Islanders wear many hats and that is why people like Philip Conkling call us gifted generalists. In the spirit of full disclosure readers of Working Waterfront should know that I am a Cumberland Town Councilor representing the islands; a trustee of the Island Institute; an employee of MSAD 51; a freelance writer; a community activist;
A life-changing experience
To the editor: To write this letter is to attempt the impossible. But believe me, the person, or people, to whom this letter is directed deserve it. They have given me a gift that I never would have imagined possible, and it has changed my life, for the better, forever. About two and a half
More, please
To the editor: … I’m writing to tell you how much I enjoyed reading the newest book – Lobsters Great and Small [Island Institute and DownEast Books, 2002]. It is a masterful job of presenting often dry scientific information in an engaging story of collaboration and ecosystem management. I feel that it brings me pretty
Tagged lobsters off Vinalhaven provide detailed data
June marked the second year of the Lobster Tagging and Recapture Project being conducted in Vinalhaven waters by Bigelow scientists Rick Wahle and Mike Dunnington, along with Nate Geraldi, a second-year Island Institute Fellow living on Vinalhaven, Corrie Roberts of the Island Institute, and Vinalhaven fishermen. The project is using a dedicated set of research
“A bonehead decision” Prince Edward Island, Quebec in fishery boundary dispute
Which is more valid, fishing in an area based on decades of history and tradition – or fishing in an area determined by a line on a map? That’s the question that Prince Edward Island lobstermen are asking federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Robert Thibault. The P.E.I. fishermen have been joined in their request by
Baseball, island-style
With the bases loaded, our runner on third having the potential to score the tying run, two outs and a full count on the batter, it would have been an exciting point in any baseball game. Usually after this bottom-of-the-fourth inning, though, there would be two innings left, plenty of time to see who wins
A waterfront park for Swan’s Island
Swan’s Island, which has seen its access to the shore virtually disappear to private landowners and development over the last decade, has obtained an option to acquire a 10-acre parcel of open space on the historic Mill Pond in Burnt Coat Harbor. The $400,000 purchase price will be raised through donations and gifts, not from
The Lobster Chronicles
New York: Hyperion Books, 2002 $22.95 Island life, viewed from within This is not a definitive book about lobstering, nor is it a contrived description of idyllic island life. It is a book in which island residents and small-town residents will see themselves and their communities: the frustrations, the benefits, the characters, the challenges, the
Wooden Boats: In Pursuit of the Perfect Craft at an American Boatyard
Penguin Books 2002 “Boatstruck” Here is a book written so well that you just want to carry it with you all the time – an instant passport to the world of wooden boatbuilding where a centuries-old style is used. Author Michael Ruhlman vividly writes about the craftsmanship and mystique of wooden boats and their renaissance
Rediscovering S.P. Rolt Triscott, Monhegan Artist and Photographer
Foreword by Edward Deci Gardiner, Maine: Tilbury House Publishers 196 pp., $30, softcover A neat representational style that loosened up If memory serves, I first came across a Triscott watercolor in the dining room of the Trailing Yew bed and breakfast on my first visit to Monhegan Island about ten years ago. I recall being