BELFAST — The idea of spending only $300 per year on our heating and electric bills may have most of us salivating with desire. Given Maine’s often brutally cold winters, it seems an unattainable aspiration. Not so, said Matthew O’Malia and Alan Gibson, founders of G-O Logic, a design-construction firm in Belfast. The two have
Lobster union considers suing feds on whale rules
The Maine Lobstering Union has filed a notice of its intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service, seeking to roll back rules that require fishermen here to use sinking rope and to run up to 15 traps on just two vertical lines in some offshore waters. But the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) argues such
Godfrey honored for LNG fight
EASTPORT — Tenacity and dedication. Those were the qualities cited in recommending environmental activist and Eastport resident Bob Godfrey for recognition by the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM). Godfrey was given NRCM’s People’s Choice Award in October for his work as researcher, news aggregator and webmaster for the Save Passamaquoddy Bay 3 Nation Alliance.
Whose beach is it?
PORTLAND — Beach goers would urinate in the limited privacy provided by the seawall. A few times, they tore pieces of the wooden stairs that led from the beach to the yard to feed a bonfire. And sometimes, they would climb the wall to the yard, use the home’s outdoor shower and peer into the
Big, scary food I have loved
You won’t catch me jumping out of an airplane, rappelling down a cliff, or sleeping overnight in a hammock strung over a chasm. I do, however, regularly indulge myself in what some people seem to consider the culinary equivalent of bungee jumping: cooking for a big crowd. Most perfectly competent home cooks have qualms about
Shy island girl spends semester in Australia
Editor’s note: Kennedy Cooper, a high school student at North Haven Community School, received the first Geiger Scholarship through the Island Institute, which helped pay for her to study abroad. The Gieger Scholarship supports middle and high school students participating in enrichment programs, including travel abroad and summer experiences. By the end of my sophomore year
The year of the woman: a stern woman remembers
A few weeks ago, when I was about to unload the groceries from my car in Northeast Harbor, I got a call on my cell phone from my husband Bruce. “I’m on my way over to drop Paul [his sternman] in Northeast; are you anywhere near the dock? I’ll give you a ride back.” I
Hancock County through the Eastern eye
Kevin Johnson, photo archivist at the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, presents these and many other images as part of his “road show,” this one featuring Hancock County scenes. The images come from the Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Collection, which contains thousands of photographs made in New England for postcards. The museum makes prints available
Island life promotes raising ‘free range kids’
The news was full of it this summer—articles, blog posts and opinion pieces about the importance of kids playing outside, and then more articles showing the consequences that could occur when parents let their kids do just that. Mothers arrested for allowing kids to walk to the park by themselves, or letting their kids play
Vinalhaven’s Joey Reidy wakes from ‘nightmare’ and tells the tale
VINALHAVEN — In September 2011, Joey Reidy was like many other 18-year-olds around the country—he had just left home for the first time and was starting college, ready to take on the world. However, within his first week at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt., Reidy was struck by a car and suffered a severe brain