Images. That is the photographer’s name for what we ordinary people call pictures, photographs. Most of us take pictures with a “blink box,” an ordinary camera or perhaps one of those disposable creatures with automatic focus, automatic exposure and a simple flash. Aim your blink box at your boat. Two hours later you will have
“Ever heard of Jimi Hendrix?”
Vinalhaven’s theme for its 4th of July parade this year was “Carnival” – a fitting metaphor for our island life in the summertime. The grocery store looks ransacked, or perhaps featured in a game show where contestants run through the aisles throwing groceries into their carts. The town parking lot is a maze of creative
Fame Comes Early
Many people spend the better part of their lives waiting for their 15 minutes of fame. Ian Dyer of Vinalhaven, age 6, appears to be enjoying his 15 minutes right now. Earlier this year Ian was identified by the Maine Lobster Promotion Council as the youngest licensed lobsterman in the state. As a result, Ian
Calendars are summer fundraisers
Community groups on Vinalhaven and Islesboro are raising funds with new calendars. Islands Community Medical Center on Vinalhaven is marketing a four-color calendar featuring images from a variety of photographers familiar with the island, along with tides for Carver’s Harbor supplied by Micronautics of Camden. The Medical Center calendar sells for $15.00. It is available
Casco Bay fire departments succeed through cooperation
On May 20, Great Diamond Island faced what all islanders fear: a fire. The volunteer department showed up within minutes of the report called in by a local fisherman, followed shortly by members of the Portland Fire Department aboard the Portland fireboat. Also on the scene were members of Long Island’s fire department, arriving within
Art gallery opens in the Long Island Library
The James L. and Shirley W. Dodwell Art Gallery was dedicated at the Long Island Library on Saturday, July 10 with three generations of the Dodwell family present and dozens more family friends and onlookers in the audience. Shirley Dodwell moved through the crowd, expressing her appreciation of this recognition of her family’s Long Island-inspired
Managing Nature: On seabird nesting islands, “wild” is a slippery term
They are out there, swooping and dodging like swallows over a summer pasture. Only their prey isn’t flying insects, it is two- to three-inch juvenile herring. Occasionally one of them halts abruptly in midair, hovers for a heartbeat, then plunges into the sea for its prey. Federally endangered Roseate Terns are making a comeback, thanks
Edgecomb broker, 85, is dean of Maine’s marine real estate business
“I thought a pound was, you buy a lobster and sit down and eat it,” said 85-year-old marine realtor Ralph Lombardi, recalling the time a potential client said he wanted to buy a lobster pound. At the time, Lombardi was new to Maine and to the possibilities inherent in such a request, though he’d been
Tagging Cod: A day at sea adds to our knowledge of the fish that built New England
Morning seems early, the light dull and gray at 5 o’clock. We board the boat, a 38′ recreational fishing charter boat out of South Portland, and as soon as coffee is in the cups we are off, growling slowly out the misty channel into the harbor, with the dense commercial activity sitting quiet at this
With a little help, the Portland Fish Exchange weathers Amendment 13
Hank Soule manages the Portland Fish Exchange, and he knew that when Amendment 13 went into effect on May 1, 2004, the Exchange would take a hit. In developing the 2004 budget, he and the Exchange’s Board of Directors planned for a substantial drop in volume. The exchange, with its display auction, has been so