Ask a fisherman or dealer around Boothbay if he knows Leighton Cressey, and he’s likely to inquire if Leighton might be related to Butch. Everybody in the fishing business there knows Cressey by his nickname: he’s been in the fish and lobster business for over 40 years. Being raised in Boothbay Harbor by his grandparents
After the fire: Matinicus Island gets to work healing
By time this goes to press, most will have heard or read about the fire that on April 28 destroyed the newly renovated Matinicus Island post office, as well as a young man’s home and all he owned, the long-awaited new store almost ready for its Grand Opening celebration, and some of the property of
Chebeague Island Inn re-opens, provides jobs to islanders
The Chebeague Island Inn was set to re-open June 1 after being closed since the 2006 season. Andre LeMaistre, of Freeport, has leased the inn from owner Martha Dumont with an option to buy. Dumont, who did extensive renovations to the 83-year-old inn, put it up for sale for $2.75 million in early 2007. The
Kids’ sailing program brings locals, summer folk together
Oops. Over she goes. Another dinghy has capsized in a puff of wind in Tenants Harbor, but the young skipper isn’t fazed. She shifts her weight, swiftly rights her craft and is on her way again, tacking up and running down wind, none the worse for a capsize. Up to 20 kids at a time,
Left Out
To the editor: Having dug at Fort St. George, Popham, for many years, I definitely agree with Colin Woodard (WWF May 2008) that [Nathaniel] Philbrick’s Mayflower failed to write about important Maine history. Just because we are no longer part of Massachusetts doesn’t mean we should be left out of Pilgrim history!
Depression Perspectives
Where economics are concerned, it can be useful to take a very long view. Concerns about the strength or weakness of markets for lobsters or oil or even real estate get a little more manageable when we remember that all of these things go up and down over time – most commodities have their peaks
Coastal hospital c-section rates climb
According to recent medical data, a higher percentage of Maine women are giving birth by cesarean section than ever before. While some medical officials say the rising c-section rate is nothing to worry about, others call it an alarming trend that may cause unnecessary deaths. And an examination of state data on coastal hospitals reveals
Ready or Not
We wait a long time for spring to come to the Cranberry Isles. This year it finally arrived in May bringing warblers, green grass and the blossom of fall-planted bulbs. By the middle of the month there was so much to do that the long wait for spring was forgotten in the rush to get
Hard Core
To the editor: I am writing in response to your article by Sandy Oliver regarding our long lost Crown Pilot Crackers. Here on the east end of Long Island other than summer people (or the “summer complaint”) there is a hard core of locals who know a good chowder cracker when they see one.