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New event unveiled to celebrate lobstering
The Maine Lobster Promotion Council, working with area lobstermen, is unveiling a new event to help support the lobster industry. The event is called Maine Lobster Harvest Days and will be held throughout October and November. The fall was picked for the harvest days because most Maine lobster is actually harvested in the fall, according
Featured island car: 1957 Dodge D-100
Featured Island Car: 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit
Island: Isle au Haut Vehicle: 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit Owner: Bill and Jenny Chamberlin Mileage: Odometer broken, probably less than 90,000 “This is a photo of my wife, Jenny, and me, with our 1981 VW Rabbit diesel on the Town Landing at Isle au Haut,” wrote Bill Chamberlin. “Standard procedure when arriving on island is to
New history benefits Camden Public Library
Where the Mountains Meet the Sea is a new history of the Camden area. The book is intended to fill the century-long gap since the previous generation of local history books. This new book covers the years 1900 to 2000 and is filled with 296 pages of first-person stories, newspaper excerpts, images, and history to
Featured island car: 1985 Mitsubishi Montero
Island: Isle au Haut Vehicle: 1985 Mitsubishi Montero Owner: Kenneth Breeze Mileage: 81,500 “My sister gave me this car two years ago when it quit running,” wrote owner Kenneth Breeze. “She came running into the house one morning muttering, ‘My car is leaking. I’m losing all my gas.’ With that she grabbed an old
Island Institute awards scholarships to 96 island students
The Island Institute announced the 2009 Maine Island Scholarship awards, which will provide $130,000 in college scholarships to 96 island students who are pursuing post-secondary studies at colleges, universities and vocational/technical schools in Maine and around the country. Awards range from $250 to $6,000 and represent the Island Institute’s ongoing commitment to help island families
Come celebrate 25th Island Journal
Andrew Wyeth didn’t live to see 25th anniversary of Island Journal, but he would have undoubtedly perused it with the same sharp eye as he did the very first issue in 1984, one for which he and Betsy Wyeth provided funding. It has endured as a celebrated magazine of Maine island life, capturing the essence
Seeking student writers
The Working Waterfront/Inter-Island News is looking for motivated students to write for our Web site. The Island Institute is starting a summer student-reporting program. As part of this effort, high school and college students in island and waterfront communities will write stories about all aspects of their towns. Students will work with Island Institute Publications
New online resource available about Maine coastal access
Throughout the Maine coast, conflicts over access to and from the water are becoming more common, according to a press release. Now, people on the coast have a new resource to help them understand the legal background and tools available to address access concerns. Maine Sea Grant, in partnership with University of Maine Cooperative Extension,
Maine Fishermen’s Forum highlights
The 34th annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum will be held on March 5, 6, and 7 at the Samoset Resort in Rockland. The following are sessions in which work has been done in collaboration with the Island Institute. For more information and the full schedule of sessions go to: http://www.mainefishermensforum.org/ “Economics 101-Marketing” On Thursday of the