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Governments have a small toolbox to protect working waterfronts
The current crop of local government approaches to preserving working waterfronts might be best understood as first, second and possibly third generation solutions. Each fulfills different needs along Maine’s coast. Clearly, a variety of local solutions is necessary to do the job. “The most important solutions to working waterfront access come from the local level”,
Whose “working waterfront” is it?
This is the first in a series of articles on working waterfronts. Future stories will address private solutions, public solutions, and state and local planning. Whose “working waterfront” is it? The answers, from fishermen, marina managers, tugboat captains, oil companies, ferry terminal employees, sea kayak guides and most others is “it’s ours!” Everyone requiring access
Capturing the Commons: Devising Institutions to Manage the Maine Lobster Industry
Hanover: University of New England Press, 2003 James Acheson’s three-decade commitment to studying the culture and economy of Maine’s lobster industry is powerfully articulated in Capturing the Commons. This much anticipated book continues a discussion begun in 1988 with Lobster Gangs of Maine, a must read for all who care about Maine’s coast and its
North Haven hires full-time doctor
North Haven came together on March 8 for a rich discussion that covered 92 articles in five hours. Tom Marx, the school superintendent, led the town through a process that resulted in a majority of articles passing. Highlights were discussions of education, recreation, the library and most important, the hiring of an island doctor. After