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Catamaran sparks new education program
The Chewonki Foundation is launching a new opportunity for environmental education for people of all ages, the Chewonki GRAND CHAT Sailing Program. The program has been made possible by the donation to Chewonki of the GRAND CHAT, a 1991 Offshore 40, converted to a 46- by 24-foot catamaran. Peter Arnold of Chewonki explained that the
Mabe’s: Seafood Dreams on the Internet
It’s the sort of place every tourist dreams of: the slightly funky, clean, down home, locally run small seafood restaurant that uses only the freshest, cooked to order Maine seafood, with a few specialties like seafood cakes and homemade biscuits and pies. Mabe’s Seafood Restaurant and Lobster Pound, located about halfway between Freeport and Brunswick
Partners launch advanced mussel barge
This summer, visitors to Maine waters may be startled to see the STEWARDSHIP, a new craft that was launched Feb. 21 at the Bar Harbor town dock. The aquaculture barge was christened by Maine First Lady Karen Baldacci as part of Focus on Farms, educational programs meant to raise awareness of the importance of both
Phippsburg nixes moratorium, debates future growth
At a special Town Meeting Jan. 25, about 360 residents of Phippsburg voted down a proposed 180-day moratorium on housing subdivision approvals. Although they rejected this solution by an approximately 60/40 vote, townspeople are concerned about escalating growth in the town. Many people voted against the proposed moratorium because they felt it was unfair that
Phippsburg gets a nasty Thanksgiving surprise
The thunderclap at about 1 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day was so loud, Marita Doyle, who was looking for something in a closet next to furnace room in her home in West Point, Phippsburg, thought the oil burner had blown up. Up the road, Diana Stevens, who also missed seeing the huge bolt of lightning that
Underwater Treasure – Diver with “the gift” seeks sea glass, artifacts
Two to three times a week, year-round, Richard Carney of Brunswick spends hours with his entire arm stretched into the mud of lake, river or ocean waters. If he feels a bottle or something else, he brings it up. Sometimes, it can be quite a find, like an unusual whole piece of crockery or an
Seeing Differently: Ecology school aims to stamp out environmental illiteracy
Drew Dumsch, Director of Ferry Beach Ecology School (FBES) in Saco, says he would hate to see a student spend time at the school, then go home and announce, “Well, it was great being at the beach,” and never apply any of the lessons learned about ecology and sustainable living to his or her own
Public Access; Phippsburg expands one of its public wharves
The wharf, located on the New Meadows River in the village of Sebasco, was built in 1989. Its small size, 70 feet by 10 feet 6 inches, and tidal restrictions practically make it necessary for fishermen to stand in line and pick a number to use it. Only one person at a time can put
Titus Tidewater
A survivor’s story survives the test of time Titus Tidewater, written and illustrated by Suzy Verrier, who owns North Creek Farm in Phippsburg with Kai Jacob, has been re-published by Maine’s Islandport Press. Verrier, now 63, wrote the children’s book when she was 27, living in an apartment on New York City’s upper West Side
New West Point Strip Boat preserves a piece of Casco Bay history
Last winter, Richard Nichols could be heard tap-tapping in the vinyl Quonset hut he had set up in his yard, side-nailing about 50 pounds of silicon bronze ring nails into white pine strips to form the hull of his first West Point Strip Boat. He hopes there will be many more. The boat’s design, lifted