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One Man’s View A lobster dealer shares his opinions – and a few secrets
“The lobster business is very complicated: what anybody says is right, depending on how you look at it,” says Portland lobster dealer Peter McAleney. The president of the Maine Lobster Dealers Association, McAleney owns and operates New Meadows Lobster, at the end of the Portland Pier, practically next door to DiMillo’s on Commercial Street in
Folino’s Folly a love letter in stone
Eighty-five-year-old Buddy Folino loves Stonington. Not content with a successful laser-etched granite presentation welcoming visitors to the area at the Caterpillar Hill scenic turnout on Route 15 in Sedgwick, he now wants to place a similar set of laser-etched granite blocks explaining Stonington and its varied fisheries somewhere on the town’s waterfront. He calls his
Peninsula potters to hold Columbus Day weekend tour
It’s not often that pottery aficionados get to gorge on what they love most: attending kiln openings and throwing demonstrations, seeing new works, touring studios, and meeting and buying directly from the potter. But all 18 members of the Maine Peninsula Potters, will hold a studio tour and sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Maine doctors take part in a medical mission
Back when Brian O’Donnell was in medical school, he and a classmate talked about doing medical missionary work. Then two years ago, O’Donnell, who’d trained at Walter Reed Medical Center and had been a family doctor before taking a dermatology residency, called his friend and said, “Let’s do it.” They and two of O’Donnell’s daughters,
All Aboard! Deer Isle offers a variety of lobster boat tours
Visitors to Deer Isle can choose among three people who offer lobsterboat tours of the area. All will take you where you want to go in Penobscot Bay and its islands. All can tell you about the flora and fauna, the history of the region, and the vessels on the water, particularly the passenger schooners.
Three scientists warn against eating seafood
“From the day of birth to menopause, women should be careful about their consumption of seafood.” “When you’re feeding your children, you’re feeding your grandchildren: the contaminants get passed on.” “Anybody who eats lobster tomalley is really on their own.” “Don’t eat anything out of the Hudson River, ever.” “There are ten times the amount
Art exhibit planned for MMA
Damariscotta artist Franciska Needham will display a collection of works with American and marine accents at the Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, from Aug. 17 through Oct. 19, 2006. A reception for the artist will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 17. The exhibition, at the academy’s Bath Iron Works building, will include seascape
Seamark Community Arts offers programs on Deer Isle
Deer Isle is the place to be in summer for young people interested in the arts. Not that it isn’t year-round without its arts programs, but in 1988, two couples with small children — Holley Mead and her husband, Bruce Bulger, and Fran Eastman and George Lyons — formed Seamark Community Arts to offer arts
“Here’s how scientists study the ocean”
Young people interested in marine science or parents who would like their 12- to 18-year-olds to get a taste of what will be in store for them if they follow this course to the college level, can get that taste at a summer camp on Mount Desert. Acadia Institute of Oceanography (AIO), at Seal Harbor,
Scraping Paint, Catching Up with Old Friends and Obeying the Law
“When we started dating,” Kim Nicols, the mother of three young children, said, “the boat was part of the package.” She wasn’t speaking of her husband, Dan’s, kayak, but rather Bill Brown’s pinky schooner SUMMERTIME. That a man would feel such a sense of camaraderie to a boat not belonging to him needs some explanation.