On June 4, the Pew Oceans Commission released its three-year report, “America’s Living Oceans: Charting a Course for Sea Change.” The 18-member bipartisan commission included representatives from fishing, government, science, conservation, education, business and philanthropy, including Governors Tony Knowles of Alaska and George Pataki of New York. Leon Panetta, White House chief of staff under
Those who caused problem should correct it
To the editor: The citizens of Harpswell and all other island property owners deserve a reduction in the taxes levied for school funding, which heavily relies on property valuation rather than on income, the fairer measure. Harpswell does not have the opportunity to shelter valuation in TIFs and our population’s household income has decreased in
Salmon: high costs, few benefits
To the editor: In your admirable mission to protect the working waterfront, and the salmon farm industry as a part of the working waterfront, I do not believe that you have done justice so far to the problems with fish farms. The salmon industry claims that salmon farms bring jobs, but they do not bring
Dichotomy
[To Sen. Susan Collins, with a copy to WWF]: Why do you vote for about 100 times more funds for protection of right whale than for research that might be beneficial to Maine lobstermen? Can you please explain this dichotomy? Wallace E. Tobin Harpswell
Island Institute hosts boatbuilding show
This summer the Island Institute will feature a show highlighting island boatbuilders. “Island Boatbuilding; Past and Future,” will include a number of historical black-and-white and color images of island boatbuilding, vessels and boat builders. The exhibit will tell their stories. This display, in the Institute’s ground floor exhibit space on Main St. in Rockland, will
Along Shore
Elizabeth Lovell, a senior guard at North Haven Community School, became the first girl to score 1,000 career points in the school’s 80-year history; she finished with 1,094. She averaged 17 points, eight rebounds and five assists in 2003, and was a Mid-Coast All-Star for the fourth time. (Sports Illustrated) The Story of the Sea
Parallel 44: When Maine ruled New England
Here’s one I remember growing up in western Maine. A local man wakes up with a jolt. His wife, seeing he is clearly shaken, asks him what’s wrong. “Had a terrible nightmare,” he explains. “My own car had Massachusetts plates on it.” Folks with out of state plates sometimes get a hard time when traveling
Cranberry Report: Chocolate bunnies, pink moons and a new boat
March 1, Saturday – temp. at noon 39, wind SW at 10 knots. And March did come in like a lamb. It came in with a clear sky and Venus rising in the east. We hear that Ashley Bryan is in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, now. While there he will assist Jake Lief with school
Tourism
Many towns all over the country depend on tourism to enhance their local economy. Some towns depend entirely on tourism. Some towns, believe it or not, have no tourism and survive anyway. Tourism can be a touchy subject. Some tourists (I assume that’s not an objectionable word) can be touchy and some residents can be
The Long View: The parking problem
Approaching the mainland from the Cranberry Isles, one of the great long views of the Maine coast rises up from the shore to greet you. The tonsured peaks of Mount Desert Island beckon you to their contemplative abbeys. But if you’re a Cranberry islander without a contracted parking space in Northeast Harbor, often you can’t