In February of 2004, shortly after the new Waterman’s Community Center opened on North Haven, a group of community members came together in an after-school program to create a mural for the walls of the new center. Financial assistance came from the Island Institute’s Island Community Fund and Camden National bank. Large in-kind donations helped
Island-resident trustees oppose property tax cap
Four Island Institute trustees who are year-round island residents have expressed the view that the proposed tax cap on this fall’s referendum ballot poses a direct threat to key island institutions, such as schools and libraries, that make up the fabric of a sustainable year round island community. The reasons behind the opposition vary from
“Scoop” Pendleton kept Islesboro school children in the news
The excitement of the first day of school is especially keen for kindergartners, who are, after all, quite new to the whole experience. Witnessing their faces, flushed with nervous anticipation of the brave new world awaiting them at Islesboro Central School, one can’t help but wish for a camera to record the tableau, or, better
Hijacking the Discussion
If Maine’s proposed property tax cap fails at the ballot box it won’t really be on the merits. Likewise for the referendum question to ban certain kinds of bear hunting. Even the presidential election, it appears, will turn not on the merits of the two candidates’ ideas for governing the country, but on how successfully
Gingerbread, anyone?
Publishing recipes is risky business – one typo and you’re in deep. We’ve known that, of course, but with our dual appreciation of seafood and Maine culinary traditions, we’ve printed a lot of recipes and other food-related material since our first issue more than a decade ago. Whatever can go wrong will go wrong, however,
Bubbling Mass
To the editor: I read each of your publications with interest and thank you for making them available. Of particular interest to me in this edition was “Journal of an Island Kitchen” by Sandy Oliver. Her reminisces about growing up amidst molasses use, flavor and scent (as I too remember) caused me to immediately prepare
Not Sandy’s Fault!
To the editor: I trust you will amend the recipe for gingerbread in the October issue (p. 25) in the next issue, before any of us waste all that good Crosby’s Molasses trying to make a cake with no flour, no leavening, no liquid. I’m pretty sure that wasn’t Sandy’s fault! Phillida Mirk Islesboro
Vanishing Ingredients
To the editor: No doubt you have been inundated with inquiries concerning the above captioned recipe on page 25 of the October issue. The quantity of flour appears to have vanished somewhere between the writer and the printer. Please let me know how much is called for. I am eager to try this out now
Where’s the “bread?”
To the editor: A curious question – Isn’t something missing from this recipe? I made it as directed, looked at it in the bowl, wondered where the “bread’ in Gingerbread would come from so I added 2 1/2 C of AP flour and 2 tsp of baking soda. It came out fine. I enjoy “Working
Missing Something
To the editor: Does this recipe use flour, baking soda or baking powder? It seems to be missing something … Jenny Perruzzi Southwest Harbor