July 2 marked the 10th anniversary of the moratorium imposed on the Newfoundland cod fishery, caused by its virtual collapse – and Newfoundlanders commemorated the date with the unveiling of a plaque in St. John’s. The text reads: “For nearly 500 years the fishery sustained, employed, and defined the people of Newfoundland and Labrador. Generations
Community helps injured man
Residents of Phippsburg brought out their old-fashioned community spirit when they put on a dinner and dance in June to help Nick Gilliam, 23, pay medical expenses and buy specialized equipment. Gilliam, of West Point, was injured while helping out on a construction job. He is now a paraplegic. For the lobster roll dinner, fishermen
Casco Bay Lines
Come summertime, Casco Bay Island Transit (Casco Bay Lines) carries more than mail and commuters. From June 22 through Sept. 2, all five vessels ferry tourists in search of a slice of the “real” Maine. Despite a rainy June, the hot and steamy beginning of July launched the beginning of what looks to be a
Science aboard SCOTIA PRINCE
In mid-June Barney Balch, a scientist at Bigelow Laboratory in West Boothbay In Harbor, saw a nice few days forecast on the heels of a line of thunderstorms and an atmospheric cleansing northwest wind. So he made a round trip reservation for himself and two colleagues on the SCOTIA PRINCE , the Portland-to-Nova Scotia cruise
Cod and Lobsters, and more
To the editor: Having read the book “Lobsters Great and Small,” I would like to comment on several parts of it. The book states that cod, which is a predator of lobsters, largely disappeared from Penobscot Bay in the 40s, so the lobster boom that started in the late 80s couldn’t be explained by the
To Save a River
Camden, Maine, and New York: Coastal Mountains Land Trust and Aperture, 2002 Hardcover, $50.00 This is a spectacular book. Large in format, eloquent in artwork and design, high in price, quietly well-spoken in its text, “To Save A River” is, in effect, a lesson plan for protecting a significant natural area. The river in question
Salt: A World History
The history and understanding of the uses and properties of the many salts of this world is a subject with tentacles reaching out in every direction. This is not a book to take to the beach. Rather, it is an utterly absorbing, in-depth look at a common, everyday substance. Salt is necessary to human life
What gives us the right to ‘delete’ the deer?
Cliff Island … what an amazing place I have found it to be in my five years here. Wild and free, the furthest island out that Casco Bay Lines services. Not white-washed by civilization quite so much as many other parts of the world. It is in this spirit that I bring the issue of
The art of boat building
Fifty years ago, most of the boats built on the Maine Coast were built of wood in the traditional way with plank on frame construction. There was a certain mystery about the art of building a boat and most boat builders liked to keep it that way. However, at that time there were a lot
Indian Days will celebrate tribal culture
Traditional drumming, dancing and singing are just some of the spectacular hallmarks of “Indian Days,” the Passamaquoddy Tribe’s annual celebration of tribal culture, scheduled for Aug. 9-11 at the Pleasant Point reservation near Perry. For three days before the event, “warrior canoeists” from the tribe’s sister reservation at Indian Township will be making their way