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Big lift

To the editor: Thanks so much for running Maura Michael’s report [WWF-IIN Sept 02]! It gives us all a big lift when our efforts are recognized. Thanks again, Carol Petillo Ivan Calderwood Homestead Vinalhaven

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Send Phil flying

To the editor (via Phil Crossman): I very much enjoyed your “Hard to Port” in the August issue. Is it possible that you or one of your close relatives designed the current airline torture system? Possibly you could get the newspaper to pay for you to travel on our domestic airline system and report back

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Love boat

To the editor: In the September Working Waterfront, Emmet Meara wrote a mighty fine article about the old HIPPOCAMPUS, describing her many lives as yacht, mailboat, scalloper, submarine patrol boat, etc. She also played the role of “love boat.” At the time of our wedding on Islesboro, September 3, 1941, the two brothers of the

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Distressed

To the editor: I am somewhat distressed by the accusations made by Bob Peacock in Working Waterfront regarding vessel movement in Cobscook Bay (see article). I am even more distressed by Bob Gustafson’s or Working Waterfront’s failure to contact me regarding the accuracy of these statements. I am not unfamiliar with the background and nature

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