A judge heard arguments last month on whether to block a suit against the gating of Martinsville Beach in St. George. Officials at the Rockland courthouse said Superior Court Judge Donald Marden could take weeks or months to decide on what’s called a motion for summary judgment, brought by defendants in the case. If he
Support grows for working waterfronts
Eight out of ten Mainers support the creation of a public investment program that would preserve critical access points, piers and wharves in Maine’s Working Waterfront communities. Maine’s Working Waterfront Coalition submitted questions to the Maine Survey, conducted annually by Maine based Market Decisions, to continue a line of questioning begun last year to gauge
Kreps or Hummers? – Lobster-savvy Norwegians can choose between them
The morning wholesale fish market opens at 4 a.m., on the docks below Akershus Castle just a minute’s walk away from the Oslo City Hall. Here, owners of local fish markets buy what they hope they can sell in a day. By 8 o’clock, the dealing is over and fish that are promised to local
Island voting: small numbers, diverse views
Islanders reflected Maine’s voting pattern as a whole on Election day, favoring John Kerry and the two incumbent congressmen but turning down the Palesky tax cap and the proposal to ban bear-baiting. The bear-baiting referendum passed in five island voting precincts, failed in seven and tied in one. President George W. Bush scored his sole
The “Live Anywhere” Boat
Probably the majority of people who go cruising like it for the escape. Their time at sea is free from the obligations and commitments of everyday life. For Michael and Barbara Porter of Chebeague Island, work and everyday life are intertwined, so a sea passage means less of an escape than a journey with a
Where the “Fish” are Gone
Upper Access, Inc., Book Publishers, 2004 242 pages US $24.95/Canada $33.95 Where the “Fish” are Gone Myron Arms has sailed the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador at least nine times, researching other books and training new sailors in the art of ocean voyaging in northern waters. Shocked by the changes in he observed during this
Are the codfish coming back?
Maine lobstermen have been seeing many more codfish in their traps, and some fishermen out of Portland have reported finding so many cod that they can’t stay away from them when fishing. Yet the federal government describes this stock of fish as depleted and overfished, and we have seen declining landings in some recent years,
Chebeague pair craft environmentally friendly candles
Late at night, after reading bedtime stories and tucking in their three little sons (Ethan, Aaron and Cameron, ages four, three and almost-two, respectively), Jen Belesca and Vicki Todd slip baby monitors in their coats and head for Jen’s barn. This just-insulated building on Chebeague is now headquarters for Island Essentials, their new soy-wax-candle company.
Field Trip To Merryspring Nature Park
Islesboro Central School students in grades K-5 visited Merryspring Nature Park in Camden Oct. 13 for a day of cider making, nature photography, and a tree/shrub identification exploration.
Changing Maine, 1960-2010
Edited and with an Introduction by Richard E. Barringer, Illustrated by Jon Luoma Gardiner and Portland: Tilbury House, Publishers, and the Muskie School of Public Service, 2004 $20.00 Maine, Then and Now As a onetime editor of Maine Times I can claim a minority interest in this fascinating book: editor Dick Barringer dedicates it to