To the editor: Re your editorial in the April issue of Working Waterfront, when I was in East Boothbay this afternoon, it was still on the bank of the Damariscotta, not the Sheepscot, River. Nicholas Dean Edgecomb I stand corrected. – ed.
Note of thanks
To the editor: For the past two months the Committee on Marine Resources has been conducting public hearings on a variety of bills affecting the fishing industry. I wanted to say “thank you” to all the fishermen who traveled to Augusta to testify. Hearing the different viewpoints and specific information on the issues was an
“Breakaway” inanity
Congressman and Senators [via the editor of WWF]: If you have not seen the article on page 28 of the April edition of The Working Waterfront, published by the Island Institute, I commend it to you. It describes the inanity of requiring “breakaway” lobster fishing gear in areas where right whales have never been sighted.
Appalled and disgusted
To the editor: I was appalled and disgusted with the partial truths and uncalled for personal attacks displayed by Eric Davis in your April issue. And just at the time I thought an intelligent and constructive dialogue about Maine Land Bank was about to unfold! While both are islands, the differences between the general thinking
From the Deck The loss of K-14
Early in July 1944, near the end of World War II, a German submarine had been reported near Mt. Desert Rock. Besides the patrol craft assigned to the area, the blimp K-14 was sent from Lakehurst, New Jersey, useful because it could hover over one spot and direct a surface attack. On the night of
Cherishing Emily
During the second half of the 20th century, Emily Muir had more effect and influence on this island than any other individual. She thought globally and acted locally. Her enduring energy, drive, creativity, steadfast principles and vision left indelible imprints on the public, economic, environmental and personal life of our community. Look around; see and
Vinalhaven, North Haven artists respond to seasons’ changes
The Fox Islands come alive in the summer. Thirteen miles off the coast in Penobscot Bay, the population explodes on North Haven and Vinalhaven; roads become congested, harbor activity increases, community organizations become more active, and as a caterpillar emerges from its cocoon as a beautiful butterfly, the artists emerge from their studios with a
Isle au Haut debates war, tables one article, passes lower school budget
During an early spring snowstorm on March 31, approximately 35 residents attending the Isle au Haut town meeting voted to send a resolution on the war against Iraq to President Bush, Sens. Collins and Snowe and Reps. Allen and Michaud. The resolution states that it “should in no way be interpreted as lack of support
You can get here from there
Twenty years ago I couldn’t have told you much about the Pine Tree State, never having been here or known anyone who had. I’d love nothing better than to spin you a yarn about how my move to Islesboro was the realization of a lifelong dream to live on the rugged and beautiful coast of
Company’s mussel raft program offers new opportunities
Joe Larrabee says his friends have designated him as their guinea pig in the great mussel raft experiment. “They’re interested,” says Larrabee, “but they’re watching to see how this turns out for me.” He has been working three rafts under contract with Great Eastern Mussel Farms (GEM) in Tenants Harbor, a venture he began two