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Rising from the ashes: Washburn & Doughty cleans up and starts rebuilding
The first thing you notice upon arriving at Washburn & Doughty’s East Boothbay shipyard is the smell. On a damp foggy morning, the stench rises from the charred wood and ash ground into the earth along with scraps of metal, insulation, and fiberglass. The smoke ended a week after the fire, but this site will
About Lyme Disease
People and animals usually contract Lyme disease between April and November when deer ticks are active. May through July is the highest risk period because tick nymphs are abundant and active. Most people contract Lyme disease from nymphs because they are about the size of a pin head and easily overlooked. Wear light clothing in
Lyme disease continues its spread in Maine
Summer is a great time to be roaming the fields and woods of Maine. Before venturing out though, it’s wise to take extra precaution against tick bites by tucking pant legs into socks or applying repellent. Deer ticks, correctly known to entomologists as black-legged ticks, Ixodes scapularis, carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease.
Lyme disease continues its spread in Maine
“Sustainable” seafood goes mainstream
For years, consumers buying eco-friendly seafood represented a tiny niche. These were the early-adopters – the first to download the seafood buyer’s wallet card from marine conservation websites, the same people who would ask of their chagrinned waiter, “Was this codfish taken from a sustainably managed fishery?” Those people are no longer fringe. “Sustainable seafood”
Wiscasset coal gas project heads for a town vote
Wiscasset residents are bracing for an Election Day showdown over the fate of a proposed coal-gasification power plant and diesel refinery. Depending on who you believe, Twin Rivers Energy Center will either solve the town’s fiscal worries, or destroy the very image “Maine’s Prettiest Village” has tried so hard to project. Despite fierce local opposition
“Radical Change”Composites promise very different ways to build things
The hum of activity in André Cocquyt’s advanced composites training class increases as the 15 trainees head from classroom to shop floor. There, blackboard theory is put into practice, with all the pitfalls and hazards of real life thrown in. The shop ceiling is festooned with vacuum hose and pressure lines, signaling that the boats
Washburn and Doughty, E. Boothbay We’re almost overwhelmed with work”
When Bruce Washburn and Bruce Doughty started building steel fishing boats in Woolwich in 1977, demand was high. The federal government had just claimed a 200-mile exclusive economic zone to keep foreign competition out, and was offering low interest loans and other incentives to build up the U.S. fishing fleet. “Fishing boats were all of
Tales of TABOR How would this year’s taxpayer-rights referendum affect islands?
Voters on Election Day are being asked to decide a referendum question known as the Taxpayers Bill of Rights, also known by its acronym, TABOR. At first glance, Question 1 seems simple enough: “Do you want to limit increases in state and local government spending to the rate of inflation plus population growth and to
Listening for Change
I am standing on the shores of Timber Lake, a frigid tarn in Alaska’s Brooks Range. I and my team are camped here for two weeks to record the soundscape of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Two other crews are stationed at sites further north in the Refuge. Our goal is to capture the creature