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Island Institute scholar: your education can impact policy regarding islands
Zachary “Buoy” Whitener, from Long Island, just finished his junior year at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. In addition to receiving a scholarship this year, he was awarded the Island Institute’s largest award before his freshman year, the Academic and Community Leadership Scholarship. Whitener spoke at the May 31 banquet in Rockland at which
Apocalypse Soon: A Mainer Watches the Twilight of Ireland’s Inshore Fisheries
“Hello, are you Sean?” “Yes.” “Are you Sean the lobsterman?” “No.” “Do you know a ‘Sean the lobsterman?’” “Yes. I know Séanie Johnson.” “No, I am looking for Sean O’Connor.” “I’m Séan O’Connor.” “Were you Sean the lobsterman?” “Yes. I quit, though.” So went my introductory conversation with an Irish lobsterman, Sean O’Connor, who had