June 4 brought a dramatic increase in the student population of Vinalhaven as the school hosted the first Inter-Island Arts Festival. Students and teachers from North Haven, Islesboro and Islesford joined Vinalhaven staff and students in a day of art exhibits, workshops and performances. Artwork by students from all four schools was exhibited throughout the
Historical Society opens for the summer
The North Haven Historical Society will open two facilities in early July for the summer. The North Island Museum will be open Tuesdays from July 6 to Aug. 31 from 2 to 5 p.m. In the museum visitors will find a country store and post office; a 1900s kitchen, bedroom and parlor; artifacts of North
Killer fog for birds is not that unusual
The CBC headline on June 2 was, “Fog kills songbirds in Bay of Fundy.” and the reporter added that the count was “thousands” of birds. All in all, it conjured up the movie, “The Day After Tomorrow.” But Dan Busby, wildlife biologist for the Canadian Wildlife Service, based in Sackville, New Brunswick, said that such
Once a pilot boat, ROSEWAY prepares for sea again
The former Camden cruise schooner ROSEWAY was re-launched this spring in Boothbay Harbor after a deck-to-keel rebuild at Sample’s shipyard. The 137-foot ROSEWAY is set to begin taking students to sea this summer under the flag of the fledgling World Ocean School of Camden. Further fitting out of the old schooner will continue at dockside.
LNG, Again
Last month we called for state leadership on the thorny question of siting a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility on the Maine coast. At that time we’d been hearing from developers who wanted to bring LNG to Casco Bay and Sears Island; we complained that the existing siting process was allowing towns to compete for
Without Walls
When Islesboro residents set out to create an island community center back in 2000, they were thinking in terms of a building, and in fact, two years later, they were given a site to work with. When that didn’t work out, the community center committee did what looks like the right thing: they regrouped and
Twenty Years
This month the Island Institute celebrates its 20th anniversary as an organization. A handful of individuals have made a difference in a unique region, helping islanders and residents of isolated mainland communities come together to achieve common goals. This newspaper has been part of the effort, as have Island Fellows, the Penobscot Bay lobster research
400 Years Ago Today, _New England’s First European Colony
For the first two weeks of July, the Calais region will be celebrating the 400th anniversary of a key event in this history of what is now New England: the founding of the first European colony here. While considerable ink has been spilt about later colonial enterprises – the early fishing stations at Monhegan and
Honoring the Veterans of World War II
On May 29, 117,000 ticket-holding veterans and their families gathered under sunny skies on the Mall in Washington, D.C. to witness the dedication of the long awaited National World War II Memorial. Over a five-year period I interviewed over 600 World War II veterans and their families on the Boothbay peninsula for my books Southport:
New Yorker humor
To the editor: I think you should send the back page – “Mainland Security” – in the June issue to The New Yorker. I can see it as their inside back page humor section. Obviously, I enjoyed it – written, no doubt, by a Vinalhaven person. Cecily Clark Ossipee, New Hampshire