Fox Island Electric Coop recently won a $593,000, 35-year loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The money will be used to upgrade poles, cables, transformers, meters and other equipment. The coop distributes electricity on Vinalhaven and North Haven.
Putting on my ‘city’ is hard work
For the past few years I have taken two trips to New York in the spring—one in April, to see my best friend Susie, who lives in Rye, and the other in June, when Bruce and I have been guests of our friends Dan and Cynthia at a fund raising gala hosted by their son
George Daniell: ‘The Ramps of Monhegan, Maine’
Born in Yonkers, New York in 1911, George Daniell began making black-and-white photographs using a folding Kodak camera he received on his 12th birthday (on a trip to Europe in 1933 he switched to a more versatile Leica). In his teens he attended the Grand Central Art School in New York City where he drew
Kate Webber’s ‘Swan’s Island Chronicles’ collects her interpretation of oral history
The subtitle of Kate Webber’s recently published book, Swan’s Island Chronicles, hints at its flavor: “Borrowed, Exaggerated and Half-Forgotten Tales of Island Life.” It’s a collection of vignettes that each feature the essential elements of a good yarn—colorful characters, often doing something unusual, with the added spice of being in an island setting. The stories
A home for North Haven’s elderly
North Haven resident Mary White announced her plan to donate a Victorian house (the former Rice/Peleg Thomas farm, seen in this photo by North Haven’s Bill Trevaskis) to be used for an assisted living residence. The house will be donated to to North Haven Sustainable Housing, the local affordable housing group, while the Helen’s House
Buffeted by threats on all sides, Apalachicola fights to save its oyster industry
I never thought I would see it like this. Apalachicola, a city on a triangle-shaped point that juts out from Florida’s panhandle into the Gulf of Mexico, is known for oysters and seafood. If it weren’t the primary fishing community on the state’s last true working bay, Apalachicola would be another small town, forgotten along
Gulf of Maine uniquely susceptible to ocean acidification
A recent study led by Aleck Wang, a chemical oceanographer from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, has identified the Gulf of Maine as outstanding in an unfortunate way—more susceptible to pressures of ocean acidification than any other region along the eastern seaboard and Gulf of Mexico. Ocean acidification may not be a familiar term for many,
Community engagement is key to controlling energy future
Think of those things that matter most to a community: quality education, healthcare, emergency services, places of worship, land and water management, a healthy ocean, history, a library, food, a gathering place”¦ We want communities where we can live, work and educate our children. Each of these essential aspects of a community has advocates. The
How mourning doves, feral cats and wind turbines are related
Ever since a dear friend and neighbor gave us a large pussy willow wreath some years ago, we have hung it on our front door each April to remind us that the exasperatingly halting pace of Maine’s northern spring will one day bring forth new growth. The wreath is a large but delicate piece, and
Vinalhaven’s computer revolutionary, circa 1967
When I got out of the service in 1967, I was hired by Aetna Life & Casualty in Hartford, Conn. to be a computer programmer trainee. I was taught to write programming instructions in Cobol, Fortran and Basic, the programming languages that would compel the big IBM 360 computers to complete a certain task or