To the editor: I have been remiss in not contacting you sooner. I work at one of the small island post offices along the coast of Maine. Any and all business that you have sent our way is greatly appreciated and needed. I personally thank every stamp-by-mail customer that orders from me–and I neglected to
Maritime artist to speak in Rockland May 25
At 5:30 on May 25, Archipelago Fine Arts at the Island Institute will host a talk by maritime artist Loretta Krupinski of South Thomaston. Krupinski’s work is part of a show titled “Reflecting the Past,” on view through June 23. She has recently embarked on a new series of paintings based on historical photographs of
The Long View: Schools, housing, ferries, lobsters, secession: the legislature is in session
One of the first times I spoke to legislators in Augusta about island issues, I had the disheartening experience of having a representative who should have known better look at me incredulously and ask, “You mean people live on those islands in the winter?” That was long ago and in a different land, politically speaking.
Self-Employed!
To the editor, I would like to clarify a point in Sally Noble’s article “Lobster Chic.” Kevin Moore is NOT my “boss.” I have been self-employed for most of my life. I simply choose to sell my lobsters to Little Bay or anywhere else I want to. As far as the lobster electric chair goes…if
Passionate collector preserved Deer Isle’s genealogy, history
Anyone who wants to do research on families from the Deer Isle-Stonington area will find more information than they could hope for by making a trip to the Deer Isle – Stonington Historical Society on Sunset Road in Deer Isle. There, in a small room in the archives building, they can look through the 43
Ocean vs. Olympia: To the Victor Goes the Pier
Only two proposals for the redevelopment of Maine State Pier met the stringent four-month late February deadline of Portland’s Community Development Committee (CDC). Both suggest a hotel, office building and accommodations for the high-speed Cat as well as the city’s tugboat fleet. Furthermore, both remarkably carry the same $90 million price tag. Currently the CDC
Boat School, Husson College and Eastport join together
It’s known as the Eastport Boat School. Its official name is the Marine Technology Center of Washington County Community College. But on July 1, if all goes as planned, its property and physical plant will be transferred to the City of Eastport, and it will officially become the Maine Marine Technology Center. In what Eastport
Cranberry Report:When All Thoughts Leave the Head
By the last week of March, cold weather gave way to warmer temperatures and though it was windy, it felt like spring. Dip of the Month Club members waited until the 27th to run into ocean water that we have come to know as the coldest of the year. It wasn’t a sunny day, but
Isle au Haut gets a fire truck; island boy writes a book about it
Last spring the full-time students at the Isle au Haut school took a trip to Florida to visit Disney World — all but Caleb Mao, who at 8 years old was too young. It was a disappointment for him, of course, but he made up for it. “He got something pretty special,” says his mom,
This mess . . .
The crew of the Coast Guard cutter Abbie Burgess pulled this mess, which included nearly 50 traps, out of Penobscot Bay the week before the Patriot’s Day storm, about eight miles south of Owls Head.