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Visiting students learn about Maine through lobsters
In late July I was invited to speak on some aspect of U.S. culture to a group of Latin American university student leaders. I chose to speak on the lobstering industry in Maine. As a summer resident of Friendship for the past 47 years, I know something about lobstering, especially since my husband Jim and
Friendship Homes
Rockland: Custom Museum Publishing, 2007. A Whole Town, In Print On July 28 of this year Friendship celebrated its bicentennial, an occasion for which this book was created. It has neither author nor editor listed on its cover, stating simply that it was “A collaborative community effort in Friendship, Maine.” Marguerite Sylvester, over 90 and
“It will change your body and make you very strong…lightning will pursue you forever”
In December Working Waterfront published my article on “Lobsters in Retirement,” an account of the seminar my husband, Jim, and I ran for our local Learning in Retirement organization. I was subsequently contacted by Amherst College: could I give a lecture on some aspect of U.S. culture to 15 indigenous Bolivian university students who were
Lobsters in Retirement
Amherst, Massachusetts is a fair way from the sea, but this fall a group of enthusiastic retirees is participating in a seminar on lobsters and lobstering in the State of Maine, led by my husband, Jim, and me. We live in Amherst but summer in Friendship, a serious lobstering harbor, and have for years been
More Sandy Oliver!
To the editor: I write to tell you how much I enjoy the Working Waterfront/Inter Island News. My husband and I are members of the Island Institute, so we get your publication all year long. As we are long-time summer people in Friendship, and care deeply about the lobster industry, your newspaper keeps us in