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Conference explores many facets of LNG
A cream pie plastered on the back of a panelist’s head got the press’s attention, but the real value of last month’s LNG conference lay in its sober discussion of a potential fuel source for Maine, and what developing an LNG port would mean for the coast. Participants – mostly experts in energy investment, technology,
Institute Boat Donation Program has new Manager
The Island Institute has formed a partnership with Andy Horner to manage its Boat Donation Program. Horner has been involved with Maine boating for 22 years, most recently as sales manager for Morris Yachts. He holds a 100-ton Coast Guard license, is very familiar with all types of power and sailboats and is well established
Institute Trustees oppose LNG in Casco Bay
Recently the Trustees of the Island Institute passed a resolution concerning the potential for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Regasification Plants to be located in Casco Bay. The resolution, adopted unanimously, is as follows: “Given the potentially negative environmental, economic and cultural impacts to the fragile stability of Maine’s island communities as the result of the
Maine LNG conference planned for July 29
Four Maine organizations and a regional advocacy group have organized a multi-faceted conference on LNG and the implications of siting a plant in the state. The conference is planned for Thursday, July 29 at Bowdoin College, starting at 8 a.m. The sponsoring groups are the Island Institute, Bowdoin College, the University of Southern Maine, the
Historical Society opens for the summer
The North Haven Historical Society will open two facilities in early July for the summer. The North Island Museum will be open Tuesdays from July 6 to Aug. 31 from 2 to 5 p.m. In the museum visitors will find a country store and post office; a 1900s kitchen, bedroom and parlor; artifacts of North
For the Beauty of the Earth: Birding, Opera and other Journeys
Shoemaker and Hoard, 2004 $26.00 Nature, Through a Civilized Lens Thomas Urquhart must be an inveterate journal-keeper. Part memoir, part essay on the environment and some of the ways human beings connect with it, For the Beauty of the Earth is really Urquhart’s meditation on his own life, from his unusual transatlantic childhood through a
Literary Evening
Historian-turned-novelist Charles B. McLane read from his new book, Red Right Returning, at the Island Insti-tute recently. Set on a fictitious Penobscot Bay island populated with familiar characters, Red Right Returning brings together year-rounders and summer people in a story of island life, lobster politics and personal tragedy. The Island Institute published the book this
Snyder picked to head Institute programs
In early May, Robert Snyder was appointed Director of Programs at the Island Institute. Snyder joined the Institute in 2002 as the Grants Manager and became the Development Director in 2004. At the Institute, the Programs Director is responsible for Island Fellows, Marine Programs, the Island Schools program and a community grants program. Snyder has
Holding Ground scheduled for midsummer release
Holding Ground: The Best of Island Journal, 1984-2004 will appear in July, six to eight weeks later than regular issues of Island Journal. The book has been completed, and the delay is due to the logistics of overseas printing, binding and shipping. The book will go on sale at Maine bookstores and at Archipelago, the
A Small Part of a Big Mind
Reading this book reminded me, as it will remind others, what it’s like to explore a magnificent mind. Edward Myers (1917-2002) was an original, to say the least – philosopher, mathematician, aquaculture and fisheries expert, historian, economist, political theorist, sailor, wharfinger, the list goes on and on – who happened to live here on the