Articles
Happy reader
To the editor: June Waterfront sat here several days and after opening it I found so many interesting articles I kept reading. Then today I noticed Yellowfront Grocery [Route 1, Wiscasset] had July issues available so that was exciting. You have excellent writers and now I can go read July. Thank you for your free
Author’s thanks
To the editor: Thank you for reviewing my book Vanishing Species, Saving the Fish, Sacrificing the Fisherman. It is especially pleasing to be reviewed in a publication by the Island Institute as much of my family history is defined by sailing trips to Maine. When we look back and try to reconstruct some aspect of
Right content?
For many years Working Waterfront has been among my three favorites of the many monthly publications I receive. Unfortunately these three arrive at about the same time so I’m always faced with the dilemma of deciding which to read first. The decision, however, is becoming easier with the apparent evolution of Working Waterfront’s content. It
Good and bad behavior
To the editor: Having read the various letters generated by Rusty Warren’s columns concerning tourists/summer people I decided to add my two cents’ worth. Rusty’s columns are accurate and do reflect the feelings of many islanders. I feel she has been unfairly attacked for telling it like it is, but that is Rusty … Having
Giant Teacup
To the editor: We read with interest Roger Duncan’s story (WWF May 03) about the shooting down of the K-14 blimp near Mt. Desert Rock. My father-in-law, Lt. Commander Harry R. Hoyt, was commanding officer of a U.S. Navy coastal patrol vessel (APC-94) during 1943 and 1944. His was the first vessel to spot the
Timely Article
To the editor: What a pleasant surprise to find the Boat Shop article in Working Waterfront… It was a very timely article what with all that has and is going on in the life of the Boat Shop at this time. I have been associated with the Boat Shop for 20 years and knew Baffie’s
No Support for Grand Plan
To the editor: Thanks for the article on lack of economic value of cruise ships in my back yard (WWF June 03). [Was the random-head survey done in the summer of 2002] paid for with my tax dollars? …I do not believe the results were “inconclusive” [as you state], rather, the results didn’t support the
Direct Competition
To the editor: As a non-profit organization, the Island Institute enjoys many advantages not available to for-profit Maine businesses, including a substantial endowment and the ability to solicit charitable gifts and grants from individuals and foundations to support its many worthwhile programs. One of those programs is the publication of Working Waterfront, a newspaper produced
All Humans Are As One
To the editor: I have read with great interest the articles in Working Waterfront decrying the invasion of tourists, people from away, whatever category we are lumped into, and I would like to add a few comments. I live 10 blocks from the former World Trade towers; saw the people jumping from the 103rd floor,
Our Lives are Enriched
To the editor: Again, because of a column in the last issue (“Tourism,” p. 28), I feel compelled to put the influx of summer visitors into perspective. There are about 1,300 people who live year-round on Vinalhaven. Of these exactly half comprise the work force. Of these 650 exactly half comprise the lobster fishing community.