Our Boston Whaler charges and smacks the waves rolling in from the northeast. There’s a pod of low-lying islands on the horizon. As we head for one of them, Battle Island, we maneuver around a giant chess set of carved icebergs. Closing in on a point of land, we hear the chatter of whitecaps around
Maine Lighthouses: Documentation of Their Past
Cypress Communications 219 pages A tradition of excellence, upheld The team of J. Candace Clifford and her mother, Mary Louise Clifford, has contributed a third volume to their outstanding efforts to capture the history of our nation’s lighthouses. Their first two books, Women Who Kept the Lights: An Illustrated History of Female Lighthouse Keepers (1993)
The New Conquistadores
You can almost hear the gush as you read online descriptions about the Riviera Maya, a 130-kilometer strip of Mexico’s Caribbean coast between Cancun in the north and Tulum in the south, including Playa del Carmen and its access to the island of Cozumel. It is “Mexico’s hottest investment property,” seeing “explosive growth,” and is
VP Finance and Administration
The Island Institute, a nonprofit organization located in Rockland, ME, has an immediate opening for a talented and experienced VP of Finance & Administration to oversee all aspects of the Institute’s finance, Human Resources, retail sales, MIS & technology, and building operations functions. These include but are not limited to supervising the day-to-day activities of the
The Amazing Island Book Store
(Sent to author Harry Gratwick in response to “Words, Recycled” [WWF March 05]; printed here with permission) Dear Harry: How many people leave home as an unknown and return to find they are “golden?” Thank you so much! The article has been so well received and generated many lovely compliments. Two personal libraries have been
Assumptions and Omissions
To the editor: I invariably find Working Waterfront an interesting read. However, although your writers are no doubt familiar with the variety of industrial/marine terms used in your stores and reasonably assume that their readers are as well informed as they, I’m afraid that is not necessarily the case. Of course you know your market
Missed Credit
To the editor: Harry Gratwick wrote a piece for the March Working Waterfront on Second-Hand Prose. My picture of the bookstore, which was published with the story, was incorrectly attributed to him. I contacted Harry, he was very nice, and said he had notified WWF and that it would be corrected. However, I do not
From The Deck – The Pretty Pinnace Virginia and Maine’s First Colony
2007 will be the 400th anniversary of the establishment of the Popham colony at the mouth of the Kennebec River and the building of Maine’s first ship, VIRGINIA. In celebration, Maine’s First Ship will build, launch and sail a reconstruction of VIRGINIA at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, beginning this fall. This article tells
In a tie vote, Islesboro declines a new gym floor
A sunny spring day did not deter 109 Islesboro voters from turning out for Town Meeting on April 9. Moderator Marc Schnur presided over the nearly five-hour meeting at Kinnicutt Center. Voters filled two positions each on the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee, as well as budget items, land use changes and a
Isle au Haut votes to subsidize its nonprofit ferry service
On March 28, Isle au Haut held its annual Town Meeting at Revere Memorial Hall. Ted Hoskins presided and Bill Clark, Jason Barter and Belvia MacDonald were elected First, Second and Third Selectman, respectively, for the ensuing year. In addition, John Hughes and Steve Schaffer were elected to five-year terms on the Planning Board, Ben