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From Three Mile Island to Chebeague Island
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — On a hot summer day, the view from the lawn in front of Susan Stranahan’s converted early 20th century cottage is idyllic. Low-lying rocky islands seem to rise from the still water just beyond the lush greenery that lines the shore. But from another part of this Casco Bay island, there’s a
Legislature OKs funding for lobster promotion
AUGUSTA — New name, new group, more money. That’s the headline coming from the Legislature’s Marine Resources Committee in the session that ended this early summer. LD 486, which creates and funds a new Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative, replacing the Maine Lobster Promotion Council won final passage and was signed by Gov. Paul LePage. The
What happened on Boon Island didn’t stay on Boon Island
True survivor horror stories torment the imagination and fill library shelves. Those that include that most morally repugnant taboo, cannibalism, are in a league of their own. There’s the tale of the Donner party, crossing the Sierra Nevada mountains, getting caught in early winter snows and resorting to eating their dead. The true story that
Vinalhaven updates its comprehensive plan
VINALHAVEN — The small group working for nearly two years to update the town’s comprehensive plan is nearing the finish line. Town officials hope soon to submit the draft of the plan, which inventories assets and identifies threats and opportunities, to the state for it to review for compliance with statutes. Andrew Dorr, the Vinalhaven
Coal by rail worries Oregonians
A plan to ship coal to Asia by way of the Columbia River in Oregon has sparked protests. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that “hundreds of people turned out in Portland and Hermiston, Ore., for simultaneously held hearings” on the proposal hosted by the state’s department of environmental quality on July 9. The plan would have
Island students are ambassadors for sustainable life
NORTHPORT — In a few months, the scene will play out, as it has for decades, in college dorm rooms across the country. “So where are you from?” one student asks her roommate. “Maine. North Haven.” Or maybe it’s Chebeague or Swan’s or Isle au Haut. Once the student explains that she did indeed grow
Seattle seawall hurting business
KUSI-TV’s website marked National Maritime Day, which was designated by Congress in 1933, by featuring San Diego Bay’s working waterfront. The waterfront is home to the port’s “two marine terminals, where food for the region, such as bananas and melons, one in 10 imported automobiles in the nation, and other goods, including wind turbine blades
FOR THOSE IN PERIL–
SEARSPORT — For decades, the town has boasted of its sea captains and their voyages to the four corners of the world. If there were any doubt about the truth behind this pride, a visit to the True-Fowler-Ross House, a 19th century residence now part of the Penobscot Marine Museum campus, puts it to rest.
A vision born on the wings of eagle… and fog
CAMDEN — The 1980s were a turning point for Maine. Fifty years after the Great Depression, an influx of people and money began to bring change. And most of it was good. Philip Conkling, founder and president of the Rockland-based Island Institute notes that in 1980, Maine’s population hit 1 million, recovering from a century
The breakfast bakery just north of Times Square
NORTH HAVEN — It’s a rather incongruous pair of facts, but the islander who knows how to make a New York-style bagel grew up in Vienna, a tiny rural town near Farmington. But Courtney Naliboff, 32, owner and operator of Little Urchin Bakery, comes by her boiled-bagel skills legitimately. Her Jewish family has roots in