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
Bill would help keep lobster licenses on islands
Islanders fish. It’s one of the only career choices for those who live on isolated unbridged islands miles off the mainland. Oh, one or two might learn plumbing or electrical wiring, most learn how to do carpentry, some house building, and a few build boats in winter, but just about all rely on fishing lobster
Portland wharf owners seek help with dredging plan
In 2010 or 2011, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects to receive budget approval to dredge 600,000 cubic yards of silt and clay from Portland’s 35-foot Federal Channel. In anticipation a group of harbor wharf owners hope to coordinate their dredge crisis with the scoop-and-dump plans of the federal government. The amount of contaminated
It’s not unusual to find Eliza Greenman up a tree on Islesford
Eliza Greenman came to the Cranberry Isles as part of the Island Institute’s Island Fellows Program after an adventurous year abroad. With a bachelor’s degree in forestry from The University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., and supported by a Congressional Scholarship for Young Professional Exchange, she spent a year in Germany, one semester in
Homeport licenses for island lobstermen
Every islander knows that lobstering is the lifeblood of nearly all of the state’s 15-year round island communities. It is the engine that drives island economies. It’s one of the few careers left in which young people can earn enough to be able to afford the dramatically higher cost of living on islands. Fathers can
Monhegan votes to study wind power
Monhegan has become the latest island to explore wind power. At the Monhegan Plantation Annual Meeting, held April 9, voters approved a feasibility study, taking the first step in the pursuit of wind power. On the evening of April 9, 33 registered voters packed into the Monhegan Plantation schoolhouse for the Annual Town Meeting. Along
Peaks Island group seeks permission for tower to test wind
Peaks Island is getting closer to testing its wind resources. On March 25, the Peaks Island Council unanimously approved a resolution supporting the testing of the wind on Peaks and asking the Portland City Council for its support as well. Peaks is now awaiting language from Mary Costigan, the City of Portland’s associate corporation counsel,
Peaks Island group seeks permission for tower to test wind
Peaks Island is getting closer to testing its wind resources. On March 25, the Peaks Island Council unanimously approved a resolution supporting the testing of the wind on Peaks and asking the Portland City Council for its support as well. Peaks is now awaiting language from Mary Costigan, the City of Portland’s associate corporation counsel,
Column Crisis at sea
Updates: Local candidates finance reports, GoMoos still endangered This week I have updates on two stories I’ve been covering that affect life on our coast: stopping the destruction of the means to track the influence of money on elected officials in our bigger towns, and the dismantling of the Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System,
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As fishermen prepare for the spring lobster-fishing season, a deep sense of unease hangs over Maine’s island and working waterfront communities. We now know that last October’s lobster price collapse ripped a gaping $50 million hole in Maine’s coastal economy-representing the decline in the value of the 2008 lobster season from the previous year, despite