To the editor: I read with great interest the story, “The Newfoundland-New England fisheries connection is strong and growing” by Nancy Griffin in the December/January Working Waterfront. Thank you for including the connections between Memorial University and the Northeast Consortium in the article, but there are a few corrections worth noting. The correct spelling of
Degree of Contamination
To the editor: As it has been illegal for some time to pump heads within the three mile limit, is the effort reported in Bob Moore’s recent article [WWF Dec-Jan 04-05] intended to reduce or eliminate the illegal discharges? It would indeed be helpful for the public to know the specific details of the degree
Wrong Runner
To the editor: I’ve got a correction to Barb Fernald’s Cranberry Report of November, 2004. It was my sister, Joan Westphal, who ran against Joan Benoit, back in the ’70s, not me. (I was a half-miler.) The two Joans ran against each other in the mile run at the Maine State Track and Field Meet,
Rough seas for the Scotia Prince
As the airlines have become increasingly uncomfortable, unpleasant, and unreliable, I’ve been finding the SCOTIA PRINCE an increasingly soothing presence. Every night during the clement half of our year, she pulls out of Portland harbor, bedecked in lights, on her purposeful mission to deliver passengers and cargo to foreign lands across the waters. It reminds
Lobster Therapy
Island air service gets a new lease on life
As of mid January, there’s a brand-new airline out at Knox County Airport flying the mail to the islands. With a six-month, emergency contract with U.S. Postal Service in one hand, the business of Federal Express in the other and fingers crossed for a pending application to UPS, Kevin Waters now operates a fledgling airline
Seaborne vet serves Casco Bay islands
Passengers boarding the Peaks Island Ferry couldn’t help but notice the little drama taking place on the nearby dock. The frightened terrier with the wild hair squirms in his owner’s arms as the green-smocked man inserts his otoscope into the dog’s ear for a closer look. The dock, gently rocking under the influence of the
Cleaning Casco Bay – Yes, boat discharges are part of the solution
Public reaction to December’s announcement of a No Discharge Zone for Casco Bay showed that people are fond of their bay and care about its health, but retain a healthy skepticism about efforts to restore or maintain the bay’s environmental quality. About boat waste in particular, people wondered aloud how flushing a few boat heads
Eastport Boat School to start again in fall
Washington County Community College has announced the restart of its Marine Technology Center, better known as the Eastport Boat School. What the program will look like in terms of focus and curriculum is not yet clear. Bret Blanchard, who chairs the Boat School program, said after a recent meeting with school administrator Darin McGaw, “The
Working Waterfront Task force Meets with Govenor Baldacci
Maine’s working waterfront task force met recently with Gov. John Baldacci (center). The task force is exploring ways to protect the state’s limited number of working waterfronts, which are threatened by development, competing uses, fishery decline, high taxes and other factors.