Articles

Building things

Something’s right in East Boothbay, the little community on the banks of the Sheepscot River where shipbuilders survive and thrive. Year after year the welders, mechanics, riggers and joiners at two yards there turn out an impressive tugs, ferries and yachts – in an age when America’s small manufacturers struggle against foreign competition, an uninterested

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Small schools

Politicians and policy-makers, often far removed from the classroom, must take note of the benefits offered by small schools and the challenges small schools face. Federal and state mandates may bankrupt and destroy small schools, taking many small communities with them. In today’s economic climate, this message is especially relevant. A growing educational reform movement

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Ten Years

Ten years ago this month – in April 1983 -we published our first issue of Working Waterfront. Since then we’ve grown from a quarterly to a monthly, from 16 to (sometimes) 32 pages, from a paper that ended up in Post Office recycling bins to one that’s read everywhere on the Maine coast. So if

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Scholarships available to islanders

Spring is traditional scholarship time at the Island Institute. The Island Institute Scholarship Program supports lifelong learning in traditional and non-traditional endeavors. This support is provided through many private donors and foundations including The Fund for Maine Island Education: A Memorial to Carol Evarts McLane. Currently, the Institute offers two different scholarships. The Maine Island

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Donate to the Tooth Project!

Marci Train’s class on Long Island has completed a unit on Dental Awareness, and is seeking donations of toothbrushes and toothpaste to send to Haiti with Jan Carter, a social worker who visited the class. “Jan told us all about the people that she helps in the country of Haiti. We are concerned because they

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Editorials

Tax reform While we haven’t taken a position on the Maine Land Bank property tax reform proposal, we’ve devoted considerable space to it over the past several months. We reported on the Land Bank as proposed at last fall’s Affordable Coast Conference. Donna Damon of Chebeague Island wrote an excellent op-ed piece about the plan

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Institute seeks herring spawning information

The Island Institute in Rockland is beginning a project to document inshore historic herring spawning sites. Any fisherman with recollections of herring spawning sites within about five miles of shore is encouraged to call Benjamin Neal, Marine Programs Officer, at 594-9209 ext. 102. The herring resource has seen a significant increase offshore, but in the

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