Rome wasn’t built in a day, and it’s certainly safe to say that neither was Waterman’s Community Center on North Haven. But for thousands of years before the Romans built their vast network of highways, people were walking roads and forging paths, getting where they were going whether there were cobblestones laid down yet or
Website Tracks Lobsters Up and Down the Food Chain
The website lobstertales.org has a brand new look. Lobster Tales allows communities to track their lobsters through the marketplace to an individual consumer, and also provides each consumer with a detailed description of the fisherman and the specific area where his or her lobster was caught. The project is based on a relatively simple concept
Former Hostage Remembers Islesboro Central School
Islesboro Central School librarians Carolyn Leach and Cindy Gorham re-position Frank H. Reed Jr.’s picture, taken after his release as a hostage during the mid-80s Iranian conflict. The picture and its frame had become somewhat worn, so recently Prim-rose Framing in Rockland refurbished both. Frank Reed, American director of the Lebanese International School, was taken
Cranberry Report: Cold Dipping
Friday, Nov. 11, 2003. Veterans’ Day. 30 degrees at 6 a.m. A calm morning with not a boat left in the harbor at Islesford. Early that day, the voice of co-op manager Mark Nighman came over the VHF radio telling fishermen in the area to “wave goodbye to the GALE as she heads down east.”
Growing Coral: Building a Reef Indoors Takes Lots of Electricity
One thing is certain: the electric meter is chugging away, says Craig Zievis, a University of Maine student who is experimenting with ways to accelerate the growth of aquacultured corals used in tropical reef tanks. With funding from UMO and the Maine Technology Institute, Zievis hopes his two-year master’s thesis project will provide information that
Tank Hobby Grows into Aquaculture Business
The tropical reef tank in Fairfield resident Penny Harkins’s living room is mesmerizing. You see it; you want one. Gazing at it is the next best thing to snorkeling off the coast of Florida or Hawaii. Tropical fish with iridescent stripes and glowing yellows, blues and orange glide by and disappear into pathways between the
Deer Isle Group Moves to Purchase Causeway Beach
You know the story: a “for sale” sign ominously appears on a beloved piece of waterfront that the public has traditionally used for access and recreation. But here is a new twist on that story. The current owner was asking – no surprise here – a high price. The land in question had long been
A Sailing Family Takes to Dry Land
Jaja and Dave Martin have come ashore. After years of sailing – from the South Pacific to the Arctic Circle – they’ve dropped anchor at Round Pond and enrolled their three kids in school. The Martins have largely eluded conventional on-shore life, and escaped many but not all of its stresses. No nine-to-five job. No
Working Waterfronts: The Land Trust Solution
Jeff Donnell and Mark Sewall, two lobstermen whose families have been fishing from York Harbor for generations, recently purchased a dock near historic Sewall’s Bridge on the York River. Much can be learned from this experience that could benefit other communities struggling with preserving access to the sea. The purchase of York Working Waterfront is
Passing the Torch
To the editor: Regrets and congratulations! Deep and shared regrets in the loss of Ted Spurling Sr.’s voice in your paper. Ted is a co-founder of the Islesford Historical Society who, with wife Cara, contributes mightily to its many publications. I viewed with pleasure your illustration showing Ted’s unique hand-written copy. I have a thick