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Dock restoration latest project for historic Holbrook Wharf
Although the tourist season is winding down and the snack bar has closed at Holbrook’s Wharf in Cundy’s Harbor, Harpswell, as long as weather permits, the wharf will be buzzing with activity. First, marine contractor Skip Rideout from Boothbay will completely tear down the wharf, then his team will begin work on reconstruction, with engineering
Community Supported Fisheries
In the rear parking lot of the First Universalist Church in Rockland, parishioners and neighbors stop to talk as usual after the Sunday service. It’s a familiar scene to anyone driving by, but a closer look reveals a surprising new twist: several of the people talking or heading to their cars carry plastic bags with
Twelve Miles from the Rest of the World: A Portrait of the Damariscotta River
Twelve Miles from the Rest of the World will delight people who live near or have visited the Damariscotta River; people who love history or are fascinated by rivers in general; those who appreciate and aspire to beautiful photography and a wide range of other readers who enjoy a ramble through natural and cultural history.
Navigating wakes and shoals, an association protects a river and its resources
Barnaby Porter, who has lived on the Damariscotta River for close to 40 years, tells the story of a day when he, his son and naturalists from the Chewonki Foundation tried to return an young osprey to the nest on a navigational marker that the bird had fallen from. “We pretty much knew it was
Map encourages informed use
The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) recently published an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to explore any section of the Damariscotta River Estuary. “A Small Craft Explorers’ Map and Guide” was created through a collaborative effort of DRA and various users and protectors of the river. All preserves and other tracts managed by the association
“Small, Light and Maneuverable”A Maine-based ROV comes into its own
When Brian Ackerman was working as a chef after graduating from Loyola-Marymount College with a degree in psychology, he lived on a boat moored at Moss Landing, California. Every morning, as he watched the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) Vessel Point Lobos steam out of the harbor, he says he was thinking “I have
Solving the Mystery of the X-Fish
At the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI), teams of 5th grade students from Willard School in Sanford are working out solutions to questions about the X-Fish, a mystery fish they will identify by the end of their hour-and-a-half stay at the Institute, located on Commercial Street in Portland. This program, LabVenture!, is supported by
Students use technology to preserve heirloom apple trees
At Islesboro Central School, high school students are learning about Tollman’s Sweet, Yellow Bell Flower, Fameuse, Astrichan, Roxbury Russet and several other varieties of apples unfamiliar to most people. The students have found trees on the island bearing these identifiable apples, plus a couple of so far unidentified varieties that John Bunker, an apple expert,
Water from Above How a roof can provide all of a house’s water
Laura Sewall of Phippsburg obtains all of her water from her roof. All of it. No well, no other supply pumped from a pond. Water for the dishwasher, toilets, sinks, showers, radiant floor heating systems, to irrigate her gardens and for drinking and cooking. So far, her catchment system has provided a plentiful supply for
In Pictures: A photographer’s archive captures three decades of waterfront work
Photojournalist Everett “Red” Boutilier, whose photographs are being digitized at the Penobscot Marine Museum, was known for being talkative. “He talked a blue streak,” says Peter Spectre, who was working as a journalist/editor during the 1960s through the1990s, when Boutilier covered the Midcoast working waterfront “He’d go on and on and on. It was one