To the editor: Regarding your story, Casco Bay fire departments succeed through cooperation (WWF Aug. 2004), “[Cliff Island] first developed its department 15 years ago.” We have a man here on Cliff Island who is in his late 70s and he became a volunteer to Cliff Island Fire Department in 1946 over 58 years ago.
Modest Proposal
To the editor: Maybe I’m crazy, but this idea could provide a big surge to your great causes… Contests are great publicity. The Maine coast has hundreds/thousands of docks/piers, many very original designs. Of course there are plenty of nobodies who order aluminum lake stuff from catalogs, but I’m always impressed with how many real
Profiting from the Threat
To the editor: The Island Institute has assumed a number of roles. However, the Institute says that its primary goal is to support Maine’s year-round island communities. The Institute calls these communities “the Maine coast’s most endangered resources.” Threats to the sustainability of Maine’s year-round island communities are many, but one of the most pressing
Sustainability
To the editor: I would like to share my concern about the sustainability of the unique ecosystem of Monhegan Island. Each time I have hiked on the island, I have seen people cutting through the brush and woods looking for trails. Most are not marked, and none are marked as I have found to be
Alternative energy fallout
To the editor: I am writing in response to an article in the August 2004 issue of Working Waterfront titled “Zero-emission wind energy planned for Grand Manan,” by Bob Gustafson. First of all, I wholeheartedly support any effort to incorporate more alternative energy sources into our lives. The positive aspects of these sources of energy
The Winding Road to Oyster Aquaculture
SAM CHAPMAN, who raises oysters besides owning a shad hatchery with his family in Waldoboro, majored in geology at the University of Maine in the late 1960s and helped out at the Darling Center. One day in 1972 (after a stint in the military), he decided to take a look at the new aquaculture facility
Fishing or Transport? – It depends on the meaning of “or”
Sometimes something as small as a single word in a law can affect one person’s livelihood. Such is the case for Maine native J. Coburn Drisko, owner of Drisko Lobsters, Inc. in Lincolnville. This past July, the United States Coast Guard informed Drisko that he was in violation of federal regulations by using a foreign-built
From one island to another – Irish doctor comes to Vinalhaven
Dr. Margaret Scannell started work at the Islands Community Medical Center on Vinalhaven in early August, taking over from Dr. Rick Donahue, who left after ten years. She will be the only doctor at the facility, which serves patients from Vinalhaven and other Penobscot Bay islands, although she looks forward to the able assistance of
After lengthy process, Cliff Island gets a barge landing
Cliff Island residents voted Aug. 11 to approve the location of a barge-landing site. In Casco Bay, Peaks is the only island community that is serviced by a car ferry. For the surrounding islands, transporting materials, equipment, and service vehicles requires the use of a barge. Landing a barge on an island, and transporting vehicles
More islands qualify for lodging fund
The Island Institute is expanding its Island Lodging Fund to include year-round islanders on the Cranberries, Frenchboro, Swan’s and Isle au Haut. The fund will provide a $40 reimbursement for a total of 55 room nights per month to year-round island residents who have special needs that require a night’s stay on the mainland, such