ROBBINSTON — Jennifer Yando and Scott Graeber of Tenth Village Farm work with purpose to create a life that reflects their shared commitment to sustainability. They aim to stay small, maintain diversity and set prices for the local market. Yando, once a vegetarian, began eating meat once she raised it and was able to butcher
Waving the wrong way has consequences
“Away” is a suspect place. And it concerns me that some of you folks who will visit or have visited our islands once or twice, and then fallen understandably in love with these magnificent surroundings, and who then decide to move here for good, give up your day job, uproot yourselves, maybe even your families
Woman plans solo kayak trip to Guatemala
TROY — When 63-year old Deb Walters visited Guatemala nine years ago, the living conditions she saw were permanently etched in her mind. Unlike some who walk away unaffected, Walters felt compelled to help. “I visited the Guatemala City garbage dump,” she remembered. “I smelled the methane and the rotten garbage. I felt the choking dust
Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland
A land of boiling mud, erupting volcanoes, lunar-like landscapes and astonishing modern architecture, where people believe in elves, fear outsiders and drive SUVs like maniacs. It’s all found in Iceland, where British academic Sarah Moss takes her family to live for a year when she takes a teaching position. In Names for the Sea, Moss
Vintage Casco Bay postcards being sold
A reader sent The Working Waterfront digital images of vintage Casco Bay postcards, featuring scenes on the islands. Most of the postcards posted here show Long Island. The reader is selling these and other postcards on the online auction site E-Bay. The Working Waterfront has no interest in the sale, but we thought readers would enjoy
Filling a niche for boats, off the waterfront
BELMONT — Does a boatyard need to be located on a harbor to be successful? Dan Miller, owner and operator of Belmont Boat Works, is banking on a “no” to that question. Miller is doing a brisk business at his location on Route 3, about six miles west of Belfast Harbor. Neighbors and passers-by have
Island clean-up reunites lost lobster buoys with fishermen
Lobstermen often express frustration on losing buoys to weather or being cut by propellers. Often the buoys wind up on islands, wedged between rocks on remote ledges or hung up like ornaments on shoreline tree branches. Now a dedicated corps of folks who clean island shorelines are working to return the buoys to their owners.
Living in the moment, as the moments wind down
I’ll never forget the day I moved out to Isle au Haut. I lugged my three suitcases onto the boat and sat down next to Danny MacDonald and the outgoing Isle au Haut fellow, Alex. It was a fairly crowded boat and there were bags of groceries everywhere. Folks were introducing themselves and I was
Hurricane Island hires science, research coordinator
The Hurricane Island Foundation has announced the hiring of Caitlin Cleaver as the new science and research coordinator for the Hurricane Island Field Research Station. Cleaver had worked as a marine programs associate at the Island Institute. She joins the Hurricane Island Foundation on March 17. Cleaver holds an M.P.A. in environmental science and policy from
The far-flung ‘maritime mafia’ knows its own
The merchant marine is a relatively obscure industry. At Maine Maritime Academy, we talk to people about what we do, and the sea stories are all so exotic and unique to many folks. The only time people notice us in public is when we wear our uniforms. Films like “Captain Phillips” show the merchant marine