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Institute Adds New Trustees
Nancy Hopkins-Davisson, Nancy Jordan, and Matthew Simmons have joined the Board of Trustees of the Island Institute. The new trustees bring additional diversity and expertise to the Institute’s Board. Hopkins-Davisson is active in the North Haven community, serving on the school board for nine years (six as chair), the Arts and Enrichment Advisory Committee, and
Institute Fellow Heads For an Island in New York
Nate Gray, who served two years as an Island Institute Fellow on Peaks Island, began a Senior Fellowship on Fishers Island, NY, in January. Gray will work with the community to inventory community assets and explore ways to enhance local communication and information management in order to bolster the year-round community of 200 people. “We’re
Wyeth Prints to Benefit Museum and Gateway Center
The Maine Lighthouse Museum and Gateway Center planned for Rockland’s former Courier Gazette building will benefit from the generosity of artist Jamie Wyeth. Wyeth has agreed to donate proceeds from sales of a limited-edition print of his painting “Lighthouse Iris” toward the new museum, scheduled to open in 2005. The museum will house the world-class
Website Tracks Lobsters Up and Down the Food Chain
The website lobstertales.org has a brand new look. Lobster Tales allows communities to track their lobsters through the marketplace to an individual consumer, and also provides each consumer with a detailed description of the fisherman and the specific area where his or her lobster was caught. The project is based on a relatively simple concept
Where One Size Doesn’t Fit All; Good News
Recently we’ve had two perfect demonstrations of a maxim most people have known about for years, but which the federal government, apparently, has never understood. The maxim, of course, has its origins in the “one size fits all” message on the inside of an adjustable baseball cap: in public policy the reverse is almost always
Institute Picks New Programs Manager
Nathan Michaud has been appointed Programs Depart-ment Manager at the Island Institute. Michaud grew up in Turner, Maine, and joined the Institute staff in 2001 after completing an Island Institute Fellowship on Vinalhaven in Penobscot Bay. He studied at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and had previously lived on Frenchboro and
Vulnerability
It seldom seems so at the time, but it’s kind of refreshing to be reminded, occasionally, that the systems we rely on for our energy weren’t always there and don’t always function the way they’re supposed to. Last summer’s vast blackout on parts of the East Coast was an example of this vulnerability; so is
De-Industrializing the Penobscot
Last month’s news that the State of Maine, environmental organizations, a power company and two Maine Indian tribes had come up with a plan to remove two dams on the Penobscot River represented a shift in values and a re-alignment of priorities that’s worth watching. Like the Edwards Dam on the Kennebec that was removed
“We enjoyed your catch!”
The Kretzers of Fairhaven, NY, sent Vinalhaven lobsterman Steve Rosen this picture and a short note after enjoying some of the lobsters he caught this summer. Rosen is participating in Lobster Tales, a project that uses printed claw bands and a website (www.lobstertales.org) to introduce lobster buyers to lobstermen.
The Cranberry Report
For more than 10 years we’ve published the Cranberry Report, authored periodically by our estimable correspondent on Islesford, Ted Spurling Sr. As Ted’s many readers know, the Report is a journal of community goings-on, summer and winter, in the Cranberry Isles. Recently Ted informed us of his intention to retire; he’ll continue contributing stories to