Forty-five years after the last passenger train left town, limited rail service resumed Aug. 5 in the form of a an excursion run from Brunswick to Rockland with a stop in Bath. The run by Maine Eastern Railroad coincided with the Lobster Festival in Rockland, August 5-8, and the railroad plans weekend excursions after that,
Seeding, habitat development, research all contribute to New Brunswick lobster project
A Canadian tribe, a fishermen’s union and a research institute have undertaken a massive effort to restore the lobster fishery in northern New Brunswick. Cooperating in the project are the Maritime Fishermen’s Union, the Coastal Zones Research Institute and the Eel River Bar First Nation. “Between 60,000 and 80,000 larvae have been released into experimental
Deer Isle “gateway” protected from development
Island Heritage Trust, (IHT) the land trust for the island of Deer Isle, announced in mid-August that it had signed purchase and sale contracts securing two critical parcels that will provide a boat launch on Eggemoggin Reach, a swimming beach, walking trails, and a picnic area. These facilities will be open to the public. The
Aboard Eastport’s Pilot Boat – “A bad day on the water is still better than a good day in a cubicle”
It’s 10:35 a.m., July 21, with hazy sun over Eastport and light fog over Campobello. The Eastport pilot boat, MEDRIC II, has left her berth at the Breakwater and is headed up Head Harbour Passage bound for the m/v SAGA MONEL at the pilot station in the Bay of Fundy. Aboard are Eastport harbor pilot
City Amends Zoning in Diamond Cove to Allow Golf Carts
At its Aug. 16 meeting, the Portland City Council voted unanimously to amend zoning in the Diamond Cove development on the northern end of Great Diamond Island to allow the use of golf carts. The decision settles a two-year controversy involving the City of Portland and three different homeowner associations on the island, over whether
Insectomania
It all started when the grandchildren were visiting in August. “What’s that noise?” Alex asked. We were working in the garden. Ben was cutting down the shasta daisies, which had gone by. He was feeling smug because he had the grown-up, really sharp clippers and Alex had only scissors. Alex was dead-heading the dianthus. Livi
Security?
Set government agencies a-sniffing after terrorist threats nobody can define, and the results seem predictable: delay, confusion, the wrong people caught up in the dragnet, the real threats ignored. This September marks the third anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. We’ve had ample opportunity to learn about the need
Getting it Together
For everyone who helped raise money to purchase land at the Deer Isle “gateway,” who worked on Cliff Island’s barge landing project, who helped with the Islesford Fair, who helped settle the long-standing dispute over golf carts on Great Diamond Island, who worked on the large lobster-seeding project in New Brunswick’s Bay of Chaleur, who
The Longview – Does anyone remember Nero?
The Maine coast is burning. Given the long wet summer, this may seem surprising, but we’re dealing with a peat fire, now burning mostly underground, although it will shortly break out in the open. When it does in the coming months we will all see if the resulting flames can be contained and what gets
Political Correctoids
To the editor: Essays such as “Mainland Security” (WWF June 04) often arouse the instant ire of political correctoids who have decided that they along occupy the moral heights and woe be to those crossing their political Rubicon, or in this case the Vinalhaven Line. I sincerely feel that as likely as not the writers