Every industry has its waste product, some waste more visible than others. While the lobster industry is considered more green than most, it does have one obvious byproduct that shows up on Maine shores and yards: the broken lobster trap. Big, bulky and often useless, the broken traps sometimes break free from tethers and wash
New year-round housing coming to Maine islands
Maine State Housing Authority’s recent Notice to Proceed to the Isle au Haut Community Development Corporation (ICDC) brings its island-housing funding commitment to $1.6 million. Isle au Haut, with a year-round population of about 50, is the smallest community thus far to receive notice of a $350,000 allocation. Three other island-housing nonprofits have each received
Chebeague Island School Granola
Chebeague Island School Granola Submitted by Laura Summa, Chebeague Island School food director This was given to me by Kerry Flynn of Peaks Island (my upholsterer), accidentally! Ironically, she was emailing it to another friend, but accidentally included my email address. In the meantime, it has made granola a big part of my diet, my
Four communities apply for island licenses
New rules could allow Maine’s unbridged islands to hang onto licenses when relinquished by local fishermen, or even increase the number of licenses available for islanders. That could give younger residents a chance to stay and fish when older lobstermen quit or retire, and in the long run it could help preserve a way of
Living Art
As a young artist developing his compositional style, James Fitzgerald saw a lovely sight one day while painting in Gloucester, Mass. in 1923. It was the schooner Elizabeth Howard. The artist, who would become known for his paintings of seagulls and capturing the spirit of everyday life, was so captivated by what he saw that
Friend me!
You don’t have to use a computer to know that a social network is a structure of connections among people with the same interests, beliefs, or some type of interdependency. The idea of networking was around long before computers became personal. When most of us hear the term “social networking,” our connotation is connected to
Why successful island leaders go far
Those pundits who think inside-the-beltway politics are intense clearly have not spent a great deal of time discussing issues in New England’s small towns, where all politics are local; nor are they likely to have visited many island communities where all politics are personal. An island community’s real leaders are often not the apparent leaders
The Working Waterfront Student Writing Program
The Working Waterfront/Inter-Island News is looking for motivated high school and college students in island and coastal communities to apply for our Student Writing Program. Students will work with professional journalists and photojournalists, who will teach them the essentials of journalism. With the help of these mentors, students will pitch stories (either written stories or
It’s All Covers
The boards are folded back at ice cream stands, the lobster shacks have their steam pots going, the tulips have given way to lilacs. This can all mean only one thing: The Umbrella Cover Museum will soon be open to visitors. That’s right. The Peaks Island attraction, whose motto is “celebrate the mundane in everyday
Modernizing traditional industries through technology
People who work on the water and with the land have a wealth of information. Their experiences from day to day and year to year inform our understanding of the landscape and its resources. Tapping into this knowledge base is just one goal of Axiom Technologies’ three-year program to expand broadband Internet and computer expertise