners have to pay. A century ago the Maine Legislature set up scores of village corporations across the state. They were legal entities – or oddities, depending on your
Special Vinalhaven meeting approves roads, policing
Roughly 85 Vinalhaven residents attended a special town meeting Sept. 9 to approve funding for a number of projects. Surprisingly, turnout for this meeting was higher than it had been for the annual town meeting held three months before. On the agenda were the repaving of the island’s major roads, the purchase of furnishings for
Cranberry Report: Scratch Soup, Sloopy Pies and Stereotypes
Mild weather stayed with us through the end of September. Most of the summer population was gone, but the SEA PRINCESS tour boat continued to bring a steady stream of day visitors to Islesford while the good weather held up. On Oct. 2 the weather was mild enough to prompt several Dip of the Month
2006 Island Photo Calendar is available
The Islands Community Medical Services (ICMS) has published, for the second year, a fundraising calendar featuring images taken around Vinalhaven. Drawing from over 350 donated images, an island committee of artists selected 40 for inclusion in the 2006 calendar. Last year’s calendar was well received. This year’s has more images, and is printed on better
Fiber artist hooks rugs, restores lampshades
Bobbie Pendleton, who in a previous article (WWF Oct. 2002) is referred to as “Islesboro’s premiere hooker,” is still hard at work perfecting her craft – creating new hooked rugs and restoring vintage hooked rugs and lampshades. Pendleton, a native Californian, now living in Rockland, via Islesboro, has been hooking for more then a decade.