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A passion for fish revives passage for alewives
BREMEN — Cars and trucks don’t even have to slow down as they cruise over Muscongus Brook atop a new concrete bridge built this year. But the flow of highway traffic was the least of a local man’s concerns. David Wilkins was worried about fish passage underneath state Route 32. For ten years, he sought
Searsport propane tank proposal withdrawn
SEARSPORT — A high-profile plan to build a 23 million gallon liquid propane storage tank at Mack Point in Searsport is dead. DCP Midstream, an offshoot of oil giant ConocoPhillips, announced Tuesday that it is giving up its efforts to build the $40 miliion facility on the shores of Penobscot Bay, after three years of
Town Shuts Down Boatbuilder Over Zoning Disputes
Boatbuilder David Stimson is about ready to move to Belfast, four months after Boothbay officials shut down his boat shop for violating the local zoning ordinance. He’s been building boats for more than 30 years. Stimson and his wife, Tamora Goltz, are considering leaving the Burnham Cove home they built years ago for themselves and
Candidates Island-Hop for Votes
If you’re fishing for votes in House District 36, you’re going to spend some time at sea. That’s the word from the candidates: Incumbent Rep. Walter Kumiega of Little Deer Isle, and Kim Strauss of Bass Harbor. They both live on bridged islands, but the legislative district extends across part of Mount Desert and Tremont
AmeriCorps Chief Visits Maine
Kate Webber, an AmeriCorps volunteer on Swan’s Island, talked about her work to digitally record and exhibit town history four years after fire leveled the town library and destroyed historical documents. An Island Fellow with the Island Institute, Webber said that while she fell in love with the island, she doesn’t plan to marry a
Deer Isle Residents Purchase Working Waterfront for Town
Two acres of land at the Little Deer Isle end of the bridge to the mainland is now public property thanks to a vigorous campaign by local residents to buy it. An estimated 100 people from near and far gathered at the site of the former Sisters Restaurant on September 9 to celebrate the purchase
Fuel Board Okays Permit for 14-Story Tank in Searsport
The Maine Fuel Board has given a green light to erect a liquid propane gas (LPG) storage tank on Mack Point in Searsport. That leaves one less hurdle for DCP Midstream to clear before it can break ground for its proposed $40 million LPG tank. The project requires final approval from the Searsport planning board,
Sea Hag Prepares to Process Midcoast Lobsters
Fresh-caught lobsters will be frozen and shipped to market from a renovated seaside plant where granite was once quarried and loaded aboard schooners. Kyle Murdock, head of the Sea Hag lobster processing plant in St. George, was confident in a late August interview that his new business would be up and running within a few
Seabird Clinic Takes Flight in Friendship
Some people who inherit a seaside cottage would just kick back in retirement, watching the gulls, loons, ducks and osprey wheel and dive in the bay. Not Cindy Mackie and Beth Settlemyer, who after lives elsewhere decided several years ago to share a vintage cottage on Muscongus Bay in the fishing village of Friendship. Last
Traditional Boats Make a Comeback
Down a twisting dirt lane on the shore of Poorhouse Cove lies a prosperous boat yard, still building traditional wooden boats, still launching them straight into the sea. Despite a troubled economy, this yard is thriving. While other yards truck their boats to customers and have switched to fiberglass hulls, John’s Bay Boat Company in