Almost a year after the sighting of a Great White shark in Boothbay Harbor, people on a tour boat operated by Quoddy Link Marine got a close up view of one in Passamaquoddy Bay near Robbinston in July. University of New England professor James Sulikowski believes anyone who gets a close-up view of a
Islands produce a social surplus
A boat yard doesn’t clean out its biggest shed for just anyone. Yet that is exactly what the folks at Chebeague Island Boatyard agreed to do at the request of a few Chebeague residents for what turned out to be an incredible day at the Sustain ME conference this past month. For a number of
Ten miles out– not too far for a good beer
MONHEGAN — Since opening for business at the beginning of summer, Monhegan Brewing Company has been working hard to brew beer fast enough to meet high demand. “I would say every brewery has problems and our problems are the best possible problems to have,” co-owner Matt Weber said during a recent visit. The Monhegan Brewing
Island grads scatter, stay close to home, as summer ends
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series in which the writer, herself a May graduate, asks recent college grads from Maine islands about their job searches. With summer more than half gone, five recent island college graduates are looking ahead, and reflecting on how their college experience has influenced their post-graduate life.
Downeast laments and identity crises
For almost five years, I edited the letters-to-the-editor section of the Bangor Daily News, and before that, I did the same as editor of The (Belfast) Republican Journal. At its best, the letters column is a lively place where readers can get straight to the point with a sharply worded opinion. The letters column also
Mustard and milkweed, the rewards of neglect
Normally, I would pull the stuff up and heave it on the nearest compost pile. After all, I am jealous of rich soil, water and garden space on behalf of the vegetables, herbs and flowers I plant there, but the milkweed and mustard in question planted itself in the front yard and in the disturbed
Furniture craftsman reflects on career ‘making things’ in new book
This book has intrigued me since it was published a year ago, largely because it deals with topics—woodworking, craftsmanship, the genius of hand-made things—that have fascinated me all my life. I bought a copy for my son, a violinmaker, last Christmas, and another for myself. If sales have been good, I’m partly responsible. That said,
‘Shells, fish, shellfish’ inspire art
Let’s get the punning out of the way, pronto: Eric Hopkins is a shellfish artist. To be more precise, he is a renderer, in many mediums, of shells and fish and shellfish, as the title of his show at the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, “Eric Hopkins: Shells—Fish—Shellfish,” puts it. And this fact may well
On the record with… Greenpeace activist Peter Willcox
ISLESBORO — You can’t call what Peter Willcox does country club activism. In his 40 years of environmental work, he’s seen a colleague die at the hands of a foreign power, and—a year ago—spent weeks inside a Russian jail for his commitment to his causes. In late July, Willcox, 61, was relaxing on the island
Despite fire, hurricane, Millennium Marine moves forward
PHOTO STORY BY LESLIE BOWMAN It’s a good thing Cory Guimond doesn’t believe in omens. Guimond, a third generation boat builder from northern New Brunswick, moved his Millennium Marine business to Eastport, and despite an open house being pushed back because of the remnants of Hurricane Arthur and then a fire, he’s confident about the