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Childhood lessons in self-sufficiency help Jackson teach Vinalhaven youth
It would be safe to say that Tristan Jackson, 26, developed an early understanding of self-sufficiency. At age seven, he was living with his family year-round on Green’s Island, a 400-acre island off Vinalhaven, in a building originally designed as an unheated boathouse with no running water or electricity. Living in a place like Green’s
CREST summer students take technology back into the community
At the Moore Auditorium at the Schoodic Education and Research Center on Mount Desert Island, the buzz of several dozen middle school and high school students at work with magic markers and large posters might have convinced one that the Maine school year lasts until August. From July 13 to 17, 47 students from Washington
Childhood lessons in self-sufficiency help Jackson teach Vinalhaven youth
It would be safe to say that Tristan Jackson, 26, developed an early understanding of self-sufficiency. At age seven, he was living with his family year-round on Green’s Island, a 400-acre island off Vinalhaven, in a building originally designed as an unheated boathouse with no running water or electricity. Living in a place like
Monhegan voters in favor of continuing wind power project
In a vote of 82 to 25 with 2 abstaining, Monhegan residents voted in favor of continuing a wind power project that could lead to the construction of a single 100-kilowatt wind turbine on the island. The vote took place during a public meeting convened by the Monhegan Plantation Power District (MPPD) on August 12.
Tasmanian trip gives Vinalhaven lobsterman new view of Midcoast fishery
Sam Rosen, age 19, returned stateside late this spring after fishing a strip of ocean south of Australia known as the Tasmanian Roaring Forties. Fifteen-foot swells and typically foul weather characterize this region of the world, and it was there that Rosen worked for two months hauling 75-pound traps full of the southern rock lobster
Monhegan Island residents updated on wind power project
Monhegan residents discussed the possible construction of one wind turbine at a special town meeting convened by the Monhegan Plantation Power District (MPPD) on May 28. Around 90 islanders filled the Noveltoo café and heard Dr. George Hart, Jr., chief technical officer of the Ocean Energy Institute, Dr. George Baker, vice-president of Community Wind at
Construction to start on Fox Islands wind project
The Vinalhaven Planning Board unanimously approved the construction permit of the Fox Islands wind power project at its May 13 meeting. The vote marks the completion of all local permitting for the project. Pending expected approval from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, construction of three, 1.5 megawatt wind turbines is scheduled to begin in