To the editor: In the Island Journal on page 6 there is a photo of a lobsterboat and the waterfront home of a lobsterman, both for sale at Vinalhaven. This property did sell. The buyer was a younger lobsterman. He had another house and workshop so he rents the house to a sternman and rents
Mark Jackson ‘Makes the Grade’
Mark Jackson, vocational teacher at the Vinalhaven School, received the State Board of Education’s “Making the Grade” award recently. Presenting the award was Susan Gendron, Maine’s Commissioner of Education, who traveled to Vinalhaven for the occasion.
Long Island man to compete in Miami Man Triathlon
Brian Murphy of Long Island in Casco Bay plans to compete in the Nov. 13 Miami Man International Triathlon, which includes a 6-mile swim, a 22-mile bike and a 6.5-mile run. He is competing in honor of Evans Spear, a Yarmouth high school All-American lacrosse player and All-State hockey player from Yarmouth’s Class of 2000,
Woodlawn: The Black House – A fine old Maine house museum picks itself up
How long has it been since you visited the incredible three-generational time capsule house museum in Ellsworth, The Black House, or as it is now called, Woodlawn? At least ten years? Never? No wonder. It wasn’t particularly inviting. For 70 years a board of directors, the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, maintained the museum,
Boat Models: Then and Now
Boat Models by the Score – and Much More Where to start? The exhibition “Boat Models: Then and Now” at the Great Harbor Maritime Museum in Northeast Harbor is full of treasures, from the sleek half models that look like Sam Cady shaped canvases on the wall to an old steamship with pigs on board.
Thieves of Mercy: A Novel of the Civil War at Sea
451 pages William Morrow $26.95 Naval Battles in the Age of Steam Over the past few years I have read and enjoyed James L. Nelson’s Revolution at Sea saga, a five-novel chronicle of the adventures of Captain Isaac Biddlecomb and his encounters with the British Navy. In Thieves of Mercy, a recent History Book Club
“Maine Women: Living on the Land”
Of the Land, Sea and Sky Two exhibitions at Rockland’s Farnsworth Art Museum feature Maine residents showcased in the places they call home. Lauren Shaw has photographed and mapped ten subjects and their communities in her installation, “Maine Women: Living on the Land.” Jamie Wyeth’s paintings document scenes of ravens and gulls familiar to him
“Citizen scientists” would track water pollution
Friends of Casco Bay (FOCB) recently convened a group of stormwater researchers to brainstorm the feasibility of using volunteers as “citizen scientists” to collect stormwater samples. Water quality monitoring experts from Wisconsin, Alabama, Virginia, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts came to Maine at FOCB’s invitation on Aug. 3 to discuss how existing sampling protocols might
Chasing Sunsets
Every summer of my life since I can remember, my family has gone to our island in Maine. It is ten miles out to see in Penobscot Bay, and it’s called Leadbetter’s. Perhaps the most amazing thing about Leadbetter’s is how little it changes year to year. We have the same warm caretaker, the same
Agrees
To the editor: I agree with Chris Cash [WWF August 05]. In Washington County, as I recall in a Bangor Daily News article, the average wage is in the low $20,000 range and I suspect many households must have multiple sources of income to achieve even the average. I am not clear as to the