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Rockland’s Apprenticeshop builds ‘sailing Swiss Army Knife’
With doom, gloom, layoffs and float rope being the topics of conversation along the working waterfront this spring, it appears the students at Rockland’s boat-building Apprenticeshop are having an inordinate good time. Instructors and students are weeks away from the launching of two identical 28-foot sail-training luggers. The boats meld together traditional lapstrake construction with
Rockland’s Apprenticeshop builds ‘sailing Swiss Army Knife’
With doom, gloom, layoffs and float rope being the topics of conversation along the working waterfront this spring, it appears the students at Rockland’s boat-building Apprenticeshop are having an inordinate good time. Instructors and students are weeks away from the launching of two identical 28-foot sail-training luggers. The boats meld together traditional lapstrake construction with
Boys with Toys… and Vision
One of the great things about living in an island community is the length and breadth a group of friends will go to for a little diversion. Boat launchings, ice boating adventures, timber frame raisings, wind and tidal power generation, cutting and moving monolithic blocks of stone – lofty ideas hatched out around kitchen tables
“UROCK”Rockland’s satellite campus brings college courses to the community
It is the first day of the new spring semester and the forecast is for a foot of snow on the Downeast coast. Full time student Tracy Camber is manning the desk as part of her work-study program, answering inquiries and canceling appointments at the University College at Rockland. The phone calls, personal attention, computer
Hard at Work Among the Dirt Divas
From time to time in my life I have found it necessary to provide a curriculum vitae. The older I get and the longer I live on an island, this has become a laborious task requiring the use of flowery poetic license. Recently I almost sidestepped a course that I very much wanted to pursue
On location “Sternman” comes to Vinalhaven”
A film portraying the lobster industry, territory wars, and the struggle for personal redemption in an insular community is providing acting debuts and economic infusion this spring on Vinalhaven. The film, Sternman, written and designed by two men who have spent their summers on the island since childhood, was scripted specifically for present-day Vinalhaven. During
Vinalhaven’s “Southern Fried Murder” is a recipe for success
Vinalhaven High School’s drama department brought fundraising to new heights in early April with a dinner theater offering of Southern Fried Murder. The basement of the town’s Union Church was converted into the dining room of the Towering Oaks, the “finest inn in New Orleans.” The cast of eight young island women sported genteel and
Thin Ice
Today is the first day of Spring. It is glorious and the whole town is out walking. You cannot help but lean into the warmth of the sun. Every time I try to head into the house, I find myself heading right back outside again. Over the course of the day I have felt the
With timely help, Vinalhaven restores its old fire hall
Father Jim Clark, a Roman Catholic minister from Rockland, Massachusetts had originally intended to bring his Youth Ministry group to Rockland, Maine, planning to stay, however, out on quieter, more remote, Vinalhaven. After calling several congregations and agencies throughout the coastal area, he could not find an organization or project that could put his 21
“Ever heard of Jimi Hendrix?”
Vinalhaven’s theme for its 4th of July parade this year was “Carnival” – a fitting metaphor for our island life in the summertime. The grocery store looks ransacked, or perhaps featured in a game show where contestants run through the aisles throwing groceries into their carts. The town parking lot is a maze of creative