The recent, excellent article on sprawl by Colin Woodard vividly portrayed the conflicts over sprawl on the mainland and how that impacts us culturally in Maine. Along with many of the New Urbanists, he seems to believe that the solution is in concentrated “cluster housing” to reduce fragmentation. This may be true. There is no
Maine Land Bank
After hearing a presentation on the Maine Land Bank proposal I think there needs to be a very close look taken to it. At first it sounds pretty good when you hear that the program will help people hang on to their homes in the community where they were born and pass them on to
What to do?
Thank you very much for your article “Sprawl” in the most recent issue of The Working Waterfront. You speak with a compelling voice about an issue with which I am very concerned. I have been visiting Maine for over 60 years, first as a child on Little Sebago Lake (where my Grandfather, an early settler,
Technology students study lobster behavior
If you were a lobster, would the color of trap wire or heads affect your decision whether or not to enter the trap? Would you be more likely to be caught in a two-parlor trap or one-parlor trap? How would you behave around other lobsters in the trap, both smaller and larger than yourself? These
Herring Gut aquaculture students learn biology and business
“The world is our classroom,” reads a sign on a bus used by St. George area schools for its alternative education students. Part of that world is the study of aquaculture at Herring Gut Learning Center in Port Clyde, where middle school students raise and sell seed oysters, Atlantic salmon and brook trout. These kids
Lapointe reappointed
Incoming Gov. John Baldacci asked George Lapointe to continue as Commission of the Marine Resources Department (DMR). One of Baldacci’s first cabinet appointments, Lapointe must be confirmed by the Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources and the state Senate. Blair Pyne, Chair of the DMR Advisory Council, lobbied for Lapointe’s reappointment. With all the
Challenge grant to help historical society fund new building
The North Haven Historical Society has been offered a Challenge Grant by The National Endowment for the Humanities to help in funding a new Archives Building. This very prestigious award is a 3:1 matching gift opportunity, one of only two challenge grants awarded in the state of Maine and only several dozen across the nation.
Self-propelled rail cars could come to Rockland
Passenger rail service between Brunswick and Rockland, with a ferry connection, could be chugging along by summer. State officials are eying purchase of three, self-propelled Budd cars. At least one of these could be operating along the Rockland Branch on an excursion basis, said Tracy Perez, policy specialist at the Maine Department of Transportation. Eventually,
RAWFAITH launching planned for spring
The galleon RAWFAITH (WWF Oct. ’02), under construction in Addison to provide accessible sailing for disabled children and their families, is spending the winter at the building site beside the Pleasant River. Capt. George McKay anticipates launching the ship in April. McKay and his family have devoted the past three years and their savings to
Teacher, flutemaker plan workshop at Archipelago
The Native American flute’s haunting, soothing sound has been used for centuries to summon spiritual energy. This six-hole wooden flute is an easy instrument to learn. Maine music teacher and recording artist Laura Lee Perkins (right) and Micmac flutemaker Ken Green will bring the joy of their popular “Learn to Play” classes to Rockland on