Last year Bob Barancik and his wife, Amy Blake, founded Rockledge Studios on 1.3 acres they own on Long Island. Rockledge offers professionals from various fields the chance to reconnect with their deepest values by providing an inspiring and contemplative environment and by offering creativity workshops. The two studio buildings, the Japanese Summer Space and
A Few Good Tools
A few years ago, I saw an advertisement by some cookery website that showed several pictures of one fork under each image of which a caption described the fork as a garlic press, pancake turner, whisk, or barbecue brush. Well, I thought, using a fork for a barbecue brush is a bit of a stretch,
Little Urchins and Sea Stars
Little Urchins and Sea Stars in North Haven’s Laugh & Learn program at Waterman’s Community Center pose in front of their Christmas tree with their teacher, Wendy Cooper. (Keely Felton photo)
Sea Struck
Gardiner, Maine: Tilbury House, Publishers, 2004 384 pages, plus photos $30 Three scions go to sea and write about it Sometimes, browsing through the past, you make a breathtaking connection with the present. In my case, it’s a vivid historical parallel with the tsunami that wracked the people and places of the Indian Ocean, Dec.
Tool
Bantam Books 274 pp, $22.00 ($30.00 Canadian) Eastport’s Tiptree is on the case again It’s some measure of Sarah Graves’s pace that only a few pages into Tool & Die, along with Eastport sleuth Jacobia Tiptree, we find ourselves in Lubec confronting a dead man. And we quickly learn that his death was caused by
Tax Burden: A Grave Threat
The Casco Bay Forum is a group of residents from the Casco Bay islands committed to sustaining and strengthening our communities. The tax burden is a grave threat to the rural nature of Maine islands and the affordable cost of living in these communities. We need public policy that supports and enhances traditional island communities.
Fox Islands proceed with new cable, investigate alternative energy
The installation of a new $3 million cable, which will connect Vinalhaven and North Haven residents to mainland electricity, is scheduled for March. The new cable will replace the existing cable, the deterioration of which has contributed to numerous power outages for these island residents during the last few years. “The total cost of the
Student works on school whale project
Kelsey Jones, a senior at North Haven Community School, and other students have been working on the school’s whale re-articulation project as reported in the Dec 04-Jan 05 Working Waterfront.
St. George School acquires saltwater aquarium
On Dec. 14, the St. George School in Tenants Harbor received a 55-gallon refrigerated saltwater aquarium in order to expand its marine education program. Phyllis Wyeth, president of the Herring Gut Learning Center in Port Clyde, and Elaine Jones, education director for the Department of Marine Resources, arranged for the donation. The support for the
Islesboro prayer circle convenes
Every third Monday at 4:30 p.m., a group meets on Islesboro for a brief candlelight prayer circle, focused on all the men, women, and children involved in the occupation of Iraq. Prayers are offered for peace, safety, and an end to the occupation so that family and friends can return home soon. At a farewell