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Grey seals proliferate along the Northeast coast, alarming fishermen
“They’re not spawning, they’re fleeing,” said Denny Morrow, Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Fish Packers Association, describing fish trying to avoid being eaten by grey seals that attack tight spawning schools. We all look for seals when on the water. Their sleek heads and big brown eyes emerging above the waves or the entire
Galleries proliferate on Deer Isle
“A handful of us on Deer Isle have been a little bit frustrated about getting our work out there,” said artist Maureen Farr, explaining the reasoning behind Deer Isle village’s new co-operative art gallery. The Red Dot Gallery, in the center of town, will have a daylong grand opening on Saturday, May 24, from 10
For 20 years, a good Blue Hill pantry has fed the needy
“People don’t have ovens or microwaves or even hotplates. Sometimes they live in a car. One asked me for food with flip tops because she didn’t have a spoon,” said Rusty Roberts, eight-year president of Blue Hill’s Tree of Life and manager of its food pantry. “Some live in chaos.” The Tree of Life has
Brooksville
“Everybody seems to have such a good time,” said retired plumber Frank Snow, of the weekly luncheons put on by Brooksville’s Meals For Me. Each Thursday, Snow brings his sister, Nettie Leach, of Penobscot to Brooksville’s Town House. They’ve been attending the lunches ever since the program began four years ago. People come from Brooklin,
A former Maine commissioner rises to the top of a federal agency
“Fisheries Management isn’t about managing fish, it’s about managing people,” said William J. Brennan, Ph. D., Maine’s former DMR [Department of Marine Resources] Commissioner. Asked in a 1995 interview if he thought his background in fisheries science and marine biology had adequately prepared him for the job, he remembers replying that he would have been
Full Partners: Fishermen’s Wives
“I hear people in the city think it’s a big deal to have an office with a window,” said Deer Isle lobsterman Julie Eaton; “I have five windows (her boat’s windshield has four separate panes and one big pane on the side), and the view always changes.” Deer Isle sternman Kelly Ann Trundy feels the
Duffy
“People have a big misconception that I always wanted to build boats,” said Richard Duffy. “They’re really wrong because I never intended to build boats for a living.” Duffy’s story, to hear him tell it, is that of a poor boy who built his first boat with his father to replace an old one that
Winter Harbor dealer sells air, everything else
“The smart man ain’t the one who does it himself; he’s the one that can find the competent people to do it for him,” said Marsden Brewer, of Stonington, describing Winter Harbor business owner Christopher Byers. Byers, better known as “Buddha,” started the enormously successful D C Air & Seafood 12 years ago out of
THAW Fund to hold winter event
When the people at the Washington Hancock Community Agency [WHCA] realized that in addition to the spiraling cost of fuel oil (which by January 9 had reached $3.39 per gallon and kerosene, $3.80 per gallon) this year’s fuel assistance benefit would be less than that of previous years — they knew they had to go
Rising to the Occasion Islands tackle the problem of respite care
When a person becomes invalided by old age, stroke or dementia, family, spouse or significant other usually take over. But islanders have problems that mainlanders often don’t: family may not live on the island in question. Then, said Deer Isle’s Susan Oliver, “everybody … is like family: you take care of them whether you like