McFarland & Co. $45 In the Middle East, some things never change. “I’d always had an interest in Mehemet Ali because he had an idea of how to modernize Egypt and how to enable the Middle East to compete with the West,” said Middle Eastern scholar and author Letitia Ufford of the historical character who
Stone Book Hurricane Quarry Recipes
Vinalhaven Historical Society, 2007 Cooking Amidst the Quarries The name “Hurricane Island” conjures up granite, outdoor education and an abandoned community. I dare say not many think of Date Bars, Sponge Cake, or Four Minute Fudge. In fact, when Dorothy Simpson wrote in her Maine Islands in Story and Legend, “Hurricane’s story is simply granite
Rockland home to help inmates adjust to outside
Dale Preston spent 18 years in a Maine prison, long enough, he said, to forget how the world worked outside. “You develop a skill set inside the prison that you survive by,” he said. After being released seven years ago, it took him a long time to readjust to un-incarcerated life. Sometimes it was little
Shareholders approve Newfoundland processor’s sale
The sale of Newfoundland’s largest seafood company (WWF June 2007) was approved finally at a much-delayed annual meeting of shareholders, clearing the way for a division of the company’s assets between two Canadian processors. The Oct. 22 vote by shareholders to approve the sale of the assets of Fishery Products International, Ltd. (FPI) of St.
Rain fails to dampen CREST career fair
On Nov. 16, nearly 90 students and teachers gathered at the University of Maine, Orono, for a career fair focusing upon educational and career opportunities in Maine that use Information Technology (IT) and science, engineering, technology and mathematics skills. This is the second career fair organized as part of CREST, a National Science Foundation-funded program
A few grumble, but Maine’s waterfront access program moves ahead
Even in an effort as well-intended as Maine’s Working Waterfront Access Pilot Program, there will be differences of opinion over how best to disburse limited funds that may be used to purchase development rights to qualifying waterfront parcels. In the program’s first round this year, all six projects that completed the application process were funded.
Drowning, weather, economic woes dampen start of Grand Manan’s lobster season
“Tense, a hard day” was the way Melanie Sonnenberg, project manager for the Grand Manan Fishermen’s Association (GMFA), described set day for the island’s lobster fishermen on Nov. 13. She was describing both the weather conditions and the prospects for a successful season this year. Before set day was over a report came in that
Deer Isle’s CREST class visits New York Yacht Club
In Deer Isle in 1895 and 1899 two America’s Cup boats, COLUMBIA and DEFENDER, were crewed completely by the “Deer Isle boys.” Members of most of the families that crewed the boats are still in residence on Deer Isle today. So when the opportunity came to participate in the CREST (Community for Rural Education Stewardship
50 years ago, wire traps were a hard sell. How things have changed!
James Milne Knott Sr. has accomplished many things in his life, from proudly serving in the U.S. Army to successfully challenging the Environmental Protection Agency — but he is best known over the range of the lobster resource for singlehandedly converting the industry from wooden to wire traps. A lobsterman himself since the age of
Islesboro considers protective ordinance changes
When Leucadia, a large national developer, took Islesboro by surprise with its proposed Northeast Point subdivision two winters ago, it was immediately apparent that existing ordinances left the island vulnerable to outsized development. Since then, selectmen have charged the comprehensive planning committee (CPC) with a review of the 2002 plan and existing ordinances to strengthen