Cozily situated in a quiet corner off Islesboro’s beaten path lives Bobby Pendleton, the island’s premiere “hooker.” Perhaps some clarification is in order here: Bobby is a fiber artist whose specialty is restoring damaged, vintage hooked rugs, as well as creating new rugs from her own designs, or those of customers. A native Californian, she
Tired of flying? Try parking
Parking for islanders at the Portland waterfront has become a competitive sport. Available spaces form a crazy quilt of carved-out lots with varying fees, and there is the unforeseen crush of employees working at the Cianbro Corporation’s oil-rig fabrication project. Most long-term lots, billed monthly, are overbooked by at least 20 percent, operating with the
Cranberry Isles’ parking project moves ahead
The purchase of a former boatyard in Southwest Harbor will give the Cranberry Isles inshore parking, and one town official hopes it will help maintain the two islands’ way of life. First Selectman Richard Beal predicted the three-acre parcel, the former Jarvis Newman yard in the Manset area of Southwest Harbor, will ease the lives
New Island Fellows head for Vinalhaven, Islesford, North Haven and Chebeague
The Island Institute’s Fellowship Program has announced five new placements: Cherie Galyean, Master of Library Sciences, Univer-sity of Pittsburgh, B.A. English, Colby College. Cherie will be working with the Vinalhaven School Library on automation and collection development, and with the transition to the new school in January. She’ll also be working with the community of
The French and the Jesuits in Maine: a very short story
In the late winter of 1613, Baron de Poutrincourt was trying to raise money in France to supply his struggling fur trading post in Port Royal, now Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. The Jesuits wanted to establish a mission in America with a base on Poutrincourt’s post. The Jesuits’ “angel,” Mme de Guercheville, agreed to finance
Women on the rocks
This winter, as usual, we’re bound to have a few off season visitors. It’s an odd group that visits the island during those dark months. The island has no features sufficiently redeeming to warrant people from away being here; that is, we’re unwilling to credit them with enough savvy to appreciate those subtle qualities that
Eastport’s new warehouse gets push
The stop-and-start progress toward a new warehouse for the Port of Eastport got a shove Sept. 16 when the Eastport Port Authority’s board of directors, unanimously declaring its commitment to the project, sent a proposal to Federal Marine Terminals for completion of the structure this fall. The action was driven, at least in part, by
Chef’s lawyers and fishermen support hook-caught codfish
A somewhat unlikely coalition of traditional Cape Cod fishermen, chefs of fine restaurants, and environmental lawyers has come together to promote codfish – not just any codfish, but specifically Chatham, Massachusetts hook-and-line caught cod. This three-way partnership has recognized that protecting and restoring the marine environment involves more than just rebuilding fish stocks, and also
PEI fishermen concerned about missing cod
It’s a case of disappearing cod, and Prince Edward Island fishermen are wondering why. The general manager of the Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association says that the declining cod stocks on the island are a mystery – to a degree and that degree is seals. “Stocks are declining despite the fact that we’ve had no
Summing it up: Ed Myers, 1916-2002
Ed Myers died Sept. 19 in Damariscotta. He was instrumental in drafting Maine aquaculture policy, and was granted the first Maine aquaculture lease ever. For almost a quarter-century, he counseled and supported prisoners weekly at the Maine State Prison through the Yokefellow Prison Ministry. He was a director of the Maine Peace Mission and a