On June 13, Capt. Charles Creaser departed Head Harbour, Campobello Island, New Brunswick, by way of Eastport, Maine, aboard the sardine carrier Bernadine. She was bound down the Atlantic coast to the mouth of the Hudson River and up the Hudson to the Great Lakes, eventually returning to her home port. The vessel was built
“Island Visions”
Five photographers will open a group show called “Island Visions” on North Haven on July 29 with a three-gallery exhibition intended to support the construction of the island’s new school. Louis W. Cabot, Eric Hopkins, George Moss, Jay Panetta and Peter Ralston will exhibit approximately 50 prints through Aug. 13 at Waterman’s Community Center, the
Entrepreneurs race to refine biodiesel in Maine
At this time, a small portion of 100 percent biodiesel used in Maine is manufactured in the state. Much of that is produced by individuals or groups such as The Chewonki Foundation in Wiscasset, a leader in biodiesel use in the state, that produce just enough to power their own vehicles. Most of Maine’s biodiesel
Lunch for Two, with Security Surcharge: $194
U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in May that Canadians — and Americans for that matter — had better get their passports if they want to continue crossing the border. Since my wife, Ravin, and I live in Eastport, we figured we’d better follow his advice, and we obtained application
Well Traveled BaitMaine worms reach a global market
Worm diggers spend hours at low tide, stooped over their rakes in the search for bloodworms buried in the mud. This is their livelihood, and the length of each worm and the number of worms they catch are crucial to the diggers’ success. They sell the worms to a bait company for an agreed-upon price
A Man at Risk, a Waterfront’s Worth of Helpers
“We all work together,” said Deer Isle Memorial Ambulance Corps’s (MAC) Service Chief Wilda Eaton, of the way islanders join forces to help when someone is hurt. “Because we’re an island, we have definite boundaries like other people don’t,” added Susan Oliver, of Stonington,. “If you live in Blue Hill, you have all these surrounding
Sustainability
If one were to organize the bulk of this month’s stories in Working Waterfront around a single theme, it would be possible to do so around sustainability: the idea that if we humans are to keep going much longer on this planet, we must go about our business differently; that we can’t go on using
Relics of a Waldoboro-built schooner located on Stellwagen Bank
Friday the 13th really can be unlucky. That’s the date, in June 1913, that the Waldoboro-built five-masted schooner PAUL PALMER, a collier, set sail from Rockport on an ill-fated voyage. The 276-foot schooner had earlier unloaded a cargo of coal in Bangor, and was headed southward. Two days later, the PALMER caught fire off Cape
Deep Fat in the TankMarine Biodiesel makes headway in Maine
When fishermen in the Miller family come in to fuel their boats, they’re riding on the edge of a new wave in Maine and throughout the country. They’ve begun to use B20, biodiesel fuel, a mixture of 80 percent petroleum diesel mixed with 20 percent biodiesel, which is derived from plants such as soybeans and
Ozonated WaterThree Portland seafood processors swear by it, cutting chemical use
Nothing looks unusual about the three seafood processing plants located next to each other on the Portland waterfront, but they may be the only seafood producers north of Boston using a clean, green technology to make seafood safer. Their not-so-secret is ozonated water — a technology employed throughout the bottled water industry and used for