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Success Story

To the editor: In the Island Journal on page 6 there is a photo of a lobsterboat and the waterfront home of a lobsterman, both for sale at Vinalhaven. This property did sell. The buyer was a younger lobsterman. He had another house and workshop so he rents the house to a sternman and rents

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Voters Cautioned

To the editor: …[L.D. 299] is a constitutional amendment that would allow new laws to be made that would treat waterfront land use for commercial fishing like Tree Growth land. While this would be good for preserving and increasing waterfront access for commercial fishing, it could increase the tax burden on others if the state

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